Trumpeter KV "Big Turret"

[Guest]

Will do. If nothing else it will help me learn to pay attention to detail on every part, something I haven't always done on other builds.

Plus it's Russian and WW2 so I can practice getting it rusty.

Haha you mean like my unfinished one?
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[Gauge1TrainsDK]

Sad to hear. As mentioned, I've yet to start building one, but the following kits I've bought and looked through, and really enjoyed what seemed like virtually flash free sprues:

02312
02324
01563
01587
00374
01514
01523
01524

All 1:35, spanning the years 2008 - 2013. So maybe this is a case of newer kits having less problems with this, unlike Dragon (and possibly Tamiya?) which does not seem to have had those problems for close to 20 years.

[monica]

nice progress on this one,so far,looking good,

[Mr Bowcat]

Yep, something along those lines.

Out of interest (if you remember) the part that sits to the side of the drivers periscope is shown in the instructions as sitting in a little slot. However there isn't a slot on the kit. Did you just glue it in the right position or did yours have the slot?

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[Guest]

Yep, something along those lines.

Out of interest (if you remember) the part that sits to the side of the drivers periscope is shown in the instructions as sitting in a little slot. However there isn't a slot on the kit. Did you just glue it in the right position or did yours have the slot?

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I don't think mine had the slot, so I trimmed the part & just glued it in place.

[Mr Bowcat]

Cheers Patrick, that what I was planning to do but nice to get confirmation.

[Mr Bowcat]

Got a bit more done tonight. The hull is pretty much complete, cleaning the wheels took an age.

Hopefully get the mudguards and tracks done tomorrow. The kit actually comes with length & link and rubber band types, but I think I'm going to use the former.

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[monica]

looking nice Bob,I do like to use the,length & link

[tr1ckey66]

Nice clean build so far Bob - looking good!

Cheers
P

[Robert1968]

Hi Bob just caught up with this and you've really got yorself a lovely big asss lady there
I've always wanted to do a Russian tank. I'll be watching this one closely fir poss ideas

Regards

Robert

[Mr Bowcat]

Got quite a lot done today. Hull is practically finished, and the tracks are together. They took at absolute age to clean up.

I also made a start on the turret. I've put the kit barrel on for now but I've got a metal one on order from RB.



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[monica]

real nice,Bob,the tracks look great,so glad you did use these,s one,
and not the serpent ones,
nice with the,turret,do like it,

[Mr Bowcat]

The tracks were a royal pain in the arse. Loads of ejector pin parks and flash. I cleaned them up as best as I could and will hide the rest with weathering.

[monica]

The tracks were a royal pain in the arse. Loads of ejector pin parks and flash. I cleaned them up as best as I could and will hide the rest with weathering.

oh ouch, but well worth it they ,do look good,

[Gauge1TrainsDK]

The tracks certainly look nice now. Do you have a pic of an unprocessed link?