Sunday 10 May 2020

1S12 Long Track radar

Bit of a cheek this - a whole post just for one 1/285 scale model!  But it is a big ‘un. The 1S12 (NATO reporting name ‘Long Track’) was the target acquisition radar for the SA-4 Krug AA missile system. But far more importantly it looks pretty damn cool. This is a C in C model and came in five parts. If it looks a bit squint that’s because I dropped the damned thing on the floor during painting. The (acrylic) paint is Humbrol Grass Green over a black undercoat, painted over with a wash of water with a tiny bit of black in it, a drybush of Vallejo light mud and finally a scoosh of matt spray varnish. 

16 comments:

Pete. said...

Looks great Tim, how will it feature in a game though?

Cheers,

Pete.

Peter Douglas said...

That’s an impressive hunk of 6mm kitTim, looks great too. Can we expect to see a 1:35 version of this behemoth? I know that you can fir this in a game.

Martin Rapier said...

Great, looking forward to seeing it on the (virtual) table. Presumably with some missile launchers too.

tradgardmastare said...

Strange to pop over here and see neither plastic or 1/32.

KEV. Robertson. said...

Hi Tim- Certainly a large bit of hardware in 6mm- very modern and presume it'l be targeted by the enemy jets too...good to see you enjoying your modelling. Cheers. KEV.

Tim Gow said...

Pete
I’ve not though it through that far!

Tim Gow said...

Peter Douglas
No plans for a bigger version just yet. Certainly not 1/35 scale!

Tim Gow said...

Martin Rapier
Funny you should mention that - I do have a SA-4 launcher somewhere....

Tim Gow said...

Tradgardmastare
More plastic tat coming soon!

Tim Gow said...

KEV Robertson
It’s certainly a temptingly big target!

Nigel Drury said...

CinC do have a good range for the AA and fire control radars. Scotia are also quite good for the engineering vehicles.

Tim Gow said...

Nigel Drury
You’re surely not suggesting that I’d have a load of weird models like that?

ian drury said...

I've built a number of CinC SAM systems for Vietnam and Arab-Israeli. Very fiddly, but if you persevere as you did, they do look pretty good.

Maudlin Jack Tar said...

Nice model Tim and not a vehicle I've seen before so it's also an education!

Tim Gow said...

Ian Drury
This was one of the easy ones!

Tim Gow said...

Maudlin Jack Tar
Just so long as you don’t expect any useful knowledge....