"Cracking the Box" of the new Zvezda 1/35 2S35 Koalitsiya-SV Russian 152 mm Self-Propelled Howitzer.

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Thanks!

About the threads slipping out of the mesh when cutting:
I get around this frustration on Tamiya mesh by supergluing it first.
Leave a drop of thin CA on a hard surface, soak a small section of the mesh in the drop, lift up, hold in front of some cardboard and blow throgh the mesh to open up the holes leaving the CA only where the threads of the mesh cross. When a sufficiently large surface has been CA-treated it will be stiff and can be cut with a scalpel.

/ Robin

Great idea Robin. Mind if I borrow that for another project?

Be my guest! I wrote it here for EVERYONE to use

Just make sure to have good ventilation, the CA-smell will be quite strong. Make sure you have a largish scrap cardboard as splatter target. Cleaning up hardened droplets of CA all over the place isn't fun ...

I used this method to cut the Tamiya mesh for their Sd.Kfz 7/1 or /2, they both have fold down sides with some kind of metal lattice which Tamiya replicates with mesh. I think I saw some 3D-printed aftermarket for it somewhere

Cheers / Robin

Eduard also offers a set for this kit: https://www.scalemates.com/kits/eduard-36430-2s35-koalitsiya-howitzer--1242929

But it is a bit pricey for just a single fret.

-Nate

Someone can always use generic photoetch for the grilles, like I did in mine.

The eduard set does not add much to be honest.



I would also like to point out that there are some small pegs molded around the turret that can easily be broken off without noticing. I had to remake the ones I broke off.

Quite the kit of quite the vehicle. Looks as big as it must be; I'd like to see this one close-up someday.