KV-1 in German Service Vignette

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I am about 99% complete with this vignette I’ve been working on and am pretty proud of the results and wanted to share.

It’s a Trumpeter Pz756(r) KV-1 with Dragon Figures holding Tamiya weapons. The tank is OOB and painted in Tamiya acrylics and weathers with oils, acrylics, pigments and pencils.

I am a poor figure painter but am happy with my results to date as these guys are the best looking I have acheived to date

The vignette is a split pea and spackle road with garden twine grasses and bits from a craft store and grasses from the yard. I weathered the road using oils and regular dirt and used paint and pigments to simulate the crunched pavement as the tank passes - from memory when dad used to bring me to his office , a Leopard I

I only have the insides of the tracks to let to grunge up a tad as they are a bit flat.

Here we go

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Looks Great!

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I’ve wondered what this tank would look lke built-up. You’ve done a great job on it, sincerely! I think it looks awesome!

The vignette is cool, too. Can’t see anything I wouldn’t have done on it; the figures are well done as well!

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Wow, I like this. The figures are a bit too shiny and the headlights look too “new” but, still; it looks good to me overall.

The split peas turned out really well too. Way to go!

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Hi Frank,

Nice little scene you’ve created.

If I could offer just a little suggestion; since you still have a little track work to complete perhaps you might touch the track teeth as well as the teeth on the drives with a little graphite/silver to show some polish from the movement.

Take care,

Rick

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Thanks for the feedback guys, it’s always appreciated and remembered

The figures do look shiny as I haven’t flat coated the tank or them yet until I finish the tracks off.

Rick, both the drives and teeth will be touched up as well as better definition on the tracks and some ‘weight’ to them with a build up of crud (for lack of a better word).

Frank

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Thanks for the feedback Doog and btw, thanks for the tip - the sides of the tank under the fenders were done from a post you did on a halftrack build a couple of months ago - I used several shades of oil that were then streaked and pulled down using spirits and then powdered with pigments - it worked like a charm and looks fantastic.

These Trumpeter KVs are some of the best kits I have ever built and I recommend them to anyone looking for a good build.

Frank

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Very well done, the ground work looks fantastic. As for the tank itself, awsome painting and weathering so far.

I agree,Trumpeter has come out with some great kits in the past couple of years and well worth the price.

Looking forward to seeing more from you.

Rob

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Nice work! Nothing to add to what’s already been pointed out. The split pea idea for cobblestones is a neat one…just don’t try to make soup out of your vignette in the future and you should be ok. [8-] [;)]

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Looking great…Very well done…:slight_smile: