KV-122 Build

[blimp]

Hello Michael , there is a late turret conversion for a KV1c - http://www.store-juckenburg.de/index.ph ... =producton

A KV2 is pretty simple too .

P.S. Removing the extra armour isn't too hard to do , just trim back the attachment stubs inside the hull/turret and use a largish screwdriver to lever them off . The frontal armour ( which is undersized anyway ) can be a bit tougher because of the HL glue fairy , but is not a monster job . Oh , for a hollow gun barrel , how about a section of fishing rod ?

Great work so far mate , keep it up !

[MichaelC]

blimp, thanks for the link. I actually don't like the KV-1C/KV-1S look, and I have been spending way too much money on Christian's stuff....... The KV-85 already cost me a bundle and I just order the Nashorn kit from him today...... More $$$ and euro to boot. Not as bad as BP but the way Cdn$ is doing they are all bad.

A little update. As blimp said, the extra armour coming off is much easier than I had anticipated. I didn't even nip the glue bit in the back, but just slowly pray them off. The easiest is actually the lower hull armour believe it or not. Now I have the Taigen hull which has a plastic tub and a metal tub. I would imagine that if it is just the plastic tub it will be more difficult.

Here are the pics for the hull with the two turrets:

The KV-1 turret doesn't look too bad with the extra large turret ring but this baby is going to be mostly KV-122 anyway. Hopefully once the colour is in it will blend in more.

MichaelC

[Tankbear]

Looking good so far Michael

Good to hear the extra armour plates on the taigen hell come off ok.

Ian.

[MichaelC]

Final update to this........ Replace the barrel with a conically correct one from Frank in Germany, change over to late model road bogies, completely re-did the servo recoil and also replace the muzzle brake with the one from Carson at DKLM. Final weathering by dgsselkirk. Last picture is its stable mate KV-1 that uses the same chassis.

[Panzerhun]

Super!!! Perfect work and painting.

[dgsselkirk]

Thanks guys, and thanks Michael, that Jukenburg turret is really nice and was fun to weather...Overall there were over 550 individual bolts to black pin wash and then highlight! Took a while.... LOL!