Hi all

Here are some pictures of my SU/ISU family.

This started with Tamiya's old SU-85 I did some years ago and one day I got the idea to build the SU/ISU family. So far I have build :
SU-85 from Tamiya with Eduard zoom etch and Maquette tracks
SU-100 from Dragon with Master Club tracks (as solid as wet toilet paper...)
SU-122 from Tamiya with MK tracks and Eduard zoom etch set
SU-152 from Bronco OOB, tracks are almost MK quality, men they do not have the firm click when the pins go in the tracks as MK have. There are just too many microscopic parts for my liking and the sequence of assembly is not very good, Tamiya is still number 1 in this field.
ISU-152 from Tamiya with Friul tracks, and the model is greatly inspired by Sam Dwyer's ISU-152 from MMI. Thank's, Sam.

As you can see from the pictures, some models are just constructed and others have basic painting started.

I have started the Miniart SU-76, but it is more challenging due to the open fighting compartment and I would also like to complete the family with an ISU-122S based un the Tamiya ISU-152, friul tracks and the Armo ISU-122S conversion.

Enough talking, here are the pictures.
SU-85



SU-100



SU-152




ISU-152




Any constructive comments are appriciated.

Happy modeling
Ole

That's pretty neat. I'm hoping to go through the SU series too. Already have both 152's and 100. Want to rebuild the 85 with an update set.

to add to the collection, maybe this?

Nice build SU family ~ I love that barrels and tracks, are you going to make the suspension movable ?

Thank for your replies.

Is that an SU-100 with a D25 gun? I have never seen that before, and it looks cool.

I have glued the suspension for all of the models, but for the Bronco SU-152, it can be made moveable.

Cool stuff! I have all the same plans to do the Soviet "tank destroyers." Although seeing this thread reminds me that we still need an updated tooling for the SU-85.... For all the updated T-34s that we've seen over the last few years, the fact that for the SU-85 (for the uninitiated it is different from the SU-85M that Dragon has done) we are still left with the now sadly out of date Tamiya kit is really too bad....

Pretty mainstream vehicle to be left open in this day and age when we're getting strange prototypes and obscure one-offs kitted....

Who said Alzheimer light???

I forgot to add the pictures of my SU-122





Yeah, a new tooled SU-85 and same for SU-122 would be very welcome

Nice collection Ole....

Paul

Very nice collection and great job. I too have hopes of doing all these at some point. They are just a neat collection of SP's.

Thanks for sharing.

But not an SU-100?

The DML SU-100 is adequate. The Tamiya SU-122 and SU-85 share all the dimensional problems (and other issues) of the Tamiya T-34 model. To get an accurate model of either ASU, start from a DML T-34 hull and scratchbuild the superstructure. Some of the parts from the Tamiya kits can be incorporated, but it's still basically a scratchbuilding project. Fortunately, the geometry is simple.

Regards
Scott Fraser

An SU-122 would be neat but how about just putting the gun on the SU-100?



Jeff

Hi guys

Sorry for not seeing your feedback before.
Thank you for your comments, it is much appreciated.

Ole

Same. The fighting compartment of the SU-122 is different from the SU-100, so scratchbuilding is still required to make an accurate model. There was a good construction article in M-Khobby a few years ago where someone did just that. There is an excellent Russian book from Voennaya Mashina on the SU-122 (and another on the SU-85) with many photos and drawings describing the vehicles, and variants, in considerable detail.

Regards
Scott Fraser