Wednesday, June 11, 2025

28mm WWII Soviet Vehicles

All, 

Greetings, and welcome to my collection of Soviet heavy metal!  I painted absolutely zero on this force, it's all bought from other folks.  Everything but the three trucks comes from my buddy Dustin; the trucks were off a guy on Ebay.  Soviet stuff is generally pretty easy, right, just throw some green on them, but they did a great job with decals and weathering.  I noticed that some early war stuff was done in more of a forest green, while some others and the later war stuff was done in more of an olive green.  I think everything but the trucks and Su-76s (which are 3D printed) are from Warlord/Italeri.

The whole mess: two IS-2s, an Su-85, an Su-122, a KV-1 (with separate turret to make it a KV-2), two T-26s, two BT-7s, a 1940 model T-34, two 1942 model T-34s, two Su-76s, a Ba-64, a Ba-10, and three Studebaker trucks.

First up, the two Su-76s.  My only complaint is that there are no crew figures inside, may have to remedy that.

The Ba-64 armored car.

The Ba-10 armored car.

A pair of T-26s.

The three trucks.

A pair of BT-7s.

The two later model T-34/76s.

The early model T-34/76, looking awful clean.

The Su-122.

The Su-85.

The KV-1.

And his big brother, the KV-2.

And the two IS-2s, veritable monsters.

I think they look nice, and overall I think they'll see me through pretty much any scenario.  I'm a wargaming megalomaniac, so well enough is never enough; I've got a pair of T-60s on the way, and I'd like to have some T-34/85s, probably some Lend-Lease stuff too, at least a Valentine or two, maybe a 'Coffin for Seven Brothers.' ;)  Oh, and I have an M3 scout car that I've primed but haven't painted; not too worried about jeeps, motorcycles, or halftracks for the Soviets, though I do have some cavalry waiting to be painted.  Not vehicles, but I'd also like to get my hands on some paratroopers, partisans, and naval infantry.  Ugh, it never ends...

V/R,
Jack

4 comments:

  1. A beautiful force, if my mate didn’t have a large Russian force I would definitely collect one myself

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    1. Thanks Matt! I hear you can never have enough ;)

      V/R,
      Jack

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  2. A great collection of vehicles there. I do love the variety that comes with fielding Russian tanks.

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