Dragon 1/35 SU-85M Finished

Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Dragon 1/35 SU-85M Finished

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, November 19, 2003 1:15 AM

Great little kit, with the only fit problems being a slight adjustment needed between the upper and lower hulls. The indie tracks went together quite well, with very little cleanup required overall. A great kit of an interesting Soviet Destroyer.

Comments welcome.
demono69

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djmodels1999

Member since
December 2002
From: United Kingdom / Belgium

Posted by djmodels1999 on Wednesday, November 19, 2003 1:33 AM

Looks real good Demono. What paint did you use? Does not look like a 'normal' Soviet topside green..?

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, November 19, 2003 1:37 AM

Thanks, Domi.
Actually, I just used a grey, as I thought it looked a bit cooler than the green. Why be normal?

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djmodels1999

Member since
December 2002
From: United Kingdom / Belgium

Posted by djmodels1999 on Wednesday, November 19, 2003 1:47 AM

Why indeed..! Once again, great model!

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styrene

Member since
May 2003
From: The flat lands of the Southeast

Posted by styrene on Wednesday, November 19, 2003 6:18 AM

demono69,
Nice job! The detail looks to be pretty good! I can't tell much from the pictures, but did you do any weathering, etc.?

Gip Winecoff

1882: "God is dead"--F. Nietzsche

1900: "Nietzsche is dead"--God

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J-Hulk

Member since
February 2003
From: Tochigi, Japan

Posted by J-Hulk on Wednesday, November 19, 2003 6:30 AM

Nice work, Demono! Good-lookin' Su-85.
Gracious of the Soviets to paint those targets on the sides of the forward hull, too! All it is missing is a "Shoot my driver, please!" sign next to it!

Seriously though, good work. The trax are very well done!

~Brian

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, November 19, 2003 6:54 AM

Looking good, demono!

QUOTE: Gracious of the Soviets to paint those targets on the sides of the forward hull, too! All it is missing is a "Shoot my driver, please!" sign next to it!

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erush

Member since
May 2003
From: USA, GA

Posted by erush on Wednesday, November 19, 2003 7:35 AM

Good job demono!! I agree witih Brian on the "bullseye" Wink [;)]

I'd hate to be the driver in one. Big Smile [:D]

Eric

Hi, I'm Eric and I'm a Modelholic too. I think I have PE poisioning.

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M1abramsRules

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June 2003

Posted by M1abramsRules on Wednesday, November 19, 2003 7:38 AM

looks like a rugged afv with a grey paint job

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shermanfreak

Member since
January 2003

Posted by shermanfreak on Wednesday, November 19, 2003 11:15 AM

Looks great Scott !!! Agree with Gip about the pics being a little tough to pick out details, but looks like a very clean build.

Thanks Approve [^]

Happy Modelling and God Bless Robert

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, November 19, 2003 1:18 PM

Nice Job Scott! I guess the Soviets were just being kind to the Hitler Jungend that went to defend Berlin... so they knew where to aim the Panzerfaust before the mounted infantry took them out.

Ron.

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, November 19, 2003 3:20 PM

Thank you for the kind words. Hopefully, a new camera will be inder the tree to help rectify the pic quality sometime soon. Weathering was a light drybrush of silver over all of the vehicle, followed by a heavy armor wash (black metallic). I'd hate to have a target on my head, too.

demono69

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mark956

Member since
February 2003
From: USA

Posted by mark956 on Wednesday, November 19, 2003 4:04 PM

Thank you for posting pictures of your tank. It looks real good.
mark956

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, November 19, 2003 4:06 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by J-Hulk. Gracious of the Soviets to paint those targets on the sides of the forward hull, too! All it is missing is a "Shoot my driver, please!" sign next to it!

If I were the driver, I'd be investing in more paint, or changing roles with the 'artist' Big Smile [:D]

Demono. Why be a sheep and paint it green, when you can be the shepherd and paint it what you want to. Looks great the way it is.

Thanks for showing the pics.

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tigerman

Member since
March 2003
From: Rain USA, Vancouver WA

Posted by tigerman on Wednesday, November 19, 2003 4:47 PM

That's the beauty of the hobby, do what pleases you the builder. Nice model demono.

"It is well that war is so terrible, lest we grow too fond of it."-R.E.Lee

Eric

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, November 19, 2003 5:58 PM

WOOHOO, some great russian armor work :)

I have a SU-100 and T-35 in their boxes begging for assembly :)

Nice work! Thanks for sharing,

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Dwight Ta-ala

Member since
July 2003
From: Philippines

Posted by Dwight Ta-ala on Wednesday, November 19, 2003 6:02 PM

Looks really good. The grey color scheme is actually nice for a change. Now that would be great to put beside a T-34 or JS-2 on the shelf.

Thanks for posting the pics.

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Build22

Member since
May 2003
From: Upstate NY

Posted by Build22 on Wednesday, November 19, 2003 6:37 PM

Nice job Demeno,

I agree. Gotta love those Dragon kits. Exactly like you said - not as much cleaning - more time building.

Jim [IMG]

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