I have the Operation Unthinkable boxed set containing the American and Soviet tanks. The GF9 Operation Unthinkable boxed set, the American versus Soviet, contains 21 tanks. Five of these are the ISU-130. The kit also allows you to build the ISU-122 and ISU-152 variants as well. As there are five kits so I decided I would mix and match the different variants.
The ISU-152, is a tank destroyer based on the IS-2 chassis armed with a 152.4 mm ML-20S gun-howitzer. Since the ISU-152’s gun was mounted in a casemate, aiming it was awkward, and had to be done by repositioning the entire vehicle using the tracks. Therefore, it was used as mobile artillery to support more mobile infantry and armour attacks. It continued service into the 1970s and was used in several campaigns and countries.
The process of constructing the ISU-152 was virtually the same process as building the ISU-130.
This is the track sprue.
The kit also allows you to build the ISU-122 and ISU-152 variants as well.
This model I have added a commander figure. The box comes with sprues of commander figures for both the Soviet and US tanks.
Here are two of the models together.
Here are the three ISU-152 models.
The box comes with five kits, so along with these three I also have constructed two ISU-130 models as well. Having constructed the three models, the next step was a white undercoat.
I then sprayed the underneath of the models with a black spray to add shadow and depth.
For the basecoat I used Army Painter Colour Primer: Angel Green.
I do think this might be too dark, so trying something different with other models to see if I need to repaint them.