Pete's 1/35 Zvezda KV-2 Soviet Heavy Tank.

[Deleted member 7237]

Hi thought I would have one last go at making a half decent tank.

Box Art.

Parts.





Instructions.

Thank you for looking in.
Pete.

 

[MikeC]

Pete,
What is it with these Russian tanks, do they go together faster than other kits ...
Will sit along and watch.
Mike.

 

[Deleted member 7237]

Pete,
What is it with these Russian tanks, do they go together faster than other kits ...
Will sit along and watch.
Mike.

Hi Mike your always welcome you can keep an eye on comrade John to stop him setting fire to everything. it's another paint and weld seams experiment but in green this time a bit like the Stug I've just finished (before I start you know what wink wink) plus I need something to do while the paint dries on the PT boat.
Pete.

 

[Jim R]

Hi Pete
Real monster. These things always look top heavy to me. Bet they don't corner well
Jim

 

[Deleted member 7237]

Hi Pete
Real monster. These things always look top heavy to me. Bet they don't corner well
Jim

Hi Jim they certainly are there was a problem with the traverse ring it would jam and had great difficulty on a inclines resulting in it only being able to fire when on flat ground.
Pete.

 

[Fernando N]

Nice one Pete, you’ll certainly have some weld lines to make on this monster.

Have fun!

 

[Deleted member 7237]

Hi got to the bench for a while today.

Walkround Pic's
https://www.scalenews.de/kv-2-walkaround-168/

Made up the hull, fitted bump stops, cleaned up suspension arms and fitted end caps.


Hull is very flexible so added some reinforcement.

Removed badly moulded bump stop nuts/studs and made some new ones.



Track adjusts before and after added missing adjuster nut.



Thank you for looking in.
Pete.

 

[BattleshipBob]

Very nice so far Pete, one very ugly thingy.

 

[Deleted member 7237]

Very nice so far Pete, one very ugly thingy.

Your right there Bob a few coats of Panzer Grey might help .
Pete.

 

[Steve Jones]

Big fan of your tank builds Peter. Looking forward to seeing all the extras you put on this one. Great stuff so far.

 

[Deleted member 7237]

Assembled all the road wheels, idlers and drive sprockets . As you can see in the first picture the rear half of the road wheel hasn't got the lighting holes in it, so got to work with the drill and added all the missing holes.

Before and after.

Thank you.
Pete.

 

[Deleted member 7237]

Was going to start on the tacks, just one or two injection pin holes to sort out.
So it back in the box for the time being, they need replacing really but no funds at the minute will find something else to do instead.

Pete.

 

[Steven000]

Looks nice so far Pete, bummer with those tracks indeed ...
I have this one in my stash too, so I'll be following your build .

 

[Steve Jones]

Those tracks need a serious clean up. Your right in wanting to replace them Peter.

 

[Deleted member 7237]

Hi got the tracks out of the box again and armed with a big mug of coffee, a new tank of oxygen and headphones on with Pink Floyd playing and start the clean up this is the result.



All I've got to do now is to drill out all the missing guide horns holes.
C &C's welcomed Pete.

 

[MikeC]

Hi Pete
Real monster. These things always look top heavy to me. Bet they don't corner well
Jim

They are ok when you have the little wheels on the outside, but it is when you have them removed the problems start - sorry Pete will now get my coat...

 

[MikeC]

Pete,
A lot of good work going on there, and a lot of rectification - credit to your skills.
Mike.

 

[JR]

Pete.
Most impressed with the support to the hull, I never seem to think of anything like that.
Tis going to look good.

 

[papa 695]

Very nice work Pete, which Pink Floyd album did you have on?

 

[Deleted member 7237]

Very nice work Pete, which Pink Floyd album did you have on?

Cheers Ian, had on Echoes double album (basically their greatest hits)
Pete.