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Eastern Express KV 85
armagh5
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Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Joined: February 02, 2006
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Posted: Thursday, November 08, 2007 - 12:52 PM UTC
I built this one out of the box
i corrected the turret by moving it forward 3-4 mm
and used my hot water method on the kits tracks
i enjoyed building it and like the shape of it
the loaders hatch is too far forward
so ill need to fix that
regards andrew



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Metro Manila, Philippines
Joined: February 20, 2003
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Posted: Thursday, November 08, 2007 - 04:23 PM UTC
Looks good. Slab some paint and you're finished. Overall, the kit reminds me of Trump's KV series. Wonder why they didn't made a KV-85 when they got tons of KV-1/2 series.
GeraldOwens
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Posted: Thursday, November 08, 2007 - 05:14 PM UTC

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Looks good. Slab some paint and you're finished. Overall, the kit reminds me of Trump's KV series. Wonder why they didn't made a KV-85 when they got tons of KV-1/2 series.


Because to do the KV-1S and KV-85, they'd have to retool the exterior hull panels, engine deck, turret and road wheels--much bigger than the mostly cosmetic changes within the early KV family. I guess sales did not justify the cost of finishing up the series. A real shame, as their kits are real gems.
As for the EE kits, they can look nice with some tender loving care, but in the box, they are much less less sophisticated in their tooling--certain details are just gorgeous, but other parts are masses of flash. Be prepared for a lot of trimming, filing and sanding.
SGTJKJ
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Posted: Thursday, November 08, 2007 - 08:07 PM UTC
Looks good - good job on the tracks. What is your "hot water" method?

Looking forward to see more when it gets some colour
armagh5
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Posted: Saturday, November 10, 2007 - 12:55 PM UTC
hot water method

you just push the tracks down with your fingers and dip that side in hot water being carefull not to burn your fingers
then you hold them and dunk the whole lot intoa basin of cold water

you can also
put big nuts and bolts on top of the track to hold it down
then pour hot water over them then cold water

you have to guess how hot the water has to be though
and some times you have to repeat the process a lot as the nuts and bolts fall off
regards andrew
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