I need some help in finding photos of any KV I with missing return rollers.

Thanks in advance!

Jeremy H

Would these fit the bill ?







After looking at a lot of destroyed KV-1 pics, it seems to me that these return rollers often remain in place after almost all of the rest is gone




Frenchy

Frenchy to the rescue again!

Those are just what I was looking for!

It looks to me that shaft is missing along with the return roller in the 2nd and 3rd photos, and that the entire mount is missing in the 4th photo. Is this correct?

The quality is rather poor, so it's hard to tell but here are my guesses

Picture #1 : one of the 2 wheels of the front roller is still there

#2 : the front roller shaft is still there

#3 : something is still there (look at the track...) but what ?

#4 : the middle roller is maybe hidden under the damaged fender

Here's another one where the middle roller is apparently gone :





Frenchy

I agree, hard to tell. In the 4th photo the middle one must be missing all together because they are evenly spaced and there is nothing mounted or covered at that point if I'm seeing things correctly.

Ooo, that last one's nice Frenchy, that'll work out great for my build! Thanks again!

You're welcome Jeremy. You may be right about #4

Here's a last one for the road :



Most of the front roller is gone, but the outer "rim" is still there...

EDIT : just came across another view of the #4 tank ( I guess it's the same KV-1...) :


Looks like you were right about the missing middle roller

Frenchy

Nice, even better quality photos of the 1st and 4th vehicle!

That outter rim hanging off of the front shaft in the first photo is a nice touch!

And yes I think I do see the spot on the second photo, it looks like there is a radial impression left from where the assembly mounts. Thanks a ton Frenchy!

Jeremy if it is one of Trumpeters KV tanks you are looking at using for a build the bolt holes are replicated in the hull side if you leave the idler wheel mount off.

Thanks for the heads up Darren! I am working on an awkward 1/72 kit. However I have a small stash of the 1/35 Trumpeter kits that I'm going to be slowly working through and plan on adding various degrees of wear and damage so that will be a big help.

Maybe this will help too:



Or you can always make something original

Alex, I am getting broken file links for the images you posted. Do you have direct links to them? I'm very interested in what you have to show.

It doesn't let me to edit the old message so there is a repost

Thanks Alex, that first photo is very helpful to me!

I remember another fella modeling the tank in that second photo in braille, it was a pretty sweet build