"Praise for Dust Tactic's IS-48 Super-heavy Tank" Topic

This is a really nice model! I was worried about the size, thinking it might not really be that wide, but it is great. I am intending to use it with my Copplestone Neo-Soviets and think it will be perfect. Of course the tank commander is 1/48 and too big compared to the Copplestone figures but I don't need to use him. It looks good next to the Old Crow half-track I bought to go with them as well.

As a model it is just my speed – that is, mostly put together already! ;-)

The tracks do seem a bit flimsy – they have a bit of movement. The guns switch out easily though I will probably just stick with the conventional tank gun – I am so glad it is a realistic calibre! (The KV-1 version suffers from Warhammeritis unfortunately – though perhaps the cover art is deceptive.)

I read somewhere someone wondering how he was going to paint the tracks as they are pre-assembled and painted the same olive green as the hull. Isn't it common to paint the tracks on tanks? And so one could just hightlight with worn metal and add rust sand mud, perhaps to the links(?)

I would wash them with various inks and glazes in shades of brown and rust and then go back and highlight some raised areas with a metal color, and then I would use some of the thick acrylic mediums and weathering powders to make some "mud" and spatter it on the tracks and running gear. I would also make sure to weather the hull with similar mud and rust to keep it consistent.

I've got some of the KV versions – and they are very nice, especially the AA gun mount.

Thanks Jovian1!