A closer look at the 1:100 Soviet SU-76 self-propelled gun made by the British Plastic Soldier Company. The PSC offers a growing range of ww2 and cold war tanks and miniatures in 15 and 20mm scale which are a nice alternative to "official" miniatures for "Flames Of War" and other wargames.
I already built some PSC 15mm tank models (here or here), and all of them result in nice models. Will the Plastic Soldier Company keep up with its standards?
Let us take a look at the plastic to find out:
The kit comes in a gray(grey) plastic sprue, which is casted pretty sharp, with a fair amount of detail. No
sinkholes, that can be seen when it is built, can be found on the sprue, except for one big sinkhole on the side of the crew compartment, which will be covered partly by the exhausts (update: almost unseen, when the kit is built).
A big ejectormark can be found inside of the crew compartment, but I do not think it will be seen when the tank is built (update: It will not be seen).
There is some flash, especially on the smaller parts, which should be removed.
A big ejectormark can be found inside of the crew compartment, but I do not think it will be seen when the tank is built (update: It will not be seen).
There is some flash, especially on the smaller parts, which should be removed.
You can choose between the early and the late version of the SU-76, and also you can choose to have the drivers hatch opened or closed.
Six crewmembers can be found in this kit, what is pretty nice. One half of them comes in Summer clothing, the rest is equipped with Winter gear, you can see them on the picture below:
Six crewmembers can be found in this kit, what is pretty nice. One half of them comes in Summer clothing, the rest is equipped with Winter gear, you can see them on the picture below:
I bought a single sprue of this kit without instruction leaflet, but you can find it on the web and the building instructions are clear and
easy to understand as all of the PSC are. It is (almost) possible to build this kit without instructions but you better should have them.
This is a nice kit from the Plastic Soldier Company, for its scale it is ok, and it is a good alternative to the SU-76 resinmodel from Battlefront Miniatures. There are some simplified parts, but the impression of the kit is is good.
The addition of crewfigures is always welcome, and getting 6 of them means that you can at least equip one other tank with crew figures. The price for a single kit of the PSC SU-76 is a little higher than the price of the Zvezda SU-76, while you get a 5 kit box for about 20 Euros.
In one of the next posts you will see, which of the two SU-76 I would prefer for building a platoon of them, for now you will only get a picture of the built and painted model, building this kit was a pretty easy thing and did not take much time.
This is a nice kit from the Plastic Soldier Company, for its scale it is ok, and it is a good alternative to the SU-76 resinmodel from Battlefront Miniatures. There are some simplified parts, but the impression of the kit is is good.
The addition of crewfigures is always welcome, and getting 6 of them means that you can at least equip one other tank with crew figures. The price for a single kit of the PSC SU-76 is a little higher than the price of the Zvezda SU-76, while you get a 5 kit box for about 20 Euros.
In one of the next posts you will see, which of the two SU-76 I would prefer for building a platoon of them, for now you will only get a picture of the built and painted model, building this kit was a pretty easy thing and did not take much time.
I almost forgot, I made an updated abilities list for ww2 "TANKS", you can find it in my dropbox at
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