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Monday, August 31, 2015

First JS-2 assembled

I finished one of my JS-2 tanks today while watching something work-related.

Overall:

- not a lot of flash, but lots and lots of sprue marks to file off.

- I had to cut some of the interior road wheels to make them fit.

- Instructions are mostly clear in retrospect than on first pass.

- Molding is fairly rough.


This isn't terrible for a Soviet tank, though - it does seem appropriately rough but strong. I'll be much more ready to deal with the annoyances on my second tank. Still, I paid about half as much for this tank and that might be showing in the roughness of the model.

Here it is.



Side:
 photo JS-2 Side s_zpsd9962but.jpg

Nose on:
 photo JS-2 Front s_zpsdccfgtoj.jpg

Next to my Trumpeter models Tiger II:
 photo JS-2 and Tiger IIs_zpsokewhrg6.jpg

The size seems about right - the Tiger II was taller, longer, wider, etc.

But something about 4 spare external gas tanks screams "victory!" doesn't it? I'll put it with my Tiger II, assemble the other, and then begin to think about painting.

2 comments:

  1. Looks alright, but it definitely has that "soft plastic cheapness" look, though. Could just be the lighting, however!

    Looking forward to seeing the painted version. For some reason I thought Dr. Faust had done one of these, but evidently not.

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    1. They're hard plastic, but you are exactly right. I'd be curious to see if the German tanks they do are as rough-hewn. It isn't terribly out of place on WWII Soviet tanks.

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