Heng long KV2. Rebuild

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maxmekker
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Heng long KV2. Rebuild

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Hey all, thought it was about time I shared some work I have been doing to a German KV2. Bought it off a friend clearing out some stuff from his hobbyroom, and immediately sat about remaking it back to a green monster. This startet a while back, but with me, sometimes stuff takes ages before it is finished.

So here it is as it was before , and follow me here to see how this will end :-)

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First order was to strip it of it's old look, so I sanded Down as much as I could and primed it With a thin layer of AK , just to get a feel for if I had removed enough.
Also removing the german coupla.


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Adding a few weld lines

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Before adding color to the beast, I tried out 3 brands. All worked really well, but I'm kinda sold on Tamiya + L Thinner. I really like how it flows and dries.

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But for ease of use and indoore smell I went With AK 4BO set this time.
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Final result

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Then , giving the turret a rest, I started on cleaning the lower hull

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But what is a build without some shopping.?
welsh, rctank and anbri rc in Germany.

engine grills, resin oil drums and other goody's

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I also got hold of a Aber PE oildrum set from rctank.de

I wanted to see how the pe vs resin part would look like once done ( and also to practise on my PE skills)


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done, not bad at all

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Re: Heng long KV2. Rebuild

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Good Afternoon,
Max, it's fun to watch you going down the opposite direction along the road I just came from. Beautiful work on the colors and paints. The details make these giants come alive and you have those well in hand.
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:D I know. Stay tuned for more updates soon
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Re: Heng long KV2. Rebuild

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Yes, the de-evolution of this build back to a Russian type is different . Pretty cool there is a box set of "paint your Soviet tank the right colour" that must make the end result just that little more satisfying eh.
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Re: Heng long KV2. Rebuild

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It makes it a tad more easy yes :thumbup:

Here you can see my test, pritty much the same. but for indoor painting I chose the AK set

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