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Re: KV 1 - quick mods.
Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 5:21 pm
by majordisastor
Thanks - Ebbey is coming along now at last ....
I thought I would go for this .........after all every Tiger needs its stripes
Andy
Re: KV 1 - quick mods.
Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2011 3:12 am
by blimp
Oooh , Nice . The 'ol 510th heavy armoured unit , July '44 scheme eh? Very tasty . She'll look good .
- I havn't decided what i'm doing to mine yet ( june-july series), but i'm leaning towards an Italian job . . . maybe .
Re: KV 1 - quick mods.
Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2011 3:31 am
by blimp
That , folks isn't a Funny lookin' K.V. , but it's antecendant , the german answer to it . Some tin can they called the Tiger or some such thing .
never fear , no such decadence for our valiant comrades in the glorious red army , there's nothing wrong with a coat of soviet green paint . . . with a fetching hue of sh*te splattered on for good measure .
Re: KV 1 - quick mods.
Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2011 8:09 pm
by blimp
Back to the lights , or lack of them actually
The mold for the lenses worked nicely , the resin didn't . It stuck like the proverbial and refused to go off . Hence , i got it out eventually but think i've damaged the mold doing it .
Double bummer .
- Overtime and the Mother-in-laws birthday has stopped playtime ! WAAAAH !
Re: KV 1 - quick mods.
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2011 8:51 pm
by blimp
Alrighty , where was i ? - Lights .
The clear resin i've got is no good and yes , the mold was wrecked
Time for some 'proper' stuff . It looks like the piggybank is in trouble again .
QUICK MODS !
- Ok ok , How about this little dodge then . . . .
. . . Spot the cuckoo in the nest . . .
. . . A std HL plastic wheel on the Asiatam chassis - using some smoker tubing and a 4mm nail . Quick , easy and without the bum clenching price of a special brass conversion i saw somewhere .
I think i thinks i deserves a drinky poo for that precioussss , oh yessss . - but only because it's the weekend you understand
. . . .
Re: KV 1 - quick mods.
Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2011 2:59 am
by blimp
And tonight folks , the turret .
On the KV , the 'cheeks' should be asymetrical , so after stripping the front off , i cut 3mm from the mantlet and just reglued it onto the undersized half . This means the top cowl needs reworking too . . .
. . A little filler , plasticard strip and some boltheads later .
. . . Then onto the missing details on the mantlet itself , the LED hole was plugged and a 5mm hole was half drilled into it , a flat disc and new bolthead made to suit . above that the oval main gun sight apature was drilled and filed into shape . A hole for the MG (centre left) . Two small bolthead ' eyebrows' , and all done
- OK , i reduced the oversized 'Octopus sucker' rings as well , they are supposed to represent the welded dowel heads that keyed the armour plates together .
. . The radiused corner where the turret joins was cut square , and a scrap of plastic glued and reshaped onto the lower part .
. . and the rivets , made from stretched sprue .
. . . . This leaves the armour plate weld lines to add , from Miliput or whatever , and then , oh my , PAINT ! Yay .
Re: KV 1 - quick mods.
Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2011 4:09 pm
by blimp
HULL .
- Looking a the top run , the return rollers seem too high , by about 4mm , the track run should be a straight from sprocket to idler , ok , I'll just reposition the rollers then . . .
crikey , what did the HL muppets fit the axles in with ? a club hammer ?
Talk about grief . . . .
. . . and now with an extra link . Typical KV baggy tracks . Oh dear , i feel a tensioner mod looming . . . Mmmm .
Re: KV 1 - quick mods.
Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2011 4:51 pm
by blimp
. . . But before that , fresh air
. . . Namely the vents , or lack , as the HL bods have made the hull nearly as airtight as a gnats gearbox - even fitting a fan won'y help , it'd only be recycling heated air
Intake louvres , nicely molded , ready to be covered with the SOLID mesh covers . Good one .
- Some brass strip , chain drill some holes , hack , slice etc. etc. . . .
. . . with a bit of el cheapo mesh from po*ndland and plasticard strips .
Not forgetting that the air has to exit as well , the rear got some treatment too .
Not quite so happy here , i've since found a picture on the web that shows this area well , so i'm going to have another go , the lower back plate is now very thin , I'll add another strip of plastic here .
Re: KV 1 - quick mods.
Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 6:48 pm
by tankmad
Looking good keep up the good work.
Stevie
Re: KV 1 - quick mods.
Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 8:40 pm
by blimp
Cheers TM , I've redone the bustle interior to resemble the real thing , a FLAT plate with a ledge at the top . . . .
. . . and made a heavier guage 'cast' straight barred grille instead .
. . . . That's a LOT of .020" ( .5mm ) plastic strip in there , folks .
. . . And while i had the styrene out , i eliminated HL's strange hull/turret gap with a .080" ( 2mm ) ring
. . . Now . . .
And coming soon , how to get the HL KV 1's exhausts to actually work , how to clock the std suspension ( a vital mod with metal gearboxes , but handy to know anyway ) - and how to invent new swearwords - yup , it's the famous " . . . i'll just lower the return rollers " mod
TTFN . B .
