Oh, I wasn't the only one to make that association, then

A propos:

I must have seen season one of Good Omens but I have little memory of it.  The book on the other hand I have read many times.

If season two is upon us I must rewatch season one.

Quote from: zenrat on June 10, 2023, 04:58:35 AMI must have seen season one of Good Omens but I have little memory of it.  The book on the other hand I have read many times.

I've not seen the serial, but have read the book many times    I have a hardback for home and a paperback for when traveling.

Quote from: zenrat on June 10, 2023, 04:58:35 AMI must have seen season one of Good Omens but I have little memory of it.  The book on the other hand I have read many times.

I've read the book more than I've seen the series, but I did think the series was a very good adaptation — down to many scenes and entire bits of dialogue being basically exactly the same. Sure, things were changed, but it's more or less at the opposite end of the spectrum from, say, any random James Bond movie adapted from a novel

The series has inspired a new release of the book with the actors as part of the cover illustration here in the UK. Hopefully introduce a new generation to Terry and Neil's works 

So, deadlines have passed and i picked this up today.

Started assembling and painting the last of the fiddley bits (fuel tanks, tools, spare track, cable) so I can attach them before finalising the weathering.

SU-76c

Su-76c - 16 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr

The SU-76c  (c = cheshskiy meaning czech) was conceived as a stop gap vehicle built on captured German Panzer 38t hulls.  They were built because, while speeding up their huge production of tanks, the Red Army still faced a shortage of Tank Destrpyers. Furthermore, the original SU-76 model had several flaws. They were unreliable and not a pleasure to drive, so much so the Soviet tankers named it "the Bitch". The Soviets had captured many Panzer 38t tank chassis in relatively good condition so, with the thought of rearming them with bigger Soviet guns, they were shipped back to Factory 23 at Zenratovlosk where a replacement casemate was welded in place carrying a 76.2mm S-1 Anti Tank Gun.

Su-76c - 14 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr

Su-76c - 13 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr

Su-76c - 9 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr

Small but packing a decent punch the size of the SU-76c can be seen here in comparison to a KV-1 and an SU-122.

Su-76c - 18 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr

The model.
Tamiya 1/48 PzKpw 38t
Hauler resin SU-76i conversion

That looks very plausible Fred, but what do I know about tanks? 

That's come out really well Fred 

It looks extremely plausible!

Excellent work, Fred!

Yup..I like it ..like it alot   
Well gents some info for ya'll  ..the russians did this same deal but on a captured Panzer 3 hull  and it was called the SU-76 l 😉

Thanks folks.

The resin conversion was designed for a Tamiya PzKpw III which is significantly wider than the PzKpw 38t.  I knew this but didn't realise just how tiny a tank it was until I had finished and sat it between the SU-122 and the KV-1.

Very cool! And so compact. 

I'm just trying to imagine a guy my size trying to fit inside that 

  Nice.