ISU-152 Zvezda 1/72 snap fit kit

[David Lovell]

Been left on my own boxing day to new years day looking after kitten and the rabbit other half and daughter gone up t North to stay with mum in law so reclaimed the dining room table ,time to throw some green about


Have blocked in the tracks,exhausts and few other bits, at this point I tried out one of the new ammo acrylic filters(nothing ventured nothing gained)had bright green and a olive drab opting with the olive just slapped it on


Bit of a dilemma now beginning to look a bit to good for a white wash should have just given it a single coat of green and had done ,will give it a coat of varnish in a bit then decals tomorrow and decide from there. D

 

[Mark1]

Looking good so far.

 

[David Lovell]

OK have decided to roll with it ,said I'd give winter camo a bash and as previously stated at under a tenner not losing that much only my time ,so here we go.
First up the before pics



At this point I was very undecided even the horrible decals had gone down a treat (decals being my own personal nemesis)but sprayed on a coat of chipping fluid and left it to dry. This was followed up with a coat of mr hobby aqueous matt white .


Airbrush cleaned out panic began to set in soaked it with clean water started to try and chip F all happened but after a couple more brush coats of water it began to happen ,great learning curve realise now should have gone with a much lighter coat of white ,and repeated the prosses still fore armed for the next time.




Still a long way to go yet will get a coat of matt varnish on it later today then can begin to weather and sort it out to my liking ,talking of liking do i like it notthat much (at the moment)but have learnt a lot and will be much better armed next time ,as I said still a long way to go will up date as it progresses. Dave.

 

[yak face]

That looks excellent to me david , these Zvezda snap fits are superb , im a big fan . Cheers tony

 

[adt70hk]

Dave coming on nicely. Keep up the great work.

ATB.

Andrew

 

[outrunner]

A splendiferous bit of work there Dave!

Andy.

 

[RonGlass]

Bodacious piece of work there David !

 

[David Lovell]

That looks excellent to me david , these Zvezda snap fits are superb , im a big fan . Cheers tony

Dave coming on nicely. Keep up the great work.

ATB.

Andrew

A splendiferous bit of work there Dave!

Andy.

Bodacious piece of work there David !

Thanks lads for looking in ,have got a good coat of varnish over it so will begin to tone it all down and pick out the details ,not my fave thing to do but I suppose some mud on the running gear is the order of the day. Thanks again for your kind words and encouragement. Dave.

 

[David Lovell]

So have begun to tone and try to bring it together ,working on the engine deck and rear panel bit thingy hoping you can see where I've been and what I'm trying for



As always c+c is appreciated Dave.

 

[Steve Jones]

Coming together really well David. Great work my friend

 

[David Lovell]

Coming together really well David. Great work my friend

Thanks Steve ,it helps I'm sure that so far I've really enjoyed what I'm doing ,forgot how good it is to step outside of one's own norm ,I dont belive you have a comfort zone in this hobby as there's always something that doesn't play by the rules.
I know I keep banging on about them but these little Zvesda snap fit kit are amongst the best 72nd stuff out there I picked this kit up for under nine pounds ,this one is straight out of the box nothing added nothing taken away.
Once again Steve thanks for your help and encouragement. Dave

 

[Lee Drennen]

David love that Winter Camo chipping great job on this guy.

 

[Steve Jones]

I dont belive you have a comfort zone in this hobby as there's always something that doesn't play by the rules

Totally agree. Thats why its such fun

 

[David Lovell]

Well I think its finished seen a couple of bits that need the paint brush but it'll have to do getting board with it ,will take some pics later and put up in the finished bit ,off now to look in stash to find something for the russian group build. Dave

 

[yak face]

Excellent looking model david , the chipping and general muckying up is superb. To look at it you would never tell the difference from a kit thats got hundreds of separate parts , fantastic . These zvezda snap fits put most other makers normal kits to shame , cheers tony

 

[Lee Drennen]

Looks great David the Camo is very convincing be proud

 

[Andy the Sheep]

Just caught up, Dave: very nice model and finish, indeed.
Andrea

 

[JR]

Very nice indeed.

 

[outrunner]

Another lovely job there Dave, beats me how you guys do so much with such small models, too tiny for my eyes.

Andy.

 

[scottie3158]

David,
That is a great result mate the winter wash looks excellent.