Let's See Russian Armor

[Hoth_902]

Oops, did not realize I posted this pic on the first page of the thread....

[pmskaar]

Great work on those Russian vehicles, Cav Dog!

Excellent work on those Modern Russians, Hoth! I love the way you did the camo on those.

[redleg]

I don't mind looking at your tanks again Hoth! They look great!

Beautiful work by everyone! I tend to focus on specific US units, so my meager Russian force is neglected. This might be the motivation I need to start another project!

[chrisswim]

Russian Armor
T-80 and BTR-80 ready for winter combat.





T-72 and BMP-2

[Cav Dog]

AK Interactive Real Colors AK 098 Russian Modern Green through an airbrush. Shaded with 1/3 each Army Painter Strong Tone, Vallejo Airbrush Flow Improver and water, then highlighted with 4:1 ratio of Modern Russian Green and AK RC 100 Russian Grey Green.

[Mortis57]

There's some good modern kit here so as a bit of a balance here's a bit more WWII (and later) stuff.

I've had this collection of Soviet armour sitting out in the open whilst waiting for a refurb and new storage boxes. As should be apparent from the photos, the vehicles have collected quite a bit of dust.

Overview


IS-II Regiment


IS-III Regiment


SU-100 Regiment
A 'company' of these need their gun barrels re-attached/replaced.


SU-85 Regiment (& spare IS-II)


Spares - ISU-122s & SU-100s
Another SU-100 here needs a new gun barrel.


Spares - ISU-152s, SU-85s, IS-II ARVs, & IS-IIIs
I'd converted the ARVs by simply drilling out the turret ring and adding a floor some years back before a model of it was available.


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EDIT
Protected from the dust in the boxfile underneath the previous units are:

SU-76, SU-122, & SU-152 Regiments


ISU-122 & ISU-152 Regiments
The white stripes came from the decal sheet(s) of some old plastic models.
The white discs were produced with a hole punch and some large patches of white from similar decal sheets.

[redleg]

That's a lot of Russians you guys! Lookin good!

You have inspired me to dig some of my Russians out and give them some love. I have a pack of T-34-85s that have been base coated, but they need some touch-ups and a wash. I got these for my Korean War project (which is more of a distraction than a real project).





I also got out ten BMP-1s that were sitting in my rando box so I can get them painted up.

[chrisswim]

Redleg,
Nice, clean T-34, looks perfect.
Those BMP-1, just an idea paint the before you go into combat.


The DANA 152mm

[whenimaginationfails]

AK Interactive Real Colors AK 098 Russian Modern Green through an airbrush. Shaded with 1/3 each Army Painter Strong Tone, Vallejo Airbrush Flow Improver and water, then highlighted with 4:1 ratio of Modern Russian Green and AK RC 100 Russian Grey Green.

Thank you. I'll keep those paints in mind.

[redleg]

I like the Dana's Chris!

[Olfarty]

This topic started with the words:

From the T-34 of 1940 to the T-72 B3M or today GHQ has over 80 years or Russian Armor so let's see some photos

Lets go back to 1933....

[Cav Dog]

Redleg,

Great minds think alike. I have 24 T34/85s that I painted up for generic use in Korea or bush wars...

[pmskaar]

It is great to see all of your various Russian armor - Chris, Gazza, Olfarty, Redleg, Cav Dog, and others.

Here is some of mine. By the way, I love Russian armor and for WWII specially there is definitely a lot of different tank types to choose from.

Here is one of my T-34 companies. This is the T-34/43 model by GHQ. I modeled this one from around the time of Kursk and after. Some of them have cupolas while most do not. I did a little mixing and matching to add even more variety.



Below are some of my T-34s in some game action.

[chrisswim]

SA-8 Gecko, unpainted



Russian vehicles used by Iraq

[rhabstclair]

Here’s a couple SU-76’s with some crew added: