Su-100 construction

Palo M
After spending way too much time on T-35 and F-104J, decided to go for something simple and quick. It went well enough that I made the mistake of ordering some PE and a metal gun barrel.

Palo M
I'm quite happy with how opening the grilles went - razor saw and hobby knife were all that was needed and the cut looks clean enough.

Slavo Hazucha
Grilles look good, could use some additional soviet boot treatment 😉

Olivier
So far quite good.

Palo M
Thanks Slavo and Oliver. The Microdesign PE is not bad at all! I like how it improves the model and now wish I went with one more extension set.

Palo M
After the last comment, I ordered a second set for the mudguards. They are a bit tricky to bend into the right shape, but I think it looks quite ok. There was some additional details on the plastic that is now missing, let's see how it can get recreated.

Palo M
Construction complete! Some PE parts were very fiddly, so I ignored some of the smaller pieces. Moving on to painting.

Rui S
Very nice whitewash 👍 Looking good

Palo M
Thank you, Rui. Need to fix it with oils in a few places and on to weathering.

Villiers de Vos
Very nice camouflage and weathering

Palo M
Adding final images, realized they were missing. Didn't realize I finished it in 2021!

Mr James
Lovely winter wash. A great build

Palo M
Thank you Mr James! A lot more to learn before it gets anywhere close your Tiger!

Mr James
Ha.. you're too kind Palo. You've done a great job

Davide Vitali
Very nice! What have you used to make the snow on the tracks?

Neuling
Top work. Very considerate application of snow (none on the warm upper side of the engine). 👍

Palo M
Thank you, Neuling!

Pietro De Angelis
Beautiful construction and white wash!

Slavo Hazucha
You made the Comrades from Soviet Uzbekistan proud!

seriously this looks pretty cool - the dark muddy wheels, snow in generally plausible areas and very winterly "wear & tear" - good job 👍

Simon Nagorsnik
Great job on camo and weathering, very convincing!

Palo M
Thank you! My first whitewash, so a learning experience; e.g. didn't expect it to so quickly become grey with later layers of weathering, that took effort to fix. Overall, I'm quite happy and glad I went for a metal barrel - makes quite a difference and has now a proud place in my collection.

Olivier
A well deserved place indeed.