Good evening, bench cleared of discarded rubbish and another build planned .
I've built several KV-2 's before, this time its the early version . They only built 20 , beset with problems from the start, ranging from a turret that could only turn when the tank was on the flat, it bogged down easily.
The tank was developed during the Finish war, Kiril Meretskov the commander of the 7th Army made forceful requests for a bunker-busting heavy tank. At first the design teams attempted to use a revived the T-100 hull and mounted a B-13 130 mm (5.12 in) naval gun, designating it the SU -100Y. This version was halted as there was a shortage of of barrels and naval semi-armor piercing rounds, at a time when the Soviet Navy was beginning a massive expansion in order to create a more powerful, ocean-going fleet. T
Zhozef Kotin’s team, at the Kirov Plant in Leningrad, developed two designs based on the already battle-proven KV chassis.which include increasing the length of the hull and attempt to mount a 152 mm (5.98 in) BR-2 and a 203 mm (8 in) B-4 howitzer on a lengthened KV hull, but this was never completed. However a third design which was chosen. Completed in two weeks, it had a 152 mm (5.98 in) howitzer with two DT machine guns mounted on an unmodified KV chassis.
The KV-2 had one of the most unique silhouettes of WWII. The hull was no different to that of a KV-1, but in order to fit the 152 mm (5.98 in) L20 howitzer, a box shaped, 12.9 tonne turret was mounted. This now made the vehicle stand 4.9 m (16 ft) tall, compared to the 3.9 m (12.8 ft) height of the KV-1. However, the high profile of the KV-2’s turret was compensated by its immense armor – 110 mm (4.33 in) frontal armor and 75 mm (2.95 in) side armor.
In October 1941, KV-2 production was halted as Soviet factories relocated and were moved eastwards to avoid German capture.
There are according to the 4B0 green site there are some incorrect details on the Trumpeter kits. The tracks represent the reinforced Omsh pattern single-link track with a guide tooth on every link. This type of track was introduced in July 1941 and persisted until the late summer of 1942. Tracks manufactured prior to July 1941 lacked the reinforced edges to the outer track spuds and had slightly shorter teeth. Trumpeter's tracks are therefore not entirely accurate for early variants such as the KV-1 s malenkiy bashniy, KV s bolshoiy bashniy, KV-1 Model 1939, early examples of the KV-1 Model 1940 or the KV-2 Model 1940. The difference in the length of the guide teeth is very difficult to discern. Well that's not going to bother me too much , the good thing about the kit tracks are that they have built in sag , so no need to buy the Fruil tracks I would normally use.
As long as I take my time doing the sections they should look ok. I hope
Some of you will remember I got this kit from China , just as the Covid kicked off, I remember spraying the parcel with isopol and leaving it outside for a couple of hrs before opening
, well I was taking no chances.
The box lid.
I bought these at the same time.
I'm determined to use as much as possible, as long as they improve from the kit.
Sprues, they look ok came out in 2011, reasonably clean , with a little flash
The moulding is again ok.
The sprues themselves.
The thing I like is putting the tracks on before the upper hull and track guards. Ok some painting will be needed first.
Easy to follow destruction book, why on earth all manufacturers insist on putting decals showing slogans, out of all the KV2 photos none have any ! Just something to add to the decak sheet apart from a Red Star, and some didn't even have that !
A start has been made.
Hull sides need a couple of holes opening, why ? when the rest were done.
Had to clean the mould points , some had flash on, just enough to produce a bad glue line. When done she looked like this.
Hope you will follow, seats available from MRS Jones Ticket Agency.
Drinks served by Allen Dewire, J Race appears by permission of Mrs Race Management .
I've built several KV-2 's before, this time its the early version . They only built 20 , beset with problems from the start, ranging from a turret that could only turn when the tank was on the flat, it bogged down easily.
The tank was developed during the Finish war, Kiril Meretskov the commander of the 7th Army made forceful requests for a bunker-busting heavy tank. At first the design teams attempted to use a revived the T-100 hull and mounted a B-13 130 mm (5.12 in) naval gun, designating it the SU -100Y. This version was halted as there was a shortage of of barrels and naval semi-armor piercing rounds, at a time when the Soviet Navy was beginning a massive expansion in order to create a more powerful, ocean-going fleet. T
Zhozef Kotin’s team, at the Kirov Plant in Leningrad, developed two designs based on the already battle-proven KV chassis.which include increasing the length of the hull and attempt to mount a 152 mm (5.98 in) BR-2 and a 203 mm (8 in) B-4 howitzer on a lengthened KV hull, but this was never completed. However a third design which was chosen. Completed in two weeks, it had a 152 mm (5.98 in) howitzer with two DT machine guns mounted on an unmodified KV chassis.
The KV-2 had one of the most unique silhouettes of WWII. The hull was no different to that of a KV-1, but in order to fit the 152 mm (5.98 in) L20 howitzer, a box shaped, 12.9 tonne turret was mounted. This now made the vehicle stand 4.9 m (16 ft) tall, compared to the 3.9 m (12.8 ft) height of the KV-1. However, the high profile of the KV-2’s turret was compensated by its immense armor – 110 mm (4.33 in) frontal armor and 75 mm (2.95 in) side armor.
In October 1941, KV-2 production was halted as Soviet factories relocated and were moved eastwards to avoid German capture.
There are according to the 4B0 green site there are some incorrect details on the Trumpeter kits. The tracks represent the reinforced Omsh pattern single-link track with a guide tooth on every link. This type of track was introduced in July 1941 and persisted until the late summer of 1942. Tracks manufactured prior to July 1941 lacked the reinforced edges to the outer track spuds and had slightly shorter teeth. Trumpeter's tracks are therefore not entirely accurate for early variants such as the KV-1 s malenkiy bashniy, KV s bolshoiy bashniy, KV-1 Model 1939, early examples of the KV-1 Model 1940 or the KV-2 Model 1940. The difference in the length of the guide teeth is very difficult to discern. Well that's not going to bother me too much , the good thing about the kit tracks are that they have built in sag , so no need to buy the Fruil tracks I would normally use.
As long as I take my time doing the sections they should look ok. I hope
Some of you will remember I got this kit from China , just as the Covid kicked off, I remember spraying the parcel with isopol and leaving it outside for a couple of hrs before opening
, well I was taking no chances.The box lid.
I bought these at the same time.
I'm determined to use as much as possible, as long as they improve from the kit.
Sprues, they look ok came out in 2011, reasonably clean , with a little flash
The moulding is again ok.
The sprues themselves.
The thing I like is putting the tracks on before the upper hull and track guards. Ok some painting will be needed first.
Easy to follow destruction book, why on earth all manufacturers insist on putting decals showing slogans, out of all the KV2 photos none have any ! Just something to add to the decak sheet apart from a Red Star, and some didn't even have that !
A start has been made.
Hull sides need a couple of holes opening, why ? when the rest were done.
Had to clean the mould points , some had flash on, just enough to produce a bad glue line. When done she looked like this.
Hope you will follow, seats available from MRS Jones Ticket Agency.
Drinks served by Allen Dewire, J Race appears by permission of Mrs Race Management .
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We do have many small independant breweries, many of which do produce some very drinkable stuff. Looking forward to this brew 
Mr Race will presumably be setting fire to stuff so a nice glass of beer will cool us down perfectly. If all else fails we can chuck it on the flames!!!
