Here are some more images of Italeri's 1/35 scale ISU-152 Self Propelled Gun.
From Wikipedia "
The ISU-152 was a Soviet multirole fully enclosed and armored self-propelled gun developed and used during World War II, with a subsequent use, mainly in the Soviet military, till the 1970s. The
ISU-152 marks its beginning on January 24, 1943. This was the moment
of appearance of the first fighting vehicle of this family. It was
designated Object 236 (Объект 236), using the same concept as the ISU-152. The Object 236 was completed in Factory No. 100 in Chelyabinsk,
and on the same day, January 24, underwent trials on the Chebarkulski
artillery range, 107 km from Chelyabinsk. By the February 7, 1943 the
trials were over, passed with success. On February 14 the vehicle was
adopted and put on production under the KV-14 (КВ-14) designation. In April 1943 was ordered KV-14 to be henceforth designated SU-152 (СУ-152). In time, the combat performance of SU-152, based on the KV-1S tank, made necessary the modernisation of the vehicle, using the new IS
tank as a base. On May 25, 1943, shortly after deployment, the
administration of Factory No. 100 ordered the beginning of the SU-152
modernization, which included an increase of the armor protection and
other improvements. The development began in July 1943, under the
supervision of Joseph Yakovlevich Kotin (the chief designer of Soviet
heavy tanks) and G. N. Moskvin as the main designer, and in about a
month the first modernized variant was ready. It was designated IS-152
(ИС-152). It underwent factory trials in September 1943, revealing a
large number of different deficiencies, which sent it back for further
improvement. In October 1943 a second (different) modernized variant was
ready, designated Object 241
(Объект 241). It was an improvement over the IS-152. The factory
trials began the same month, followed by state trials on the
Gorohovetskom test range. On November 6, 1943, an order was issued for
adoption of this variant, under the ISU-152 (ИСУ-152) designation, and in December its production began at the Chelyabinsk Kirovsk Plant, replacing the SU-152.
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