Soeren Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 Hey there, I found that I have too many Panther tanks and fancied something else for quite some time and not got to support local hoppy shops. Finally went for KV-1 kits. I ordered the Tamiya kit with the ABER detail bits to get a bit more finesse into this one. The detail ootb ist good but as with many of the RC tanks not overwhelmingly. This most likely has to do with tha fact that you will handle it alot and that might damage too finely detailed models. Still I got the Trumpeter to look for some additional details to add to its´ larger brother. I plan to do texture most of the surfaces with Mr Surfacer 500 for the rough look. Tamiya just has it how to do an appealing box. Fold up the box lid and you get to see a very nice picture together with a windowed box on all the goodies inside. I remember when I was a child and I did that for the first time in the shops, but I never had the money to afford one of these models. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaastav Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 Looks interesting. Mind if I follow along? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soeren Posted April 4, 2020 Author Share Posted April 4, 2020 Of course you can follow, glad to have you in Vaastav. Here ist the update. Finished the lower hull on the Tamiya, now it is to do the electronics setup and then upper hull and turret. Tamiya does a great job here, all is very well organized and te suspension feels really solid. The small Trumpeter kit is nice overall, but some issues are with the hull panels and some odd gaps. That looks like it has really misshaped panels there. Quite alot of flash as well. But it is a rather cheap kit as well Here is a size comparision between the Leo and the KV 1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soeren Posted April 10, 2020 Author Share Posted April 10, 2020 Good afternoon. Worked on the rolled steel effect on the turret and also added some exaggerated weld lines. A bit of cast texture added to the gun mount. The Aber machine guns are rather nice upgrades as well and they are hollowed. But the inner diameter is really thin so they don't take the optical fibre from the kit. Also widened and slightly textured those filled bolt hole marks. They look a bit too overdone ootb. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soeren Posted April 13, 2020 Author Share Posted April 13, 2020 Hello all and happy easter. Hope you are well and safe. Got some done. The turret is almost ready now. Added bolts to the vision port covers and the indentations for the episcope mounts. Tecture all around and sanded the filled bolt holes and the weld lines down a bit. There re also 3 bolt heads per sideon the mantlet cover referenced from the Trumpeter kit that were missing in the Tamiya version. Some weld lined are needed for the hnadles now and the turret is ready for painting. Also started adding the cable for the horn and the lamd on the hull front that was rather lackluster in the Tamiya version. The missing weldline in the hull top is marked as well, according with the Trumpeter kit there should be one in front of the hatch. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullbasket Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 Great work on the turret. John. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soeren Posted April 14, 2020 Author Share Posted April 14, 2020 Thank you John Mission of today, tool box handles added, brackets for the towing cables and headlight together with probper cables. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redcoat2966 Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 Looking great so far Soeren.....if I had somewhere to put a piece so big, I’d love to get one in this scale enjoying following this one a lot👍 cheers Simon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soeren Posted April 16, 2020 Author Share Posted April 16, 2020 Thanks Simon. Indeed it is big, will see where to put these guys. I'm enjoying doing models at this scale, especially the Pe is easier for me to do. The two hangers on the hull were soldered from 5 pieces and after sanding look like welded from some sturdy steel sheet. Also those cable hooks are from 1.4 mm rod and not as flimsy as the Tamiya kit parts. I will try to get pictures of kit vs aftermarket parts side by side for a good comparison. The build is almost done now and I tried the electronics. Everything is working nicely. With a sensitive stick movement you get almost the same kind of appearance like a real kv 1. Also gun, turret, flash and all lights working properly. Although Tamiya switched to intra hull LEDs and optical fiber for the lights they look nice when on. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soeren Posted April 18, 2020 Author Share Posted April 18, 2020 Tamiya was definitely going cheap on some details. Added those bolted fender support strips that actually go up the hull sides. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soeren Posted April 20, 2020 Author Share Posted April 20, 2020 Hier is a quick side by side of some detail pieces. Especially the gun cleaner tube. Added a weld lune to the bottom end with styrene rod and went cheap on the threaded pieces which I bought as turned pieces from ABER instead of soldering these from 3 parts. The wing nuts went together great. I not got the hang for it. The piece is a major improvement over the featureless kit piece. Even the small trumpeter part has detailed wing nuts and bolts. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bandit1250 Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 Looking good - that’s going to be one impressive beast when it’s finished. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carius Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 Excellent job and improvment 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soeren Posted April 20, 2020 Author Share Posted April 20, 2020 Thanks for your comments @Bandit1250 @Carius , the ABER kit is really nice and offers some detail for this kit. The Tamiya parts are rather lackluster on a tank that doesnt habe too much sophisticated details to beginn with. ATM I am working on the saw for the fender. Pics once I am finished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soeren Posted April 27, 2020 Author Share Posted April 27, 2020 (edited) Hey there. Started painting. The hull got some Montana black Spray paint in dark green. That stuff gives some texture. So only applied that to the hull. Overall shadows on hull, wheels and turret were painted with Vallejo Camo black green. Highlights were then added with a tan colour. I got the Life color Russian Camo set for the painting the 4BO. Edited April 27, 2020 by Soeren 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullbasket Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 Nice work with the airbrush. John. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soeren Posted May 8, 2020 Author Share Posted May 8, 2020 Out some paint down. This is Lifecolor 4bo green with their olive green in 50:50 mix. Turned out really light on that light basecoat. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soeren Posted May 14, 2020 Author Share Posted May 14, 2020 This was really light green, so put the Tensochrome medium out and used the darker shades to tone down the green, after that added some gihlights by brush and put the decals on. Tamiya decals amazingly thin but very brittle. Doesnt matter as I intend to paint them over with some whitish paints anyways. Sealed them in with clear paint already. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soeren Posted May 16, 2020 Author Share Posted May 16, 2020 Hey there, diving deeper into it. Now repainted the letters with white paint and added highlights to various features. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soeren Posted May 19, 2020 Author Share Posted May 19, 2020 Hey there did soemthing to the wheels to try the filters. The triples of road wheels each got a different type of oil filter with two passes. The Idlers and sprokets were painted with at least two filter types in different sections. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soeren Posted May 22, 2020 Author Share Posted May 22, 2020 Hey there, after testing a bit what kind of shading colour I would use - Olive mixed wiht industrial earth gives a nice and deep olive color - I went for a dot applied paintjob on the turret. The end result is really to my liking. Used a pallet of 6 Abtl 502 oil piants, the lighter ones more for the upper half and the darker ones to the lower half. Paints were thinned for application with VMS oil expert enhancing medium satine. Dots applied semi randomly Now the color is much more vivid and accentuated, sompare with the 1/35th scale kit that only got the olive filter. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soeren Posted May 23, 2020 Author Share Posted May 23, 2020 I wonder if I can pull this through with the small kit ad well. At least with the large model it feels quite rewarding. Rub it like there is no good. After doing the turret I went for the lower hull that has a much more vivid green now as well and attempted some panels on the upper deck with the focus being the engine hatches until now. More brown to the area covered by the turret together with the blueish green and yellsow and olives to the other side, adding more variety and fake shadows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soeren Posted May 24, 2020 Author Share Posted May 24, 2020 Today I put some more effort in the hull sides before turning to the upper hull again where I did the engine deck complete now. The sides are now really interesting looking with a lot of green shades and some mossy appearance. By the way, the light yellow colour in the second picture in the tray is called "light sand", to me it looks more like pus. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soeren Posted May 30, 2020 Author Share Posted May 30, 2020 Went ahead. Have to say , it is rather tedious, is that the right term? It takes some time to achieve nice results, but they are rather effortless and don't require too many expensive products. I can now assume how it would be possible the get some color modulation rather easiliy without an airbrush. Went for the fender mounted boxes and gave shading towards the hull and some light towards the front. The single bis on the right fender was also coloured differently. Also went for the front a d back and achieved some interesting shadows and streaking on the run. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackMax12 Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 Looking good Soeren. I like your weathering approach and will have to steal it, lol. Lloyd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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