OK we have till Jan 2007… can I still join in? Planning a diorama with Tamiya 1/35 KV-1B and figures.
Al
You are more than welcomed. The thread is half dying. LOL. But yea, several of us still haven’t shown their builds yet.
Are you still accepting people to join in? I have been doing modelling for about a year or two now, but at a very slow rate as my spare time is very limited. I have just started Trumpeter’s KV 2, and would like to have my completed project reviewed when it is finished. I have a plan for a small diorama base, from a photo I have seen, so with my inspiration sorted I have begun my kit in earnest!
Mind you I have already had a disaster - dealing with the lifting eyes, using tweezers, and “ping”!!.. Now I’m a lifting eye short!.. Any ideas how I can solve the problem? I doubt my capability of scratch building something I couldn’t glue on in the first place…I really wish they would put more than the required amount in, say 10 instead of 8, in case of disasters like this. Oh well, I’m sure its not just me, or I at least hope its not.
Hope to post some pictures soon!
of course i will get you added.
yea those small parts are a pain in the neck. you might try one of those serrated tipped tweezers. it might damage the part if squeezed too hard, but it will hold on to it a lot better.
This sounds like fun! Can I participate? Yes? OK, here it is:
I just finished a Tamyia KV-II and I’m working on the Trumpeter KV-I. This model was painted in a winter scheme, for the 1939 Winter War with Finland. The only extra detail was drilling out the exhausts and using liquid cement and a finger to re-texture the turret, since all the faces don’t have cast texture. It was mostly a painting project, as you can see. Tamiya base colors + normal weathering + clear lacquer + airbrushed Vallejo white + blotting with alcohol + more weathering = what you see in the pictures. I’ll post some pics of the Trumpeter one when it’s done.
Whoa! I finally got started at the weekend with an aim to ending up a bit like Hermes example (very nice work!!)
The kit is very basic OOB and this represents about a day and a half’s work…
This is the turret built OOB with the addition of a Czech Masters aluminum barrel. The Tamiya kit 1940 mantlet actually looks better than the resin 1941 one so I discarded the resin one.
After initial acrylic white coat, sepia/burnt umber oil wash and dry brushing with Xtracolor Russian tank green
Now added weathering coat of Humbrol Dark Earth/Black (5:4 mix), mainly to underside
Not the best pic, but starting to show well. Dry-brushing, tracks and pastel shading are the next steps, hopefully to be done this week.
Eventually this will figure in a street diorama with 11 figures! At least the tank will be finished by January!
Al.
Looks pretty good. The finish is most realistic. It looks very dirty.[tup]
Here’s the latest stage - I’ve more or less finished the tank now.
After dry-brushing with dark earth and white artist’s oils
More or less the finished article with pastel shading and dry brushing complete, and application of MIG dry print transfers. It looks this beat up and dirty as it was one of the 12 Moscow veterans of the 24th Tank Brigade in 1941 to make it through the entire war. The diorama will feature this tank in East Prussia, March 1945, which is why the winter lime and whitewash coat has diminished so much.
I just have the front light to mount - then we’re finished and on to the figures!
I’m looking forward to seeing the rest of the work - I’ll try and have the figures and maybe the diorama done by the end of the GB.
Best of luck to everyone,
Al.
Okay guys…I’m done with my KV-2…
Photos in the Armor section here…/forums/698250/ShowPost.aspx
YEAH !!!
Mine is also done too; /forums/723287/ShowPost.aspx#723287
Ben