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Like the look Mr Race, but thats one ugly beast lol
Thanks Andrew.Dzhon
Coming on nicely!! Can't help with the spare bits though.
ATB.
Andrew
Ps I really do like that green colour!
Hi Tim, thanks for that, looking quickly at the photo there seem to be some very large bolt heads on the turrett. But as I said no mention of them on the instructions, I'll have a look tomorrow on the model and see.They look like conical bolts for holding on armoured plate John. Have a good look at references and see if any are missing?
Nice job on the build so far, by the way.
Thanks Andy, message passed on to Christine, who said " thank you " and sends her love back.I`d missed this until a while ago John!!
I COMPLETELY agree about losing bits to the so called"Carpet Monster"!!...... Many a time i`ve done just that,only to watch it fall into a certain spot..... "I`ll pick that up later",methinks,but NO!!...... When i decide to regather said piece...... IT`S GONE ?!!!
.... and NEVER to be seen again......
...... until you`ve dropped a bit of your next build,and whilst looking...... you suddenly find THAT,old,elusive bit which is of no practical use anymore!!
......................... ANYHOW MATE,enough of that.....
Your build here is looking superb Sir,i love itshall not be so shabby in my looking in as this progresses,
Love to Christine,from myself,and of course,Rach,
Andy
Hi Steve, thanks for that. I'm intrigued now as what they actually are. Must look in a minute on the Australian site to see if he has built it, failing that maybe a email to Trumpeter.Apparently they are bolt heads used for optional added armour plates sometimes fitted to the forward hull sides above the fenders but I cant find any reference for this??
Certainly are when I built them Graeme Reading about the KV-2 it was a beast to steer so would expect the odd tree , building etc to be clippedLooking good John, the bent track guards seem to be a feature of Russian tanks!
Evening Bob, I agree, you wouldn't want to meet this on the road.Like the look Mr Race, but thats one ugly beast lol
What’s the part number? I looked at the kit’s instructions on Scalemates and can’t find a part of the sprue there that looks like yours does. There are eight bolts next to the hull top on sprue A (those are bolts for the engine deck) but they’re on the edge of the sprue, which yours clearly aren’t.Found these parts, they are not marked as not required but can't find any reference for them on the instructions , any idea ? .
Thanks Si, bit of a had to be truth, those front idler's were too high for some reason.Great bit of damage on the fenders John....nice work all round
Tim thanks, see what you mean . I think these then are for the later KV2 then .Hi John
This is a crop out of someone else’s build, obviously for illustration only, but I think this is them......
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They look like the eight bolts either side of the gun mantlet. Not sure your version has that mantlet though, so they may be an artefact from another kit version. I think PMMS means they are inserted from behind the mantlet part, not from the inside of the tank....being conical that would give the definition around the part.
Sprue H , I think with out looking.What’s the part number? I looked at the kit’s instructions on Scalemates and can’t find a part of the sprue there that looks like yours does. There are eight bolts next to the hull top on sprue A (those are bolts for the engine deck) but they’re on the edge of the sprue, which yours clearly aren’t.
Could be that Tim is correct, though the instructions for Trumpeter’s KV-2 don’t show any bolts having to be fitted to the mantlet.
Well that's one idea I suppose Jim !Hi John
The beast is looking very nice. As for the spare bolt thingys - feed them to the carpet monster, you don't need 'em
Jim
Don’t feed the trolls!Hi John
The beast is looking very nice. As for the spare bolt thingys - feed them to the carpet monster, you don't need 'em
Jim
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