I started building the Trumpeteer KV2 at 11:30 this morning.Its 5:00 pm
















More later.This is a super kit,for OOBing

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great start to another fine build by the Karlmiester

Looks good so far....
CARL!!! Printing up dollars bills is not legal....... :-) :-)

hi carl,looks good so far,i have this kit on order and after seeing this i really want it here asap :-) .any problems or errors i should know of.??. keep us posted.i also ordert the KV-1.

Looking good, Carl

How is the quality of the kit?

Erik

It is very high quality molding.Assembly is a breeze.Everything fit.My only mod is copper wire hand rails,because the kit ones are attached to the sprue in mid rail.
And now onto the turret.






I used Model Master Russian Armor green as the base coat.
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Looks like a nice kit. Good job so far. That turret is so big I think you better give it a good post shading!

Lord C.

Great pics, very sharp, and it looks like a very fine kit. Nice clean job of construction, no glue smears, tight fit/joints, and your wire grabs look really good. Gotta love that WW2 Russian armor--big---beefy.

This is good work here.

Please keep us posted.


Steve

Carl, that beast looks great. I have been wondering about picking it up at the lhs and now I think I will have too. Yours looks to sweet. Thanks for swaying me Cheers Kevin

Ok,I will be using the kit supplied link and lengths tonight.A pair of band style track are also included.I will be doing some light dusting overall,so that may act as a "post shading".Time will tell.

Looking good so far! The Russian armor has really got me interested lately.

The Model Master Russian Armor Green is semi-gloss, is it not? Does that end up working out okay once you have your flat coat on? What else are you planning for paint? Are you going to put another color on top of it?

I'm looking forward to seeing more pictures!

Here is tonight's progress.I removed seam lines from the roadwheels,they all had them,and glued them in place.I am leaving the sprockets and Idlers unglued,so I can make the trscks,and slide them into place.I have only the inner halves of the support rollers on,and will add the outers after the track is in place.






The Russian armor is a bit semi gloss,but I live with dullcoat... (++) (++)

Im guessing those climbing bars didnt come with the kit? Those looks like staples and if so, i have to say thats very creative.

Great start too.

As my next model will pretty much be my first model that i use my brand new airbrush on, i would be interested to see at which stage of the contruction do you begin airbrushing the entire hull.

Please do post more progressive photos!

The kit comes with plastic "steps" but the connection point is 1/2 way across the part,and it is better to make them out of some copper wire I have. (++) (++)

Carl It's going very well.

Looks great so far Carl. Another nice clean build. Im really tempted to get this... all write-ups, so far have been good.
Hope you dont have problems fixing the indy links now that the fenders are in place! Keep us posted.

Fixing the indy link and lengths won't be too hard.I have left the outer support roller wheels off so that can be a slide in.I am contemplating fitting the track around the sprocket and idler from the solid length on top , to the end of the solid length on the bottom.my glue locations will be from the individuals to the top length .Another glue point will be at either end of the lower long length under the roadwheels.
I will assemble the little individuals and just tape them at either end,to get the count right.You will see.
As for tonight,my M4A3E8(105) ate up some build time getting PE put on tools.
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ARRRRRGH!
Knockouts!


This is my breakdown of track sections


and how they look,but not connected...



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And OD!!

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nice tank carl...... And you didn this is one sitting? Pffff... I coulkd have done that in 3 hours, and be in the process of weathering.... :-)

very nice i love the tracks they look very good were they individual or did they snap together like the dragon ones? all in all very good keep posting.

Graeme

Greame,
The track are links and lengths.
The top run is one complete section,from just short of the idler to just before the sprocket.
The lower run under the roadwheels is anothe section.There are 2 3 block units for inbetween the roadwheels and the sporckets/idlers.Also there are seperate links to make curvy transitions at the sprockets and idlers.

And,

They all had knockouts. (++) (++)