As you may have noticed from my previous posts, my favourite 1/16 tank creations, tend to be scratch built or hybrid conversions models of WW2 rare heavy tanks.
Well here is my new creation
KV-2 built from a Heng Long body with a Tamiya turret and scratch built mantel and gun. The original idea was to scratch build the whole of the turret. However, I got hold of the basic turret parts from Japan, which came in handy, and used the sights, rear machine gun (now flashing), sights and cupola from the KV-1, as well as the airsoft gun and internals of the KV-1 turret.
et voila, or more appropriately, ? :
Attachments
Ruski road march.jpg (123.86 KiB) Viewed 1234 times
side view.jpg (104.69 KiB) Viewed 1234 times
rear view.jpg (106.28 KiB) Viewed 1234 times
front view.jpg (117.81 KiB) Viewed 1234 times
balsa coming in handy
KV2 mantel.jpg (101.97 KiB) Viewed 1234 times
Adaptation of the HL rotating mechanism to the Tamiya turret base
KV2 turret conversion.jpg (107.66 KiB) Viewed 1234 times
HL KV-1 turret (stripped from the additional armour) inserted in the Tamiya turret
