'BFG' from GregB: Big F***ing Cat Killer

SU-100 tank destroyer in 1/100 scale - from Peter Pig

I had nothing really top of mind for this theme round, even with such a cool subject.  I was disappointed, and thinking of passing on it, but I constantly recall Curt saying to me "Greg, it is a painting challenge, after all," so while watching the Winnipeg Jets somehow eke a shoot-out win out of the Calgary Flames this afternoon, I found this in the big pile-of-stuff in my basement and painted it up - an SU-100 tank destroyer.  The model is 1/100 scale, from Peter Pig.  I felt a 100mm AT gun in 1945 counts as a "big f***ing gun".

The scourge of the German heavy tanks which often pop up on late-war-setting wargame tabletops, this SU-100 will put a sizeable hole (or three) into the scary fascist Panthers, Tigers and other armoured issues which might pop up. That makes it a "big f***ing cat killer".   My large collection of 15mm WW2 Soviets has many T-34 tanks (of course) but very few heavy tank destroyers, so this model will give German players something to think carefully about!

Still needs a tank commander...

This model is from Peter Pig, which means it is cast in metal. I LOVE models cast in metal - this is how proper wargames figures SHOULD be done.  The detail is excellent, the casting is flawless and it was a treat to assemble and paint.

Tried to rust the exhaust just a touch...

Touch of fall foliage...perfect for stomping German forces in a drive through Poland...

Not much to say about the paint job, other than it covered the basics, and it is nice to finish a model that has been hanging around the pile for almost three years! It does still need a tank commander figure - note the empty cupola - but that is something to worry about another time...