Trumpeter 1/72 KV-1
Trumpeter 1/72 KV-1
Here is my recently finished Trumpeter KV-1.
A wonderful kit to build with a load of detailing for the scale. The tracks are complete runs of vinyl. The instruction sheet says that "plastic" glue with connect the ends but I found that it did not work. Neither did Super Glue or two part epoxy glue, I settled with wiring the ends together with floral wire. The vinyl used in the tracks are thin, flexible with great detail.
The decal sheet had for pieces which represented, I believe, a political slogan. Fearing that they would not settle over the bolt heads on the turret, I "wussed" out in using them.
A wonderful kit to build with a load of detailing for the scale. The tracks are complete runs of vinyl. The instruction sheet says that "plastic" glue with connect the ends but I found that it did not work. Neither did Super Glue or two part epoxy glue, I settled with wiring the ends together with floral wire. The vinyl used in the tracks are thin, flexible with great detail.
The decal sheet had for pieces which represented, I believe, a political slogan. Fearing that they would not settle over the bolt heads on the turret, I "wussed" out in using them.
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Re: Trumpeter 1/72 KV-1
Nice one Jeff, as you say it looks to have lashings of detail for the scale
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Re: Trumpeter 1/72 KV-1
Nicely done. Your finish has really brought out the detail well.
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Re: Trumpeter 1/72 KV-1
Nicely finished.
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Re: Trumpeter 1/72 KV-1
That is a great looking KV Jeff with plenty of detail for the scale but those bolt heads on the turret (holding applique armour on the full-size?) certainly present a problem for decal application, as is my want I would have gone like a bull in a china shop with plenty of Microscale solutions but they don't always guarantee success and I have had to use weathering to disguise marks on the paint left by the solutions before now. I usually turn to two-part epoxy resin for tough-to-glue items like those tracks but it sounds like the material used here by Trumpeter laughed such off!
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Re: Trumpeter 1/72 KV-1
Very nice! I had the same variant by PST Models (it's on my flickr page) and the slogans did eventually settle on the turret. They were apparently very big on slogans.
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Re: Trumpeter 1/72 KV-1
quite a littel beauty Jeff! Small but detailed. As the slogan goes, let's just say the crew was not yet threatened by NKVD
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Re: Trumpeter 1/72 KV-1
A great looking model Jeff, I like that.
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What a cracking little kit and beautifully built
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Re: Trumpeter 1/72 KV-1
Looks great!