Military Illustrated Modeller - Issue 130 - July 2022

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ISSUE No.130 July 2022
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4 NEWS
Military scale-modelling news
8 ROLLING THROUGH
THE RASPUTITSA
Dragon’s 1:35 SU-76i, a mud-coated machine
on the Eastern Front
18 ABANDONED ARTILLERY
IN HAUT-MESNIL
Canadian soldiers examine Axis artillery
20 THEY WERE VERY
CUMBERSOME THINGS
AT FIRST...
Takom’s excellent 1:35 Mk.IV ‘Male’ WW1
tank, expertly weathered
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26 THE M46 PATTON IN
KOREA
Reference images of the US tank, in-country
COVER STORY
28 “LEAD ME, FOLLOW ME OR
GET OUT OF MY WAY”
Takom’s 1:35 USMC M46 Patton
36 CLEAN-UP TIME!
Canadian troops clean the barrel of their 6-pdr
anti-tank gun
38 SKY NEWS: DO LOOK UP!
A dramatic scene with AFV Club’s Sd.Kfz.
251/22 and ICM’s Opel Kapitan
46 FORMIDABLE FURNITURE
WAGON
Building Border Model’s 1:35 Flakpanzer IV
‘Möbelwagen’
52 SAMMIES AT SAINT-
NAZAIRE
An evocative quayside scene in Saint-Nazaire,
1917
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60 BOOK REVIEWS
Military modelling-related book reviews
62 ORDNANCE DEPOT
New and recent accessory sets and modelling
materials
66 SIGN OFF
Churchill at sea, 1944
AFV Edition 3
News
THIS MONTH IN TAMIYA MODEL MAGAZINE...
In the July 2022 Issue (321) of Tamiya Model Magazine we
take an in-depth look at Tamiya’s new 1:48 Challenger 2 MBT.
Check it out! www.doolittlemedia.com
NEWS JUST IN...
HEAVY HOBBY • NEW FROM AIRFIX
- 1:35 3D-print cable eyes WW2 1:35 AUSTIN K2/Y AMBULANCE
German This iconic British WW2 ambulance is, perhaps,
- 1:35 3D-print tool clamps WW2 best known from its starring role in the 1958 war
German film ‘Ice Cold in Alex’. In the summer, this vehicle
- 1:35 3D-print vehicle tool set WW2 will be released in 1:35 kit-form by Airfix and it
German is sure to be warmly welcomed by modellers of
- 1:35 3D-print Sherman periscope support vehicles and classic movie fans alike!
guards WW2 US www.airfix.com
- 1:35 3D-print fruit crates
- 1:35 3D-print modern air compressor set
heavyhobby.com
• NEW FROM TAMIYA • NEW FROM ICM - 1:35
1:35 AMERICAN INFANTRY UNIMOG S404 WITH BOX BODY
RECONNAISSANCE SET • COMING SOON FROM TAKOM
This Unimog is a German 1:16 M50A1 ONTOS
Tamiya's new 1:35 US WW2 GIs set is military variant and will be
nearly here! Here's the superb box artwork. much appreciated by modellers The United States Marine Corps
ICM www.tamiya.com www.hobbyco.net worldwide. www.icm.com.ua 'Thing' will be incarnated as a 1:16
kit! Even in this large scale this
- 1:35 WW2 German mortar GrW 34 Vietnam War era anti-tank vehicle
with crew, mortar and X4 figures • COMING SOON FROM ALPINE MINIATURES will be a manageable size though.
- 1:35 Brewster Body Shield, US Infantry 1:35 BRITISH TANK COMMANDER SET www.bachmann.co.uk
- 1:35 WWI Italian Infantry in armour This two-figure resin set (also available to purchase
- 1:35 WWI German Infantry in armour individually) depicts a pair of WW2 British tank
www.icm.com.ua crewmen wearing the 'pixie suit' winter uniform
and are thus suitable to place in the hatches of
any British tank that fought in the winter months of
Europe, WW2. The perfect 'icing on the cake for
your Churchill, Centaur or Comet model.
TAKOM www.alpineminiatures.com
- 1:35 Flakpanzer V Kugelblitz
- 1:35 Ersatz M7
• NEW FROM MINIART
- 1:35 StuH.42/StuG.III Ausf.G Early
MiniArt's next armour kit is very
www.bachmann.co.uk
topical - it's the BTR-4 Early with
anti-RPG bar-armour and gun turret.
Expect lots of detail.
www.creativemodels.co.uk
• COMING SOON FROM PASSION MODELS - PASSION MODELS GAZ JEEP
Tamiya's classic 1:35 WW2 GAZ 'Jeep' is still a
great model even after many years and Passion
Models' team-up effort with DEF Models will
bring it bang up to date. PE by Passion Model,
resin wheels/tyres by DEF Model.
www.passionmodels.jp www-msmodelswebshop-jp
• COMING SOON FROM PASSION MODELS
1:35 TAMIYA M18 HELLCAT UPGRADES
Tamiya's 1:35 kit of the M18 Hellcat tank-destroyer is still a new
release, but that hasn't stopped the creation of superdetail sets to lift
the detail even further. Passion Models of Japan offer two such sets,
one comprising photo-etched parts plus another with 3D printed
resin details for the headlight guards, engine grilles and more.
www.passionmodels.jp www-msmodelswebshop-jp
• NEW FROM HEAVY HOBBY
• COMING SOON FROM AFV CLUB 1:35 3D-PRINTING ACCESSORIES • NEW FROM TAKOM BLITZ
1:35 JAGDTIGER 2 IN 1
1:35 CHURCHILL MK.IV AVRE WITH This new manufacturer has been exploiting 3D-printing
SBG BRIDGE technology to create some extremely useful items for armour 1:35 Jagdtiger is a '2 in 1' release,
allowing the use of the 128mm PaK
This classic British WW2 bridge- modellers, including a set of individual track links for the
L66 or 88mm PaK L71 main guns.
layer tank is on its way in 2022 from M18 Hellcat in 1:35 and a set of WW2 British aerial bases
The hatches can be fitted opened or
Taiwanese Churchill-meisters, AFV Club. which are notoriously difficult to replicate in miniature.
closed and comes with link-and-length
Just right for a D-Day beach scene www.heavyhobby.com
tracks with track assembly jig.
www.bachmann.co.uk
www.bachmann.co.uk
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FULL-BUILD: WORLD WAR TWO ALLIED ARMOUR DRAGON 1:35 SU-76I WITH CUPOLA • KIT NO.6856
ROLLING THROUGH
THE RASPUTITSA
Jaffe Lam
paints and weathers-up Dragon's excellent 1:35
SU-76i as a mud-coated machine on the harsh Eastern Front...
D
uring the battle of Stalingrad, the Soviets had
captured a large number of well-conditioned
Panzer III and StuG III armoured vehicles.
The SU-76i was developed as a stopgap
measure in early 1943 when the original SU-76
production was halted due to factory problems. The
'i' stands for “Inostrannaya” meaning foreigner in
Russian. It was a hybrid self-propelled gun based
on the Panzer/StuG III chassis with its 76.2mm S1
gun mounted on a welded superstructure.
This fully enclosed configuration was loved
by the crews as it could better protect them from
weather and mortars, grenades, small arms fire
and shrapnel. It also had a huge impact on morale
under the harsh Russian winds and temperatures in
winter, which is better than the open top design of
the original SU-76. Its amour-piercing rounds could
penetrate 75mm armour plate at a distance of
500m and 82mm at 100m range.
However, it could not penetrate the front armour
of a Tiger but could knock out a Panzer III or IV.
The oil heater was installed to protect the engine
from extremely cold weather with temperatures
at -35 degrees Celsius. A reinforced shield was
added over the mantlet to stop stray bullets.
The driver sat on the left and had limited vision.
He could only see the front and the left through an
armoured vision slit. By November 1943, some
181 of these tank destroyers were built, twenty
of them being command versions equipped with
improved, high-powered radios and a Panzer
III commander’s cupola fixed on the roof. Less
ammunition was carried to give more room
for the radio and maps.
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FULL-BUILD: WORLD WAR TWO ALLIED ARMOUR DRAGON 1:35 SU-76I WITH CUPOLA • KIT NO.6856
Once the issues with the original SU-76 were
resolved, the production of SU-76i was halted in
November 1943. Another reason the vehicle never
entered mass production was that it was more
expensive to strip down and rebuild a captured
Panzer III than to build a new SU-76. The SU-76i
fought from the spring of 1943 to the early spring
of 1944 and they were also part of the Soviet
armoured forces in the battle of Kursk.
Some SU-76i vehicles were recaptured and
reused by the Germans. The German version of this
Dragon’s SU-76i with cupola (kit No.6856) is the
second version of its SU-76i series. As the name
and the box art of the kit show, this is a vehicle
with a commander’s cupola and winterketten tracks
and was recaptured by the Germans and put
back into service. However, the model made here
illustrates that the Soviets took ownership of the
tank from the Germans!
Dragon left the modification
of the upper hull part for us. I
had to make the cutout myself
on base of the superstructure
to accommodate the gun
breech. The build instruction
provided exact dimensions
for the cuts. However, to
play safe, I used test-and-fit
approach to ensure the cutout
was not larger than required
After construction was complete, the model
was first sprayed with Tamiya White Fine
Surface Primer followed by Mr Surfacer Black
1500 to render a black and white base
The Russian green base colour
was mixed from Tamiya Acrylic
XF-4 Yellow Green, XF-58 Olive
Green and XF-62 Olive Drab. It’s
important to let the pre-shaded Vallejo washes were applied
areas show through one by one to enhance tonal
richness. Since this wash is
acrylic based, a semi-gloss
varnish was applied in
advance to provide a smooth
finish and avoid tidemarks
Eduard’s Russian number masking tape was put on and Tamiya Flat White XF-2 was sprayed The number 213 fitted quite well on both sides of the superstructure
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