AA: She's looking sharp!

Almost done now; decals and stores mounted, just have to weather it, and maybe include a figure?

https://pin.it/rgbmtq3slmejzl

Haven't popped in for awhile. Everybody is doing great work.

Lostagain, I am paying close attention to your work 'cause I have the same kit in the stash. Have already "bookmarked" the thread.

A-A, I had pretty much that exact issue with a Tamiya T-34 I built not too long ago.  Tackled it the same way you did, with results not quite as good.  Ended up hiding that seam with mud (shh...don't tell anyone).

Great detail work on the SU-76 LA, thats really going to make a difference. Excellent fix for that problem on the SU-122 as well A_A.

I still haven't sprayed the white wash on the KV-1 because I can't decide, haha.

Cheers

Tony

Wow! Those all look great guys!!!

Had this problem: when you push the poly caps into place on the pegs in the front of the hull to hold the hull together, you’re left with this huge gap where the upper and lower hull meet at the rear end!  Not up to usual Tamiya standards of fit...

https://pin.it/cd6ypptorwk6uj

But, enough Tamiya Extra Thin liquid cement, and enough manual pressure (so that my hands were cramping up bad from holding the parts just so!), and I’ve got that gap tackled:

https://pin.it/akh2a33cdtfvlb 

Now I just have to add a few accessories, decals, and a crew figure, weather it, and it’ll be done!

Su-122 lower hull and running gear is done:

https://pin.it/ldqyefutrnfadv

Having a real problem mating it to the upper hull, though...

Nice detail work with the brass.  Looking forward to seeing some paint!  This project is moving right along.  

Next stages of construction are done.

The gun was assembled and white glued onto the chassis, so I could test fit the shields around it.

The shields were then glued to each other, and then allowed to dry. A cross bar was put across the back which helped to hold the shape while it all dried.

Next up was making a replacement jack handle out of brass wire and tube, cable lugs out of brass sheet and lifting lugs from copper wire.

So now I am at the step of painting...

Make that masking ready to paint...

That KV will look great either way!  Excellent color modulation.

That looks great! No whitewash, man.

Looking good there Tony, nice colour work. The green will pop out over the snow.

Thanks Cliff, I went a bit further today. I had intended this as the base for a white wash, but I'm a little tempted to go with green.

Lots more to come.

Cheers

Tony

Oh wow, she looks great Tony! Great job on the colour modulation!!!

Here it is with a basic Russian green spray job. I still want to do a little colour modulation, then start work on a whitewash. It was still wet when I took these photos, but ut's settled down really well now. I like the way that Vallejo paints do that.

Cheers

Tony

That looks really good Dwayne, well done.

I've primed my KV-1 with black, and painted the base with cheap black spray paint. The snow area has been painted with Tamiya fine white primer.

I plan to use Tamiya Diorama Effect snow (paint) once I get to it, but I'm waiting for some figures to arrive so that I can locate them before painting it.

The next step is to spray the tank with Vallejo Russian Green, with a little colour modulation. Not too much because it's getting a whitewash anyway

Cheers

Tony

Thanks Griffin, I appreciate the compliment.  

I do plan to put my finished kits on bases at some point.  Was focused on getting the kits looking decent, but basing them would definitely help them to look better.

ManCityFan

Zvezda, you are doing a great job of weathering your tank!  Oils are definitely worth learning how to use.

Tony, that sounds like a lot of work.  I think Gam may have a good idea there.    Mud can fix a lot of ills.

So I am calling my KV-1 done.  Got some smoke pigment today, and just wanted to add some smoke effect for the exhaust.  Here are the final pics:

IMG_0840 by Dwayne Munk, on Flickr

IMG_0844 by Dwayne Munk, on Flickr

IMG_0843 by Dwayne Munk, on Flickr

IMG_0841 by Dwayne Munk, on Flickr

IMG_0842 by Dwayne Munk, on Flickr

I am OK with the vinyl tracks.  Not sure I could do much better with them. 

I might add an antenna.  I read somewhere that cat whiskers work well, and I found one while cleaning the other day.  Nice of my cat to part with one so I could try it out.

Any and all comments welcome!

 

Dwayne I missed that you finished up your KV. Great job! Looks the part. Can't tell that those are vinyl tracks. It needs a base. How come nobody puts their projects on a base, man !!?? LOL. Just jkn. You did a great job.

LA: Nice progress on what is looking more and more like a challenging kit.  Looks like you have beaten those tracks into submission.  

Looking good bud. Those tracks look like a pain in the butt but your doing a good job with them. 

LA: Despite your problems you're making great progress. Looks good!!!

Tony, your KV-1 is coming along great!  The base and accessories will pull it all together nicely.

Zvezda: She looks fantastic, great job!!!

Tony: Looks good, love the KV-I- what a brute of a tank!

Your T-34 looks great Zvezda, I really like your weathing and shading. 

I've finished the construction of my KV-1, although I'm waiting or some accessories to arrive to dress it up a bit. Hobby Boss don't give you much stowage for it, so it looks a bit too factory fresh. I've also started on the base for it, which will be simply a tank traversing the snow covered steppe with a couple of Soviet soldiers alongside. It's made from an old picture frame and some plaster of Paris. However I felt that the tracks I made on it weren't deep enough so I took the mototool to it to gouge it out again and remade the tracks using a different material. That's hardening now, then I'll refine it a little more before applying paint and finishing it.

Cheers

Tony

Excellent weathering. I guess coffee and sweat make for dirty tanks.   

I really like the boxes on the sides.  They really do look like wood.  You can't be far from done.

No reprimands for watching World Cup in Mother Country.  Very exciting competition this year.

Awesome job! Everything is very well balanced. Did you come up with the ammo boxes on the sides? Gives it some nice flavor. It deserves a base or a small vignette scene. Great job.  

Comrades, having been reprimanted by the local Comsomol leader, for watching World Cup games instead of working for the motherland, I was finally urged to make some progress. After fiddling with artist's oils, soft pastels, coffee (spilled) and sweat (dripping from forehead, no A/C in this tank factory), the shading and weathering works reached a point that I consider satisfactory. Furthermore the various boxes, wire rope, etc were placed on the tank. Hope to have it announced completed in a few days. As always, all criticism, comments, denouncements to the KGB, etc more than welcomed.

A_A: very nice & clean work. That gun looks scary!