SU-76/Marder Project

james johnson
Experimenting with Vallejo Crackle Medium........not sure it really applies well to the exhaust but you can see what it is supposed to do.......i guess

Holger Kranich
Dammit, i cant read what written on the Marder. Dont have my glasses ready... The crackleeffect really comes good!

james johnson
Thanks, now to find a better application..........this su-76 is going to be posed with the tristar marder....the brutal simplicity of the su 76 should contrast nicely with the german engineering of the marder........
By the way...I noticed that there are an awful lot of aircraft enthusiasts here......one of these days I'm going to make it to the US airforce museum which is about a mile from where I live (Wright Patterson Air Force Base) and I'll post a whole bunch of pics..

james johnson
oh, and I need to change my email address and cant seem to be able to do this....any help?

Holger Kranich
Yeah, that´ll be cool!

John Van Kooten
Somewhat of an old post, I know 😉 but if you still want to know what it says (said?) on the back of the Marder, read on 😉

The text they painted on the back says:

"Jungs holt fast"

Unfortunately for them, that makes no sense whatsoever! At least, not if they were trying to say something in German 😉

What I guess they want to say is (roughly translated):

"Guys, hang in there!" or "Guys, stand your ground!".

So, the text they should have painted on is:

"Jungs halt fest"

However, I'm not sure if that would make sense either? German is not my native tongue, so I'm not sure if this would translate into the "hang in there" / "stand your ground" idiom?

I guess I would rather expect something like "Jungs standhalten!" 🙂

Anyway, probably overthinking this piece of text way too much 😛 you know what it says now 😉 👍

Frank Krause
Hi John,
actually "Jungs holt fast!" ist the correct spelling. It is a Northern German dialect. Your English translation is ok, I think. Our Northern expert Holger should be able to confirm...

Holger Kranich
...you called my name, Frank?;)

"Jungs holt fast" could surely be north german dialect! It means something like: Guys, hold the position or Guys hold the line!

Frank Krause
I knew, I could count on you, Holger! 👍 😄

Gábor Bélik
Very nice work! Realy like the weathering on the SU.

Fabian D.
which proves agian, we´ve got some strange dialects.... 😉
fantastic work on both SU and Marder, James (y

Es-haq Khosravi
Great job!

james johnson
well, it took I a bit of time, but now I know!.......you don't see many such embellishments on German AFV's .....Thank you all..........

John Van Kooten
LOL! I sure didn't see that coming, i.e., that it was actually correct spelling 😛 I have a feeling those Russians that painted it on didn't either 😉 I think they were just lucky it all works out 😄 hahaha!

Thanks for clarifying that Frank and Holger 👍 👍 much appreciated and another lesson learned, which is always a good thing! 🙂

For those that are interested and/or didn't know, the Marder in the photograph is in the "Museum of the Great Patriotic War" in Moscow (en.wikipedia.org/wik..atriotic_War,_Moscow)

And yes! Sorry it took so long, James, but I wasn't a ScaleMate back then 😉 Otherwise you'd have known much sooner 😉

And to get back on topic: James, you've got some very seriously good looking models in your albums!! Really great! I especially like the Marder in this album and the Hetzer you've done! Awesome! 👍 👍

George Bacon
Wonderful job! 👍 👍 👍

Hunter Cummins
Wouldnt the marder turn and blow the hell out of the SU??? And wouldnt the crews go into full on hand to hand combat???

james johnson
couldn't say, but I wouldn't want to be the driver in the SU-76, he's trapped in what is essentially a steel box.........I suppose he could exit the front, but good luck with that!

Hunter Cummins
Lol ut seriously. It makes no sense to me lol if I were the germans(or russians) id be shooting and blowing the hell out of the guys next to melol

james johnson
oh, well in that case......let me explain,,,,they are, or I should say WERE positioned like that simply to compare to similar weapons of the antagonists........

Hunter Cummins
Ohhhhhh lol
sorry for my stupidity