Tamiya 1/35 SU-76M--Complete 04/10/16

Greatmaker

stikpusher

Beautiful finish!  And here I was thinking it was gonna be too clean for the base. Your final weathering tied the two together nicely! Adding the figures gives a nice sense of animation to the completed build.

I think my only critique point would be to leave off the Moscow and Warsaw signs in the sign post. Those strike me not quite pausible. Perhaps a German town to the east would fill that role better on the post.

Thanks as well Stik and a fair point about the road signs. Originally I was only going to have the one sign for Berlin and leave it at that...but the historian side of me wanted to include the other two 'milestone' locations and their distances in the whole 'road to victory' from start to finish so that the little base told a bit more of a 'story' in the process. Warsaw marking the start of the war in 1939, Moscow the 'high water mark in 1941/42, and of course Berlin as the end in 1945. If the signs were going to be truly representative and historically accurate in depicting an actual road/crossroads in Germany, the signs would've also had the German spelling and lettering fonts appropriate for the era. The other option would've been Cyrillic lettering for Russian signs, but then that would've made them more cryptic to ethe casual viewer. In the end I took a little artistic license for my own purposes vs. historical accuracy.   

The Hobbyist

 

 

Hunter

 

 

The Hobbyist

Not bad...don't care for the base much...it's so small (not much bigger than the AFV footprint) as to really add nothing, and, in fact, detracts from the AFV.  IMO, of course. Figures are slightly above average. 

 

 

 

 

REALLY?? 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sorry, was my praise not strong enough for your liking? Wow, I heard FSM was a place where you could express honest opinions and not get your hand slapped for not "bowing and scraping" enough for certain members... 

 

 

First, there's nothing to be sorry about. If that is your opinion, then that's your opinion. Second, I have never seen anyone get their hand slapped for expressing their opinion or suggestions. Bowing and scraping....haven't seen that either.

FSM is a place where you can express and discuss modeling without prejudice...I was just, I guess surprised by your comments. That is a well built and displayed presentation. Like most of us we are limited on how large we can build a dio setting without eating up a lot of space. And yes, you have all the rights to disagree with me or anyone in here. 

It's obvious that you sir are an expert, and I look forward to seeing your work to gain tips, techniques and modeling expertise.

A nice little package there, Bill. The base and figures really make it shine!

the doog

A nice little package there, Bill. The base and figures really make it shine!

 

Thanks Karl! Who knows, figures might start to make an appearance more often in the future...  

Bill the final model came out great. The weathering worked great to tie the base to the model.

Robert

Thanks Rob! Appreciate the comments. 

Thanks Steve! Enjoyed working on it. Appreciate the comments.