Looks awesome, Gelerth. Is there Photo Etch holding up the rear fenders?

I built the Trumpeter Smerch a couple of months ago and didn't have a huge problem with flash or seams. I may have gotten an early production kit.

HI

I recently finished the BEREG and have just picked up the RUBEZH. I look fwd to following along as you build yours.

Tom

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Looks awesome, Gelerth. Is there Photo Etch holding up the rear fenders?

I built the Trumpeter Smerch a couple of months ago and didn't have a huge problem with flash or seams. I may have gotten an early production kit.

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Thank you.
Almost all parts are plastic. PE parts were only used on supports and two small parts on the frame (in the middle).
SCUD was first one, then Smerch and then Bereg/Rubezh, so parts could be still good quality on Smerch. Unfortunately diffference between SCUD and Bereg is quite big especially on the parts used for frame (Sprues A, B and C).

You piqued my interest, so I unboxed my Rubezh. Out of 21 sprues, 8 are from the original scud kit (4 copies of B, 2 copies of C, P and E). The rest are either from the smerch, a222 or original to this kit. Of the scud sprues, I do not see any real flash problems. B has some very tiny eye hooks for the top of the cab, and they look perfect. Now, there are some seams that will need cleaning. There are a couple of chassis parts that will need some serious sanding to get rid of the seams. A lot of the cab and trailer parts came from the Smerch, so they must have done a bit of retooling after the scud. Sprues L is from the A222, and it's the front of the vehicle (bumper, ladders on the radiator, etc)

I picked up the Rubezh kit last month (only because of my days in the US Navy dealing with the Silkworm), and you're doing a dual build is tempting me to also get the Bereg kit. Not sure, like you, I would ever do both at the same time. The Rubezh kit itself looks more then enough for me to handle at one time. I shall be watching.

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You piqued my interest, so I unboxed my Rubezh. Out of 21 sprues, 8 are from the original scud kit (4 copies of B, 2 copies of C, P and E). The rest are either from the smerch, a222 or original to this kit. Of the scud sprues, I do not see any real flash problems. B has some very tiny eye hooks for the top of the cab, and they look perfect. Now, there are some seams that will need cleaning. There are a couple of chassis parts that will need some serious sanding to get rid of the seams. A lot of the cab and trailer parts came from the Smerch, so they must have done a bit of retooling after the scud. Sprues L is from the A222, and it's the front of the vehicle (bumper, ladders on the radiator, etc)

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David, maybe I'm overreacting or I have some bad luck, but I can see some difference. Parts are not the same quality as SCUD and they need some more cleaning and attention. Just to be sure I compared some of them with the SCUD leftovers and there is a difference especially on round rods. It's not the big issue but it's just annoying but just to be honest - overall those kits are great and I'm really happy that Trumpy did them.

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HI

I recently finished the BEREG and have just picked up the RUBEZH. I look fwd to following along as you build yours.

Tom

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Hi Tom,
Could you share some pics or link to your finished build?
What do
you think about this kit?

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You piqued my interest, so I unboxed my Rubezh. Out of 21 sprues, 8 are from the original scud kit (4 copies of B, 2 copies of C, P and E). The rest are either from the smerch, a222 or original to this kit. Of the scud sprues, I do not see any real flash problems. B has some very tiny eye hooks for the top of the cab, and they look perfect. Now, there are some seams that will need cleaning. There are a couple of chassis parts that will need some serious sanding to get rid of the seams. A lot of the cab and trailer parts came from the Smerch, so they must have done a bit of retooling after the scud. Sprues L is from the A222, and it's the front of the vehicle (bumper, ladders on the radiator, etc)

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David, maybe I'm overreacting or I have some bad luck, but I can see some difference. Parts are not the same quality as SCUD and they need some more cleaning and attention. Just to be sure I compared some of them with the SCUD leftovers and there is a difference especially on round rods. It's not the big issue but it's just annoying but just to be honest - overall those kits are great and I'm really happy that Trumpy did them.

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Since I unboxed the Rubezh and seeing that you are building two big ones at the same time, I decided to build it along side of the 2P19 SCUD B (Or as I like to call it, the SCUD B Initial Operating Capability). I did have to do a bit of scraping on the rods that connect the two chassis halves. How did you get that rust effect on the exhaust?

On the 2P19, I am running in to a few instruction errors (like not calling out part numbers, wrong part nubers, etc) It's rather odd for a Trumpeter kit to have some many instruction errors.

By the way, Trumpeter's Smerch was much more difficult then the Meng version. The fenders were held up with photo etch, which were a pain to get folded correctly, and worst of all was the ridge that runs down all of the rocket tubes were two separate parts to glue on. There are faint guide lines on the tubes to glue them on, and if you are off just a little bit, they won't twist in to the assembly. So, when you are trying to fill and sand the tubes, you can't remove the guide marks unless you want to spend hours trying to fiddle with the ridges to get it right.

Really nice paint work. What green did you start with for the cab interior?