After we took a closer look at the Zvezda SU-76 and the Plastic Soldier Company SU-76 in previous posts, in this post I will compare both kits. I am no professional but this should be no hindrance for a simple comparison of these two models.
Both kits were primed with AK Interactive Russian primer on most pictures.
Both kits were primed with AK Interactive Russian primer on most pictures.
A frontal view on both tanks. The PCS tank looks wider but they have the same width. Both tanks have some tools and a steelrope moulded onto the hull, what can be seen better on the picture below. But at an overall level, the Zvezda kit seems finer. A plus for the PSC kit is the option to build the drivers hatch openend.
You can see that the Zvezda model is a little longer than the PSC SU-76. While the front part of both tanks roughly measures the same, the Zvezda kit is a bit longer since its crew compartment is bigger.
A look at the rear shows that the PSC model seems higher than the other tank, but this is not the case, I choosed a bad angle for this picture. While the general grade of detail is ok on both tanks, I prefer the kit on the left side.
On the PSC tank I lost the box part at the right side and replaced it with a tarp from the bitsbox.
On the PSC tank I lost the box part at the right side and replaced it with a tarp from the bitsbox.
Both models from both sides. You can see some differences on these models, but the overall look is pretty equal. The exhaust pipes of the Zvezda kits are finer, also this kit has a spotlight, what is missing on the PSC kit.
A look into the crew compartment of the Zvezda model. The amount of details is pretty nice, you can see some munition racks and the gun is made pretty fine including a gunsight. The crew compartment is much deeper as on the PSC kit, on the first picture of the post you can see, that the crewfigure is hard too see, since it is almost at floor level.
A look into the crew compartment of the Plastic Soldier Company model. The inner details are given but simplified and the gun is pretty basic with a low grade of detail. But for a wargaming model, this is still fine.
If I would have to build a SU-76 platoon, I think that I would take the Zvezda kit, and no, I did not get paid by them to write this. Its amount of details is higher than on the Plastic Soldier Company model. This does not mean, that the PSC model is a bad kit, it is a nice model for wargamers, but on a personal view, the Zvezda kit is the kit which I prefer. A quick pricecheck showed, that a 5 model box of PSC SU-76 is almost priced equal to 5 single Zvezda SU-76 kits.
But at the end it is your decisision which models you would use for any games. But I hope, that this post may be helpful.
By the way, finally I found out how to change the name of my Youtube channel, and I replaced the retarded former name with the name of this blog and added a nice header image.
2 comments:
You didnt mention the obvious difference: the gun mantlet is upside down in one of the kits; not sure which one is correct. My guess is the Zvezda kit is incorrect because I have seen them make such a mistake before.
You didn't LOSE the right side intake grill for the PSC SU-76. They simply did not include it on the sprue. I bought a company box of 15 of the buggers from PSC, clipped the parts, then later went to assemble them and could not find the grill parts. The assembly instructions clearly show that part, but the sprue layout on the instruction sheet does not have them anywhere on the sprue layout.
So, unless I managed to miss that part on FIFTEEN sprues, AND PSC just forgot to add it to the sprue layout picture, I'm going with "they just forgot to put it on the sprue".
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