Here's a few pics of progress with the first one. Hull halves are not yet attached.
Cheers,
Jan
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tread_geek
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Posted: Monday, April 11, 2011 - 09:30 AM UTC
Finally got around to mixing up some proper Russian green (I hope). My pre-shading worked out rather well but the pictures didn't capture it. I'm still not sure what if anything further I want to add but I at least can start on the enhancing painting. Here's a few pics of progress with the first one. Hull halves are not yet attached.
Cheers,
Jan
Here's a few pics of progress with the first one. Hull halves are not yet attached.Cheers,
Jan
SGTJKJ
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Posted: Monday, April 11, 2011 - 12:05 PM UTC
I have made a little more progress on my KV-1. The base colour is on. Next is the weathering of the tracks and details painting.
More to follow.
More to follow.
CMOT
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Posted: Wednesday, April 13, 2011 - 08:21 AM UTC
Well the Finnish KV is getting close to finished, what I am finding hard to understand is why the paint looks better to the eye than to the camera.
ltb073
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Posted: Wednesday, April 13, 2011 - 08:43 AM UTC
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Well the Finnish KV is getting close to finished, what I am finding hard to understand is why the paint looks better to the eye than to the camera.
Darren, your Finnish camo is looking good maybe the flash is providing to much light causing the colors to look to lite
@Jasper, nice clean build there I like the tow cable turn buckles did they come with the kit or are they AMPE
warreni
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Posted: Wednesday, April 13, 2011 - 08:54 AM UTC
Sal, the Trumpeter kits come with those turnbuckles that Jesper has used.
ltb073
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Posted: Wednesday, April 13, 2011 - 09:18 AM UTC
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Sal, the Trumpeter kits come with those turnbuckles that Jesper has used.
Ahhh i see thanks Warren, so they should be in my KV-2 Kit
CMOT
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Posted: Wednesday, April 13, 2011 - 09:40 AM UTC
Sal thank you for the comments. The turnbuckles are in all of the Trumpeter kits so yes there should be two in your KV2 kit.
warreni
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Posted: Wednesday, April 13, 2011 - 10:15 AM UTC
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Quoted TextSal, the Trumpeter kits come with those turnbuckles that Jesper has used.
Ahhh i see thanks Warren, so they should be in my KV-2 Kit
Be careful when you remove them from the sprue as they are pretty delicate and can break easily.
Bigrip74
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Posted: Thursday, April 14, 2011 - 07:30 AM UTC
Darren, I like that Finnish camo. I have decided that it is time to paint after finally producing an acceptable tow cable.
I have a question regarding stowage for the KV. What sort of stowage would go on this monster, I cannot find any photos to give me a clue the way the view ports are located and the layout of the tank does not help me with any rough ideas. Did the crews hang any bags like those on M4s and where were the tarps placed, I have tried different placements but everything that I place is in the way of a functional part of the tank.
Bob
I have a question regarding stowage for the KV. What sort of stowage would go on this monster, I cannot find any photos to give me a clue the way the view ports are located and the layout of the tank does not help me with any rough ideas. Did the crews hang any bags like those on M4s and where were the tarps placed, I have tried different placements but everything that I place is in the way of a functional part of the tank.
Bob
tread_geek
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Posted: Thursday, April 14, 2011 - 08:27 AM UTC
@Bigrip74 - Bob, I've looked at a lot of wartime pictures of KV-II's while searching for images of the KV-14 (SU-152). Even the captured German KV-II vehicles are from Spartan to devoid of much external stowage. On the turret, those two prominent (taller) dome shaped protrusions are the sighting system. The three open ended protrusions on the turret (and those like them on the hull) are periscopes.
Hope this helps,
Jan
Hope this helps,
Jan
warreni
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Posted: Thursday, April 14, 2011 - 08:29 AM UTC
Nice work Bob. From what I have seen no KV had much stowage if any on it. The Russinas where so short of stuff it is not a surprise they where not festooned with much stuff like some allied tanks you see. The other reason could be that anything useful on them would have been spirited away in the night by the peasants who would have had nothing.
Bigrip74
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Posted: Thursday, April 14, 2011 - 09:04 AM UTC
@ Jan & Warren, thanks for the information that settles ot off to paint now. I made a color chart of the paint in my collection, but do not know which is correct for Russian armor.
Bob
Bob
warreni
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Posted: Thursday, April 14, 2011 - 09:17 AM UTC
You could use almost any shade of green and challenge anyone who said you were wrong to prove the colour wasn't right.. I think the Russians just slapped on whatever they could scrape together. I doubt there was anyone coming around to inspect the tanks saying "no sorry that green is not to specifications and the tank will need to be repainted before we accept it for service". It would more likely have been "you are wasting time putting paint on it when the pig-dogs are ravaging the Motherland?"Bigrip74
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Posted: Thursday, April 14, 2011 - 10:00 AM UTC
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Warren, we think some what alike. Thanks for giving some one else to shoot at instead of me
Bob
CMOT
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Posted: Thursday, April 14, 2011 - 10:06 AM UTC
From what I have read the KV2 was so heavy that the turret could not be rotated unless it was on a fairly even surface. If you want to busy it up a little you could show some troops getting a lift (why walk when you can ride), and if they had given you some hollow fender braces you could have placed a Tarp or two through them.
Bigrip74
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Posted: Thursday, April 14, 2011 - 10:40 AM UTC
Darren, I just finished watching a video on the KV and they said the same regarding the turret.
Bob
Bob
Bigrip74
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Posted: Saturday, April 16, 2011 - 12:59 PM UTC
I put some color on it (XF61) and will give the paint some time to dry then go over it again to catch any light areas.
Bob
Bob
warreni
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Posted: Saturday, April 16, 2011 - 01:37 PM UTC
Lookin' good Bob..
lespauljames
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Posted: Saturday, April 16, 2011 - 11:30 PM UTC
Hey guys! i started work on the Trumpeter KV-1 with Aber PE set last night. I'll chuck some photos up soon
LPJ out!
LPJ out!
lespauljames
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Posted: Sunday, April 17, 2011 - 04:14 AM UTC
bmikk1
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Posted: Monday, April 18, 2011 - 09:07 AM UTC
Here is my KV-2 in German service. sorry about the lack of in progress photos, build time has been at a premium as of late and I have been plugging away just trying to finish this thing. Here it is at the painting stage, everything went together rather well except for the rear mounted ammo carrier which was a bit rather warped and quite a pain to get to line up and look right.
I am going to try and tackle the tri tone camo job they had on this beast for the planned invasion of Malta...wish me luck.
I am going to try and tackle the tri tone camo job they had on this beast for the planned invasion of Malta...wish me luck.
warreni
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Posted: Monday, April 18, 2011 - 09:15 AM UTC
@ James - Was the lottery ticket lucky?
@ Brandon - What kit is that Brandon?
Keep up the great work.
Your friendly Campaign Leader
Warren..
@ Brandon - What kit is that Brandon?
Keep up the great work.
Your friendly Campaign Leader
Warren..
bmikk1
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Posted: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 - 04:37 AM UTC
Warren, it is the Trumpeter KV-2 754(r) kit. These Trumpy KV kits are nice to build and can be found cheap (got this one for 12$ at the LHS.)
casualmodeler
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Posted: Sunday, May 01, 2011 - 07:25 AM UTC
Hi fellow KV-fans! Finally got some time to proceed with my project. Here´s my "girl" after all smallest parts added. It´s got Friul-tracks, Aber barrel and some parts from Eduard PE set. After these pics, I removed fenders and all roadwheels for a wash to get rid off all sanding dust and grease. Now it´s drying and hopefully tomorrow is time for a primer.
Keep up the good work.
Keep up the good work.
CMOT
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Posted: Sunday, May 01, 2011 - 08:13 AM UTC
Good to see you finally getting this together Kimmo.
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