Here is my finished/refinished DML/Dragon ISU-152. It is made for a vehicle from a heavy assualt gun regiment in Berlin 1945. I built this kit Out of the Box, no aftermarket.

The base color is Tamiya Olive Drab, with Tamiya Khaki Drab for highlights, and then Pollyscale Soviet Khaki Drab was applied over that. The vehicle was exstensively drybrushed and shadowed (using pigments) and the white bands were masked and painted. Thena coat of future, decals added (and they were nice and Opaque...no problems) and after a flatcoat, pastels were added to finish up the dust effect.

Turned out better than I had hoped.

Great job, man, i didnt know you could use Olive drab on Russian armor, i always use Green shades. Might i suggest some paint chipping on the protruding edges? If you look at my ISU-152 ( i dont have time to post all my stuff, my mom's in Moscow and i have to take care of the house, thats backbreaking work, do the laudry, clean the dishes, wipe the floor daily, wash the balconies, recharge the cellphones, do without a car while my brother goes to work, run from shop to shop, manage bills, wipe the dust, ...You get the picture, i havent built a model in 2 weeks ) it has lots of paint chips and ive made it shine, because i had an idea about it fording, so it looked wet. Otherwise your tank is cool, a worthy addition to the TD campaign.

Hey jaques isnt this the first soviet tank that mounted the 12.7-mm DShK antiaircraft machine gun on the commanders hatch? If it is then was it included in the model kit?

Hey jaques isnt this the first soviet tank that mounted the 12.7-mm DShK antiaircraft machine gun on the commanders hatch? If it is then was it included in the model kit?

Hey jaques isnt this the first soviet tank that mounted the 12.7-mm DShK antiaircraft machine gun on the commanders hatch? If it is then was it included in the model kit?

oops sorry about the tripled post above i mustve pressed the left mouse three times

Thanks guys,

well, I did not do too many chips (there are a few carefully hidden... ) because I did not want to mess up the fenders either. I wanted this Zverboi to be one of the "fresh" vehicles gathered before the final push into the city...dusty from travel, but light on wear and tear and, for right now, light on extraneous equipment.

As for the colors, the Tamiya ones work good for underlayment, but not for final color. I tend to use my paints as more translucents rather than opaques, so that it lets the darker color under come through and effect the over colors. That way it is not such a problem.

That and Tamiya Olive Drab is really dark and green, more than I would think it should be, but it works for my Soviet stuff... :-)

As for the DShK, there were others before the ISU-152 that mounted the AAMG. I do have one to put on here, but I am not usre I am going to. Would not be hardly any trouble to do it, will have to see once I get it into my dio.

Thats very nicely done there.




I hear what you saying on this one. Sometimes you want to see a reasonably clean armor so that more of it can be seen.

Jaques, its not Zverboi, its ZverOboi, which literally means Beast Beater.

Hi Jacques. Excellent model overall. Nice clean build and the faded paint work is weathering enough. Although I like to dirty mines up a bit, its very refreshing to see a nice mild weathering also. The identification bands are excellent/perfect. Really gives the model a huge boost and breaks up the monotone colour. No nit-picks at all. Excellent.

Again, thanks.

And no nitpicks from Frank? Yeesh, you getting tired? :-) :-)

Seriously, this really did turn out better than expected. However, I have some nitpicks of my own, and a few revelations:

1. The trakcs are the kit tracks. HOWEVER, I did look into it and the Trumpeter KV-II tracks will fit it, sprocket and all. Neat. But I used the DML tracks. And also, THEY ARE NOT GLUED. They have such a nice snug fit that I could put the whole vehicle together, leave the Sprocket loose, and just roll the tracks on. Takes a bit of patience, but it also allowed me to get some really nice sag on the tracks. Must have been a pre-cursor to the Magic-Tracks?

2. I do not have a Tow cable or the shackles. The kit does not come with Tow cable equipment, but I have to get the shackles on at least...

Oh, it also has a MV lense, but you can't see it.

Now, has anyone else who has built this kit been as impressed with it as I am? Aside froma small fit issue, it was a real pleasure to build.