Semovente Corazzato Controcarri Sovietico SU-100

Recensione delle Miniature AER Moldava in Scala 1:72

This SU-100 has been sprayed Russian Armour Green (Testors WP 7832) mixed con 30 percent white to give the vehicle a slightly faded look. The hand-rails were scratchbuilt from pianowire, because the original plastic parts are very brittle e they appeared to be out of scale. The AER model has hard plastic tracks which may be glued to the top e bottom of the roadwheels securely. The upper track section needs to be bent to suggest the weight of the track. The fanteria in the photo are a mixture of ESCI e Revell soldatini. Fanteria sovietica rode carri armati ed assault guns into battle, e the SU-100 may be modelled con tank riders holding on to the vehicle’s superstructure.

Contenuto

SU-100 Self-Propelled Anti-Tank Gun
- Decalcomanie covering 22 veicoli del servizio Soviet, Polish,
  Czechoslovak, Cuban, ed Angolan

Valutazione

Good choice of subject, the SU-100 was an important combat vehicle tra la seconda guerra mondiale, ed it continued to serve for many decades thereafter.
There are 22 different sets of decalcomanie to represent a SU-100 serving in Eastern Europe, Germania, Austria, Mongolia, Cuba, o Angola between 1944 e 1976.
The running gear is fun to assemble, even if the alignment of the track links is not entirely clear from the instructions.
This SU-100 is a interesting challenge for the serious modeller. Giocatori Wargame will get acceptable results even if they do not improve the model con scratchbuilt parts.
Compatibile con ESCI, Hasegawa, Revell, e Reviresco.

This SU-100 requires more modelling experience than one would expect from a typical plastic kit. The locating holes on the hull sides e deck need to be drilled open. These holes are marked by a small circle. Some holes are not needed at all, e the circles should be scraped off prudentamente. Significant flash on most parts needs to be removed before assembly.
The gun barrel is built from due half-pipes which will soften e bend if too much glue is used. In addition, the assembled barrel is difficult to clean up, because there are so many sprue attachment points along its length.
The opening in the frontal glacis needs to enlarged to accept the gun casemate.
The engine cover (part 5) did not fit properly once the flash had been removed. The dividing line between the flash e the actual part is not immediately apparant. The locating pegs underneath the exhaust engine are not aligned properly. It is best to remove them before putting the engine cover in place ed aligning it.
The hinges on the portello del guidatore were embedded in flash. Even after the flash had been removed, the hinges would not interlock properly con corresponding hinges on the hull. Apparently, this hatch is modelled in the open position, but there are no parts to model the compartimento del guidatore. Anyone adept at scratchbuilding the compartimento del guidatore may want to leave the hatch open.
The illustration sulla copertina della scatola shows the metal supports for the external fuel drums very nicely, but the actual parts are glued to the hull sides without any supports.
The tool boxes mounted on the fenders are not detailed at all. These parts should have a lid con the proper hinges, latches, e handles on either end.
The track assembly instructions were difficult to follow, because there are due different types of track links ed it is not entirely clear where to start o how to align them. However, the track went together quite well, e the result looks very good.

The SU-100 is fun to build e paint. Serious modellers will improve the kit further by adding scratchbuilt parts, stowage oggetti e tank riders. One interesting detailing project would be to model the tank con open hatches, in which case the compartimento del guidatore needs to be built from scratch.

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