1/35 SCALE Academy / Zvezda 13506 KV- 2 Tank

[Lee Drennen]

Well John after looking this one over I may have to buy one in 1/48 scale

[Guest]

Hi John hope the warm water method works normally does good luck with the rest of it watching from the back
Pete

[Guest]

Hello John
I'm with Pete at the back...
Mike.

[JR]

Thanks

I think Rick go the last comfy chair John just wait for you to serve the Yorkshire tea. I always liked this tank

Hi Lee , yes one of my favorites. Tea is on its way !

Hadn't realised it has a bit of engine John

A version of the engine from the T34 modified for greater power

V2 engine

Hi Simon , yes indeed a greater hp , designed from an aircraft engine. All Ally so kept the weight down.
I've got a 1944 report from the British Army in which they are discussing the engine in detail .
I've tried to up load a file but says it doesn't have the allowed extension :cold-sweat:
Will copy and paste the link from later using the pc. A great site with numerous tank instruction manuels.

Well John after looking this one over I may have to buy one in 1/48 scale

Yes saw you had Lee, think you will enjoy building it.

Hi John hope the warm water method works normally does good luck with the rest of it watching from the back
Pete

Well it did help Pete, but the top section esp the track guards were well out of line when I tried to glue, by at least a 15 mm ! Sticked glued and with the aid of some strong tape got them down. Hopefully later when I look again it will have stayed glued. My first build of this was perfect moulding wise and I had none of these problems thank goodness as it would have put me off completely.

Hello John
I'm with Pete at the back...
Mike.

Hi Mike, best place possibly, slight Anglo Saxon time yesterday, and knowing you don't sweat was best you didn't hear ! :smiling2::smiling2::smiling2:

John .

[JR]

More later on this, it's progressing well, in fact nearly finished. Why they included in the kit PE screens for a Trumpeter is beyond me, they are longer for a start. Of course the amount of small parts including some full stops ( realised they are bolt heads ) and brackets for the screens that I just can't cope with . The aluminum barrel however is great and does look the part .
As this is going to be a dio taken from a photo of a abandoned tank stuck in a river I'm going to stay with the kit plastic offering, not the best for me but as it's up to the track guards in water nothing will be seen in any great detail.
Don't know why the hull and upper sections were so badly warped, may be it has been stored badly by the wholesaler , I do remember my first one that I included in those opening photos of was perfect .
More later, when I get up ! ( No doubt a certain person from Bamberg will have something to say about this ! )

[SimonT]

Hi John - the Jordi Rubio set was designed for the Trumpeter kit but a KV2 should be a KV2 so if the grilles are wrong size one of the kits is presumably wrong :thinking:

[JR]

Hi John - the Jordi Rubio set was designed for the Trumpeter kit but a KV2 should be a KV2 so if the grilles are wrong size one of the kits is presumably wrong :thinking:

Most likely my inability to work with the PE Simon, I did think it can't be that different !
pm sent

[Fernando N]

Late arrival here too, neat start John :thumb2: .

[Guest]

Hello John,
See you have been having a few issues, this is my solution to warped or bent offerings...
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I have four peices of the steel bar and numerous clamps which I bought off ebay for when I was straightening out the AA Chieftain hull, just clamp the lot to an A5 size thich ceramic tile, and with a manic laugh plunge the lot into very hot water. Leave untill you cannot see red dots before your eyes and then run under cold water, and do not forget to dry the steel after.
If not set fire to it....
Cheers,
Mike.

[Jim R]

Hi John
You're up and running :thumb2:. Seems to be rather a lot of itty-bitty bits. Shame about the warping. I hope that clamping, gluing and swearing sorts it out.
Jim

[Guest]

I've got a 1944 report from the British Army in which they are discussing the engine in detail .
I've tried to up load a file but says it doesn't have the allowed extension :cold-sweat:
Will copy and paste the link from later using the pc. A great site with numerous tank instruction manuels.

That sounds interesting — please do post the link

[JR]

That sounds interesting — please do post the link :smiling3:

https://www.scribd.com/document/2418...4-Cruiser-Tank. Interesting read, thay have a few Russian and allied docks.

[scottie3158]

John,
One for the front please.

[JR]

Good evening.
As promised I few photos of the build. Haven't found it easy this time around, the first one in 2016


I remember this well only my 4 th build and it was a perfect fit this one has unfortunately been a struggle with the warping, still its nearly built and will be ok when sunk into the river.

You can see the bend marks in the track guards, after lining up the top with the hull there was a massive gap at the front.

Held down with some strong making tape it eventually stuck.
Spent some time doing the fuel pipes on the engine, enjoy this part even as its so fiddly for me, but the result ids well worth it as the hatch will be open.


Couldn't face using the PE on those screens, would have defeated me, more for the likes of Paul , Mike and Simon , well in fact most of you :thinking:

Moving on I did the gun assembly, not all of it as it was too much , nothing seemed to want to fit, so where as the first one has a move able gun this one is fixed. :crying:




The turret ring was well out of shape, I heated it up , and still managed to get it up side down ! Oh well just like me.


These have been primed as tomorrow I want to do some apply some chipping fluid, then a coat of off white.



Front hatch, will spray some black inside as have no seat !

Now some advice please, last time I used Fruils, no problem but this time as it is going to be in water up to the track guards I'm using the kit ones.
Having studied the drawings I'm lost, it appears to give a quantity but the actual drawing shows differing amounts. Just read it again at this size and it makes some sense !!!!!





So ignore the last bit.
Comments welcome, thanks for looking in.
John.

[JR]

John,
One for the front please.

Hi Paul , yes please then you can explain things !