Stéphane Marignac takes a break from aircraft modelling and tells the story of building his KV-2.

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Thanks!

Nice job, particularly on the snow camouflage.

This kit represents one of the very early 'KV with Big Turret' machines manufactured in 1940. At least one of the U-series development prototypes was used in the Winter War against Finland though you need to backdate a few of the hull features to accurately represent that variant.

The snow camouflage is therefore plausible, though photographs show the vehicles, both big and small turret, in Finland with no markings whatsoever.

Neil

Thanks for the kind words, Neil. My next build will be much more documented and I hope to stick more to history .

Im about to get back into modelling after a massively long break and wanted to build this kit as my first project, however its incredibly hard to find this kit in the UK - I can only find it via Japanese ebay sites at high cost of shipping etc. Anyone know of a UK retailer who may have it?

Excellent build job by the way !!!

Neil, on ebay I can see one for sale by Dawngrocerystore in China; I bought a kit from them recently and it took about 10-14 days to arrive and they marked the customs form up as a gift, and at the price they are charging it's not going to attract customs duty. Though the postage is a lot I see it still only comes to about 23 quid. Notice also their 100% positive feedback.

http://r.ebay.com/4uEyIw

Thank you Mathew - I had looked at them. I have never bought from the Far East before and was wary - youve quelled my fears, so I will give them a go - it seems a decent price and for sure there are no UK web-shops with this kit in stock - thanks again