September 13, 2019

Zvezda 1:100 SU-76M
Self-Propelled Gun

A closer look at the 1:100 Soviet SU-76M self-propelled gun model kit. This kit is produced by the Russian manufacturer Zvezda for their "Art Of Tactic" wargame range. But as all 1:00 Zvezda model kits, this model could be used for any 15mm world war 2 wargame.

After we too a closer look at the Plastic Soldier Company SU-76 model kit in a previous post, today let us see, what Zvezda has to offer with its SU-76 kit:

The kit comes in two green sprues made in the same plastic as all other Soviet units for Zvezdas ww2 and ww3 wargames. The casting is without any flaws, there is virtually no flash to remove. The absence of any sinkholes and visible ejectormarks is a very nice feature, and the only mouldlines you would have to remove can be found on the tracks, the barrel and some smaller parts.

The tracks on this kit are made well, it seems that the newer Zvezad 1:100 tank kits do not lack as much track detail as their first released kits.

What was most surprising, is the grade of detail of the crew compartment, as you can see on the picture below. Please note that the gunsight was not installed on the picture.

As usual, this kit can be built without the use of glue, but the plastic takes normal modelglue well and binds fast

With the SU-76 Zvezda offers a nice modelkit with a good amount of details. I could not find any negative points on the kit itself, but the addition of decals and crewmembers would have been nice.
But for its low price and the quality of the kit, I only can recommend this kit as an addition for your Soviet ww2 army.

This kit was built pretty fast and I had no issues with this, but you should carefully read the included instruction leaflet, since the construction of Zvezda 1:100 kits sometimes can be a little, ahm, special (?).

The picture shows, how it looks, when this thing is built and painted:

In one of the next posts, the Zvezda SU-76 will be compared to the Plastic Soldier Company SU-76, which of them would I rather recommend ?

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