Hello Chaps. Its been a while since I posted anything here ... been busy. Anyways I won this beauty on thursday evening at our IPMS december meeting. I started it and couldn´t put it down. Built OOB. Figure is from Tristar. All comments and critic are welcome!

Frank

Good to see you back. I've heard nothing but kudo's regarding these Russian vehicles, (I assume this is one of the Trumpeter models).

Looking forward to seeing it painted in one of your stunner finishing/weathering jobs.

Steve

Hi Steve. Yip ... one of the trumpeter models. Great kit. I plan on doing at least one more of these .. probably the KV2. I might go to town on the that one. Thanks for keeping in touch all this time. Much appreciated.

Nice build Frank!

Now give this beast a layer of paint!

hi plastic battle. that is a nice tank you have made there. The trumpeter have realy made a hit with those KV-2. i am also currently building a KV from trumpeter and i must say that i was realy impressed by the kit. so its defintly not my last trumpeter. how do yoy feel about the kit?

I picked up one of hose on ebay last month real cheap. Glad to see that despite it being such a simple weapon system that Trumpeter really did a fine job with it. That's just OOB too.....I'm glad I've got one of these in the stash

Thanks guys for your nice comments. I´ll update this thread when Ive added some paint. Cheers.

First stage of painting ... the airbrushing!

Wow I'm really likeing these more and more as I see people keep building them, how many of the KV series are there from Trumpeter? 3?
well, outstanding work! Will this be going in a diorama? (hint hint )

Nice Frank!

I see some pre-shading? What colour have you used for the tracks?

I'm going to work on my KV simplified turret today too, adding some washes etc

Keep up the good work!

You've been busy, quick work - looks very good too. I've got one of these in the post to me, looking forward to getting stuck into it

Thanks Shain and Jurjen. Thanks for the comments.
There are actually 4 KVIs and a KVII
00356 Russia KV-1 (Model 1941) "KV Small Turret" Tank
00357 Russia KV-1s Ehkranami
00358 Russia KV-1 (Model 1942) Simplified Turret Tank
00359 Russia KV-1 (Model 1942) Heavy Cast Turret Tank
00312 Russia KV-2
This wont be going in a Dio, but more than likely will have a simple base. I want to build more of these ... and recommend, if you´re interested in them, to go for it. Good price, good fit and cool model overall in my opinion. For anybody who has problems with indy tracks, this is definately a must, as it is so simple to get this right.

There is pre and post shading! I actually took images at every stage to explain to a fellow club member how to paint a fully assembled tank without masking! This has only two assemblies ... turret and hull/running gear. The photos above are dissapointing because they look a little(?) faded. I just photographed them where I sprayed and the light background reflected too much light and the green is not how it looks like, just now. I took some more at my normal set up, and this is closer to reality (below). The tracks are Tamiya XF-10 flat brown and faded with XF-52 flat earth. This is only a base colour before weathering. I prefer my tracks a darker shade.

Two new images of how the actual green looks in reality. Base colours are tamiya and an over-filter/spray of Vallejo Air-colour - 017 Russian green.

Why does this turret have little ringlets on the front and rear armor plates?By the way Beautiful job so far .Definitly gonna start picking up some KV's to my collection.It'll be my first in the russian catagory.

Frank,
I've built 4 of them,nad have a 2nd KV1 1942 simplified turret to make as the flamethrower version.
You have done a fine job on this one.
BUY MORE!
did you OOPS your headlight bezel?Its pointing skyward. I like the color you chose for your tracks.
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Great looking KV Frank nice paint work , love the post shading , cant wait to see it fnished , please please keep us posted.

With those Trumpeter KV's you certainly seem to get an awfull lot of kit for a very small amount of money


Ian

Frank....your pre/post shading is good....please post more picture of your progress, I am keen to see how you are going to do the weathering for your KV....

I just bought the 00357 Russia KV-1s Ehkranami . Perfect timing as I will use it in the new Berlin45 campaign

hi there will be two versions of the KV 2 and if they do all the KV 1's there should be model 1939 , 1940 small turret , simplified turret , cast turret 1941, Cast turret 1942 , Aplique armour turret . two hull types curved and cut off at angle . But the combinations for sub types is all part of an ongoing research paper I am working on at the moment just to give an example 7 sub types can be built from the Applique armed turret alone . From the KV square turret 4 sub types . and that is before I carry out the research on the rest of them cheers ian

Hey Frank,
get round here and paint my T34
That's going to be a cracking looking KV my man

hi the ringlets as you call them are the result of the welding of the steel pins fitted into the drilled holes , this was all part of the assembly of the tank , it was used on the hull construction as well. cheers ian

Thanks guys, all your kind comments are much appreciated.



Hi Ian. Good to see you back again. According to Terry Ashley, this is actually the 1940 model. (PMMS review )
There were 2 gun barrels and 2 mantlets in the set ... any idea what they ... which is which .. what the differences are?? Cheers.

Thank you now it makes sence!

hi all the two guns are the early L11 which if fitted correctly needs the two side strips either side of the gun trunions all ready molded on the turret face removing , the later is the F 32 as per the kit build . If anyone needs clarification send an e mail to [email protected] and I will send a scan of the turret front for the early 1939 / 40 early L 11 title it L11 gun cheers ian

I noticed a lens for the headlight is missing.. And a heavier wash would be great!