ComradeMP greta looking progress dude , looking forward to the paint

Sal great now lets see a real dirty beaten up monster of a KV 85 , dusty will also be fine
Is that figure white metal? Who's he from? looks just great

Todays update:

some light oiling










More tomorrow after the matt varnish and possibly some dusting








Paul

@Sal: nice job on the spray and as Paul stated, I cannot wait to see you dirty it up.

@Paul: that is a unique way to of making the white wash run, I like it.

@ComradeMP: that is good progress.

I am waiting for the oil wash to dry then on to applying rust and the matte finish.
Bob

Hi All,
Here is my KV1 this is the first time I tried white winter paint. I washed with white then blotted with a small piece of scour pad. then a wash with burnt umber. This was a fun build for me, I was able to try new things.





Happy Modeling

Andy

Bob appreciated mate


Andrew Cool looker there , looking forward to seeing more . Or are you calling her done?

Here is todays update, or as the Zounds once sung "A little bit more, A little bit more, everybodys looking for a little bit more"
Damn now I'm showing my age














More tomorrow maybe.






Paul

Thanks Paul and Bob. The figure is from Dragons Soviet Infantry Tank riders set. He was primed using AK black primer the stuff is very thin. The KV is just about ready for the muck I'm deciding on weather to add some fender damage
Paul your KV is looking great too
Andrew beat finish there I like the weathering

Thanks Sal, yesterday I went overkill and I have almost finished the KV122 .
Just one or two things add paint wise and then shes done


















Keep up the good work lads






Paul

Coming along nicely Paul
Here is some progress
Both sides of the track are on

fenders dry fit

I have since added some battle damage to the fenders

Sal looking good bro , I wish I had a figure or two .



Well here are the " nicer pics" I wanted to do these outside, but the weather has taken a dive so no go on that.





































Keep em comin lads......




Paul

Well, I have to skip KV-campaign this time. There's no use to even start anymore, although this would have been very attempting campaign to do. My congrats to all, who made it in time. I'll start to wait part 3.

As I continue to lurch toward the paint shop with my pair of Trumpeter KVs, I have some more progress to show!


First up in the Dept. of never to be left well-enough alone is the cast turret, which in addition to re-surfacing, I have added the casting stubs sometimes seen in battlefield photos of cast turret vehicles. These tend to be quite variable in appearance, but I have yet to see the "feature" included in a kit. I I added it myself with a little carefully sized strip styrene, contoured and sculpted with some putty. We'll see how it looks with paint

On the same vehicle, I have elected to replace the usual hull front applique armor with an extra tall section. Why? because I like the feature! I'd like to be able to answer that I found a picture of a particular vehicle incorporating it, but the truth is this will be a speculative vehicle, not based on any photo, but with only a generic tactical marking. That way, I can add all the features I like piecemeal, and not worry about one of you lot coming along and saying "hang on a second, you got THIS wrong!"



I am happy to see I am not the only masochist who elected to go link-to-link for this project I think I did mention I will not be using THESE tracks again! They look great, I have to admit, but they are WAAAAY fiddly, and testing my patience. These BTW are the two-part tracks for the KV-1S. I plan to use the kit-provided link & length set provided by Trumpeter for the cast-turret vehicle, as I have used them in the past, and rather like them.

Speaking of the KV-1S, here is the turret, re-textured in all its glory, along with the new shallow dome on top the cupola, including a fine weld bead.

The "step" at the upper corners behind the trunions is now gone, too.

I wound up really not liking the etched intake covers from Jordi Rubio once built-up, so I elected to ditch them, and replace them with a set of the tried and true Eduard covers I have used before with great success. Looks like I will have to order ANOTHER set! Can't have a KV without etched intake covers!



I also am nearly ready preparing wheels for the paint shop. I like painting mine on the sprue, so what I usually do is carefully remove one of the sprue gates, and sand-down the scar until it's flush. That way, when I detach the painted wheel, there is only one spot to sand & touch-up, and this can usually be faced toward the track-side, so it's invisible. I get much better coverage this way.

Wow, I love these KV builds! Good job everyone!
I completed some color modulation.

I hope you guys don't mind my asking this here, but it does bear directly on one of my two builds for this campaign:

I have always been too intimidated/put-off to attempt a winter whitewash finish. That is exactly what I plan to do with the KV-1S I am working on here though, so what is the favored approach? What would you guys recommend?

I think im gonna call this finished what do you guys think




comments and suggestions are always welcome

After a small break, back to finishing up the KV-1E. Tracks need clean up, besides that it's ready for paint. Might get that done on Mon.






Already started work on the KV-8. Turret is done, some clean up aside. Working on the hull parts.

Nice finishes Paul and Sal, I am having trouble uploading photos into the campaign gallery. Can anyone help?

Hello everyone
i'm join to this campaign with big delay,i have 44 days to complete my work but i think i'll be able to finish my model in time.
Subject is my first 1/48 kit,a Tamiya KV-1 with additional armor.
Construction will be out of the box,i'll use only small details and copper tow cables.
Tracks are original plastic parts from Tamiya.



Regards
Dario

Hi Andrewthanks buddy Try this short SBS of mine
for getting the pics loaded up:
Now to the Gallery thing, I have never tried to talk anyone through this before, so here is how I load pictures:

1. Shrink your picture using an image changing website, I use this place doesn't cost anything and the pics are downloaded straight from and to your pc, after an hour they erased from the site:
http://www.resizeyourimage.com/

2. Shrink the image to ca. 389 in width and 292 in height,
after you have shrunk it and downloaded to your pc, you must take the image from "downloads" and place it a normal file.
There is a limit to the size of your picture, but I am not sure what it is any more.

3. Go to the Gallery page:

https://gallery.kitmaker.net/showgallery.php/cat/29028

4. Click the "choose image" image button and add the pictures.

5. hit the upload button at the bottom of the page, this should then go through to the next step.

6. now you can add some info about your build, if you wish to.

7. click the "submit" button and that is it.

I have just done a test run and and added a StuG to the gallery .

If anyone knows an easier method then please let us know.

You should try some larger sizes, I managed to get 594 x 446 px on this time.


Sal a very nice finish indeed bro . This really shows what you can do when you take your time my friend

ComradeMP shes coming along nicely there ,I really like the weld beads - the ones I forgot to add
-. This will good under a coat of paint


I won't be very active this week on the forum as I am back home in the UK for a short break. I am now going to my local
watering hole "the Bull" in Market Deeping, fear not Sal I shall have a pint of Everards "Old Original Ale" for you too (two)




Paul

i started with building
the hull is metal die-cast,i fitted additional armour on the sides with cyano glue





i'm making a vehicle with "modification 2" kit,with extra armor screwed on hull and turret.
this is option A of Tamiya kit,a tank of unidentified unit in 1941.
Picture of real tank is visible on page 50 of Tankograd KV-1 pubblication

Thanks Paul good directions..

Sal, Paul, nice one. You both finished well ahead of the deadline. Both look very nice.

Greg, I like your link and link and pin tracks. The Friuls I used were a bit of a labour but I think they are worth it. I’m following how your KV1E turns out… I’ll post some of mine very soon.

Some small upgrades
i fitted road wheels and assembled tracks in two parts to allow painting before of definitive fitting.
Tamiya's tracks are very well modeled,with a good weight effect, there are some casting pins to be removed in the inner surface, but nothing of difficult.
Return rollers will be fitted after painting of rubber circle

Andrew glad to hear the SBS helped you out


Matthew thanks mate . It not a race though, it's just Sal and I build at a certain speed


Dario looking real fine there bud , looking forward to seeing more








Paul

I am in with Tamiya's KV-1

Cool PrickleHead nice to have you on board . Now get stuck in and show us a second great 1/48 build


Paul

i finished the hull
i added weld seams and electric cables for the light.
I replaced the MG barrel with a piece of syringe needle and made new handles for boxes on side mudguards.
I prepared tow cables with metal wire





Now i can start to assembling the turret