I wanted to build it straight out of the box but there are a few things in terms of finishing I wanted to do to give it a slightly better look.
From my understanding, KV's has an unusually smooth cast texture, on the turrets so without going too crazy, I replicated it by stippling Mr Surfacer 500 on every cast portion of the turret. Also, during construction there was a fit issue where the turret top and bottom met, so I had to reshape it after sanding and I added the missing weld line by adding some styrene rod and sanding it down and then adding texture to it by softening it with liquid cement and taking a broken 11 blade and creating the weld texture. Then after it dried, I sanded it down and reapplied more Mr Surfacer 500.
Next, I have to resolve some fit issues with the engine deck as seen here:
Something told me I shouldn't have cemented it until I got it correct buy Im sure I can figure it out with some putty and some sanding sticks
So that may come tonight or tomorrow morning. Other than that, hope you enjoyed my progress.
Sean
On a side note, what battle was this machine used in? I can't seem to figure that out or I may be mistaking it for something else.
