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Beautiful scratchbuilt IS-4

ninjrk

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Posted: Friday, January 27, 2012 - 11:14 AM UTC

Stumbled upon this while laboriously working my way through Google for references to scratchbuild my own and stumbled upon this gorgeous scratchbuild which I had to share.

http://karopka.ru/community/user/6764/?MODEL=252508

There is also a build log Here: http://karopka.ru/forum/forum188/topic8516/
Which I think I'll be using as a nice how-to for my own, unless Commander's beat me to it with a resin kit.

Matt

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Posted: Friday, January 27, 2012 - 12:27 PM UTC

Wow Matt!

Thanks for sharing your find!

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Posted: Saturday, January 28, 2012 - 04:51 PM UTC

Nice work thanks!!!!

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Posted: Wednesday, February 01, 2012 - 04:15 AM UTC

Really impressive, thanks for sharing

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Posted: Wednesday, February 01, 2012 - 04:07 PM UTC

Some people are sick, and I mean that in the best sense

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Posted: Wednesday, February 01, 2012 - 06:40 PM UTC

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Some people are sick, and I mean that in the best sense

Yes Jeremy, that's it...and to be honest I'd like to have enough time to be sick enough

cheers

long_tom

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Posted: Thursday, February 02, 2012 - 12:08 AM UTC

That is beautiful!

What I'd absolutely love is to see the IS tank that has three tracks and looks like a flying saucer! (I forget the name of it but I saw it in my Osprey book on the IS tanks.)

ninjrk

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Posted: Thursday, February 02, 2012 - 02:14 AM UTC

As someone who has long wanted a 1/35 IS-4 in his collection, this model has my modeling brain discombobulated. On the one hand, it is a great step by step walkthough to make my own. On the other hand, I suspect my attempt will suffer in comparison so I'm warring between being inspired and discouraged!

Matt

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Posted: Thursday, February 02, 2012 - 05:37 AM UTC

I think DEF model is coming out with an IS-4 conversion...its over on their website...

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Posted: Thursday, February 02, 2012 - 05:52 AM UTC

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I think DEF model is coming out with an IS-4 conversion...its over on their website...

You know, I saw that but the conversion part had me wondering. Outside of the main cannon, MG, and roadwheel arms there's almost no part commonality. Mind you, even if it's only the turret and upper hull that are accurate, that's still a huge saving of effort.

Matt

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Posted: Thursday, February 02, 2012 - 05:52 AM UTC

Magnificent scratch building..

Thanks for sharing this..

Cagkan..

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Posted: Friday, February 03, 2012 - 03:35 AM UTC

Nice Find. I always have likes the lines of the IS-4. Hope to get a good kit of it out this year. Maybe it will be out for AMPS Nationals? hint hint

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Posted: Saturday, February 04, 2012 - 02:45 PM UTC

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Some people are sick, and I mean that in the best sense

Yes Jeremy, that's it...and to be honest I'd like to have enough time to be sick enough

cheers

Wouldn't we all!

Matt: Don't let something like that keep you from trying it, once I get some real bench time I'm going to scratbuild till my fingers bleed

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Posted: Monday, February 06, 2012 - 02:33 AM UTC

Oh, I'll take a stab at it eventually. I have found that it is hard to scratchbuild, at least for me, unless I can have a few uninterrupted hours in a row. With a 10 and 5 year old, i find those times few and far between!

Matt

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Posted: Monday, February 13, 2012 - 08:00 PM UTC

This link will point to the compact construction about the scratchbuild is more convenient to view http://www.dishmodels.ru/gshow.htm?p=10556

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Posted: Wednesday, February 15, 2012 - 01:11 AM UTC

Thank you for your appreciation of my model.

ninjrk

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Posted: Wednesday, February 15, 2012 - 02:47 AM UTC

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Thank you for your appreciation of my model.

Thank you for posting them in the first place. It's a beautifully done model of a beautiful tank. I wish more people posted these types of photo features as they make a marvelous tutorial on scratchbuilding. Heaven help you though, we'll probably start begging for you to sell copies of the running gear and tracks!

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Posted: Wednesday, February 15, 2012 - 06:59 AM UTC

Great work!
That's real display of scratch building skill.

Fedot-vr

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Posted: Thursday, February 16, 2012 - 12:20 AM UTC

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Thank you for your appreciation of my model.

Thank you for posting them in the first place. It's a beautifully done model of a beautiful tank. I wish more people posted these types of photo features as they make a marvelous tutorial on scratchbuilding. Heaven help you though, we'll probably start begging for you to sell copies of the running gear and tracks!

Matt

Unfortunately now the forms is not preserved. Perhaps my colleague kept the forms for tracks. I will contact them and tell you the result.
I advise you to build a model using the lower part of the body from Tamiya IS-3. The main wheels are ideally suited. The drive wheels must be finalized. You need to make an additional 2 pairs of main wheels, 2 balancer and 2 jacks, to build the lower part of the IS-4.
I've used the IS-3 chassis from another manufacturer with the wrong size wheels, so I had to pour a copy.

long_tom

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Posted: Thursday, February 16, 2012 - 03:34 AM UTC

What about Miniarm? How good is their stuff?
And Modelkasten makes all sorts of tracks.

ninjrk

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Posted: Thursday, February 16, 2012 - 03:37 AM UTC

Miniarm is great but they don't cover the IS-4, which had it's own unique tracks and such. There is supposed to be a 1/35 resin IS-4 out soon but since it's listed as a IS-3 conversion (and there is actually little part commonality) I suspect it will simply plop on a Tamiya IS-3 chassis. We'll see, I suppose.

Matt

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Posted: Thursday, February 16, 2012 - 05:39 PM UTC

Navigator did a resin/white metal IS-4....and it is best not to look for it. (I have one....it is for experts only....really)

Commanders Models will be doing one soon...but only after their T-10 is finished up.

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Posted: Friday, February 17, 2012 - 03:52 AM UTC

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Navigator did a resin/white metal IS-4....and it is best not to look for it. (I have one....it is for experts only....really)

Commanders Models will be doing one soon...but only after their T-10 is finished up.

Yeah, I was desperately searching for one until, I actually saw one! I would have had to scratchbuild so much of it what was left-over just wasn't worth the price tag. I'm hoping Commander's does one although they haven't explicitly said that they will, despite much innuendo, unless I missed something.

Hopefully the DEF one will be good as well. The small JPEG on their site does look promising.
http://defmodel.com/etc/dm35015.jpg
Matt

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Posted: Friday, February 17, 2012 - 04:08 AM UTC

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Commanders Models will be doing one soon...but only after their T-10 is finished up.

I like the stuff Commanders is doing, but at the same time it kinda sucks buying a kit and waiting a couple months to get the directions and PE for it

I got the T23 back at AMPS East last fall and still don't have the directions or PE...finally got the directions/PE for the M7 light/Medium tank a couple weeks ago

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Posted: Friday, February 17, 2012 - 10:06 AM UTC

seems everytime I watch a brilliant post like this mag build, I wonder, it looks so ruff and thrown together, but the endresults are just awesome!

nice eyecandy, and must been a heck of a job

greetz thanks for posting

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