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 Subject:  It is an SU-85MList thread.  
  
 Date:  Nov 23, 2005
 From:  Saul Garcia 
Hi,

Take a look at the mantlet collar with the mounting bolts around them. If the collar is circular, it is an 85mm version.
http://www.thetankmaster.com/images/AFV/PART1/su-85-02.jpg
Note that the photo above shows an earlier variant, the SU-85 as kitted by Tamiya. These are plans for this variant:
http://www.battlefield.ru/blueprints/su85_10.gif

This is a Japanese modeler's page on his modifications to the Dragon kit to better represent the mantlet cover shown in the very image you posted:
http://homepage1.nifty.com/gizmo-cafe/seisaku/su85m/su85m.html
Plans here:
http://www.battlefield.ru/blueprints/su85_9.gif

Should the collar have had bulges to accomodate the bolts at a greater diameter than the machined flat circular area seen in the photo, it would be the mantlet cover for the 100mm gun.
http://www.thetankmaster.com/images/AFV/su-100/su-100_07.jpg
http://www.thetankmaster.com/IMAGES/AFV/AMUR/SU100_016.jpg
http://www.thetankmaster.com/IMAGES/AFV/MINSK/SU100/Su100_Minsk_02.jpg
http://www.thetankmaster.com/IMAGES/AFV/Jacques/SU100/Su100_09.jpg
Plans here (to compare with the one posted above for the SU-85M):
http://www.battlefield.ru/blueprints/su100_17.gif

I hope this helps somewhat.

Saúl García
 
Thread Listing 
  Dragon's SU-85M - Yeow Kim Tan - Nov 22, 2005
. . . Re: Dragon's SU-85M - Marc Brandes - Nov 22, 2005
. . . . . . Re: Dragon's SU-85M [IMG] - Ken Tan - Nov 22, 2005
. . . . . . . . . Re: Dragon's SU-85M - Krzysztof Janczarek - Nov 23, 2005
. . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Dragon's SU-85M - Ken Tan - Nov 23, 2005
. . . . . . . . . I think it's an SU-100 - Michael Withington - Nov 23, 2005
. . . . . . . . . . . . It is an SU-85M - Saul Garcia - Nov 23, 2005
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . It is an SU-85M - Krzysztof Janczarek - Nov 23, 2005
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: It is an SU-85M - Ken Tan - Nov 23, 2005
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: It is an SU-85M - Ken - Jan 4, 2006
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dragon kit - Krzysztof Janczarek - Jan 5, 2006
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Dragon kit - Ken - Jan 5, 2006
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dragon kit - Krzysztof Janczarek - Jan 5, 2006
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dragon kit - Krzysztof Janczarek - Jan 5, 2006
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Dragon kit - Ken - Jan 6, 2006
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