Post by El Caracho on Jan 3, 2018 13:08:40 GMT
Here's my Cobi MOC of a Soviet ISU-152 heavy assault gun:
I built my MOC in true "Cobi" style, which means I simplified the shape of the upper hull structure a bit, because it was easier and faster to build this way.
I used the same slope bricks for the upper hull structure that Cobi used for their 2484 "Jagdtiger" set.
I still think the Jagdtiger can be done better, and thus, so can my ISU-152 MOC.
But I will present it to the world anyway :-)
Obviously I used an IS-2 set as a base for his MOC (set 2491, but the WoT or Battle of Berlin IS-2 will also do).
To get enough green slopes for the upper hull structure, I scrapped an 2496 "SdKfz 184 Panzerjäger Tiger (Ferdinand)" set and a 2456 "7TP Tank" set (the new release with small tracks).
I kept the slope bricks with the "German" tank number "702", because otherwise, scrapping another 7TP tank for slope parts would have been necessary.
But at least I put on some custom Soviet star stickers and also the cyrillic "Hunter" from the WoT sticker sheet.
And for the gun barrel parts I had to scrap 2 of the 2369 "155mm Gun M1 Long Tom" sets:
The rest was pretty much straightforward. I got rid of the IS-2 turret, and on the chassis I completed the frontal mudguards and replaced the logs with fuel barrels:
The two "neat" features of my MOC are probably the upper hull's 2-part rear loading hatch ...
... and the 1x4 hinge plate above the main gun barrel mount, which are both not your "typical" Cobi design ;-)
I made some custom stickers for the hatches and the gun barrel (printed in black with a laser printer on tranparent adhesive foil).
The problem is that you cannot attach anything to the big slope bricks, causing the sides of the upper hull to look a bit boring (but at least I managed to attach a track link and the frontal hatch over these slope bricks using some hinge parts).
Here's how I mounted the fuel barrels, which I found more suitable than the logs on the original Cobi IS-2 chassis:
Well, it was a rather "quick" MOC using an already existing chassis. But it was 1 of 3 WW2 tank types produced in relevant numbers my collection was still missing, so I built it.
Watch this space for the other 2 appearing here soon ;-)
... and I promise they will be more "sophisticated" ...
I also spotted this tank type in the background of the new box artwork for set 2476 "T34/85 M 1944".
Although not build out of bricks yet in that artwork, it probably means that Cobi will release this tank type as an official set in the near future also ...
I built my MOC in true "Cobi" style, which means I simplified the shape of the upper hull structure a bit, because it was easier and faster to build this way.
I used the same slope bricks for the upper hull structure that Cobi used for their 2484 "Jagdtiger" set.
I still think the Jagdtiger can be done better, and thus, so can my ISU-152 MOC.
But I will present it to the world anyway :-)
Obviously I used an IS-2 set as a base for his MOC (set 2491, but the WoT or Battle of Berlin IS-2 will also do).
To get enough green slopes for the upper hull structure, I scrapped an 2496 "SdKfz 184 Panzerjäger Tiger (Ferdinand)" set and a 2456 "7TP Tank" set (the new release with small tracks).
I kept the slope bricks with the "German" tank number "702", because otherwise, scrapping another 7TP tank for slope parts would have been necessary.
But at least I put on some custom Soviet star stickers and also the cyrillic "Hunter" from the WoT sticker sheet.
And for the gun barrel parts I had to scrap 2 of the 2369 "155mm Gun M1 Long Tom" sets:
The rest was pretty much straightforward. I got rid of the IS-2 turret, and on the chassis I completed the frontal mudguards and replaced the logs with fuel barrels:
The two "neat" features of my MOC are probably the upper hull's 2-part rear loading hatch ...
... and the 1x4 hinge plate above the main gun barrel mount, which are both not your "typical" Cobi design ;-)
I made some custom stickers for the hatches and the gun barrel (printed in black with a laser printer on tranparent adhesive foil).
The problem is that you cannot attach anything to the big slope bricks, causing the sides of the upper hull to look a bit boring (but at least I managed to attach a track link and the frontal hatch over these slope bricks using some hinge parts).
Here's how I mounted the fuel barrels, which I found more suitable than the logs on the original Cobi IS-2 chassis:
Well, it was a rather "quick" MOC using an already existing chassis. But it was 1 of 3 WW2 tank types produced in relevant numbers my collection was still missing, so I built it.
Watch this space for the other 2 appearing here soon ;-)
... and I promise they will be more "sophisticated" ...
I also spotted this tank type in the background of the new box artwork for set 2476 "T34/85 M 1944".
Although not build out of bricks yet in that artwork, it probably means that Cobi will release this tank type as an official set in the near future also ...
