Finished Pics JS-2 Stalin

Jim The tank looks real good. A+++ job. Can't wait to see finished pictures.
mark956

Excellent job Jim. Nice weathering job. I have the same kit and agree with your assessments of it.

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

Nice job Jim. Good work on the assembly and paint job. I have built the same kit from Dragon. I encountered some fit problems in mine (upper and lower hull) and the indy tracks required some special effort as they don't fit quite well. But I agree that the details are good on this kit.

Real nice, Jim. Superb subject and superb workmanship. More like that please!

Excellent job, Jim.
The JS-II is one of my faves, and you've made a beaut here.

Real nice work.

I like the pre-shading alot.

Great job! Very nicely weathered.

demono69

Thanks to everyone in the "overseas and late night crowd" - Your comments are greatly appreciated


Can only take part of the credit - it was a nice kit !



Congrats on 2000 J-Hulk - you're scratch built !

Looks great
what colour did you use on the kit and are the tracks from the kit or after market?

Nice work Jim!

I like the pre-shading. Did you just do around the edges and high-points?

Excellent Jim!

The JSII is a cool tank.

Ron.

Excellent job Jim ........ looks fantastic !!!!

I had to go to Ron's site to look at the pics, they're moved to the armour section there so your links no longer work.

You have really captured the heavy metal look to this beast.

Great addition to your collection.

Thanks for sharing !!!

VERY nice looking, excellent job

Very nice!!!

I'm happy to see Russian armor more often now :)
I may have to open some boxes i have :)

thanks for sharing,

Thats a really, nice clean build. Not much more I can add. Good job, and hope to see more in the future.

Great job. The painting and weathering are superb.

Compare the first 2 pics and you can see what a huge impact just turning the tank turret can have on a photo.

Thanks again for the comments. It is well appreciated


Caveman - Thanks. (got the barrel right) I used Tamiya xf-61 dark green w/light buff drybrush - tracks are Dragon individual limks (painted tamiya dark earth) - comes in most Dragon kits. They're work to put together but I think well worth the effort - detail and ability to do track sag are great. No PE or aftermarket - straight out of box.

Erock - Thanks. I painted the whole thing (not the tracks) flat black - used testor's flat black in a can. I found their spray from a can really adheres to plastic. Anything that is bare, I brush flat black into the tight spots. Then airbrushed the green onto the high spots - leaving the black in the low and recessed areas. (more shadow) I use dark brown as a primer when I use any dark yellow paint scheme. I found the yellow doesn't cover as well and shows as a different color over black

Ron P - Thanks. No stretched sprues used in this kit either

Sherm - Thanks for the comments and the notice on the pics. I switched it as soon as I could. That Ron USMC is just too darn efficent.

Petbats - you're right - composition is everything


Thanks again guys. I've picked up alot of stuff hanging out here. You're comments are allways appreciated.

Hey, what's that exhaust-like stain coming out of the large grille on top of the rear hull? Is that supposed to look like in real vehicles? Did that engine grille vent any black exhaust?

Great job Build22. The shading looks great as does the whole tank.

Thanks Lizard,

Your comments are appreciated

Excellent job. You did the Mother land proud, the first pic, if I hadnt looked closer, I would have said it was a T34, not a JS2, Very nice

Great job Build !

Your weathering looks great as everybody has allready mentioned. I liked the way you handle the fuel drums.

Looks Great - hope to see some more

Awesome job Build!!1 My first day back on teh forums since the baby was born and I see this great piece of work. Just awesome!

Terrific job Build22,

I like how your pre-shading turned out. I wish I had known how to do that prior to painting my Tiger.

Roy

Thanks again for the geat comments


Airbrush - Kinda does - the t-34/85 with the bigger turret

Yellowjasper - Thanks

Moses - thanks - good to have you back in the swing - hope all is well with the little one

Okieboy - thanks - don't know if one of those small cans would have been enough for that monster

Monsterzero - sorry I missd you last time - anywhere you have intake or exhaust over a long period of time - you are going to have dirt left behind (obviously not as much on the intake)

Thanks again - Jim

Great build Jim!! I looked at this the other day and meant to reply. Got sidetracked at work with some work I guess . I hate it when that happens.

You did a really great job on the finish and weathering. Keep it up!

Eric

QUOTE: Originally posted by Moses Awesome job Build!!1 My first day back on teh forums since the baby was born and I see this great piece of work. Just awesome!

welcome back, Moses ! my best wishes to u and ur wife & new baby !!!

oh, yeah.... and nice job on the JS-2, jim !!!
lookin' good !
so i'm not totally off-topic....

frosty

Erush - thanks for the comment - I know how that goes

Frosty - thanks - I guess off topic or not thanks for the comment


Thanks again for all the comments