KV U-19

[Bryan Krueger]

This is one of those odd Russian tank designs that just caught my eye and needed to be built.

In 1942 there were several proposals to mount a heavy howitzer on a tank chassis to deal with heavy concrete defensive fortifications. One of the proposals was to mount a 203mm B4 howitzer on the chassis of the KV-1 tank. The project didn't make it past drawing phase and was rejected for obvious reasons.

I designed most of the casemate a gun mount in 3D CAD and had a few of the more complex parts 3D printed. Cleanup wasn't that bad. The supports are pretty small at the contact point and fortunately some of the parts have a cast texture.



I made 2D drawings for the flat parts and cut the sides from sheet styrene stock.





The hull assembly was pretty straight forward. I used Fruil tracks. I think I'm about 1 link too long and will adjust.

Additional info on the U-19 can be found here.

http://tankarchives.blogspot.com.au/201 ... -guns.html

http://tankarchives.blogspot.ru/2015/12 ... phant.html

[Olivier Carneau]

That was huge! I hope the Soviets intended to alter the transmission and the engine too to cope with this extra weight.

[Philipp Gross]

You'd think they would have learned their lesson after the KV-2....

Anyhow, excellent work as usual Bryan! The 3D printed stuff looks amazing!

Philipp

[Bryan Krueger]

Oliver - That was one of the reasons it was cancelled. Maybe it could work on the 212A chassis but that was cancelled too.

Philipp - Thanks. The flat parts didn't turn out as flat as I hoped so I'll be replacing them with styrene sheet/strip.

[Bryan Krueger]

I had some time off around the holidays. I spent a bit of it being productive on the U-19. Detailed with Value Gear details and MiniArt figure.

[Philipp Gross]

Amazing work...I can't even start to imagine how this thing would have handled on anything but flat solid ground

Philipp

[Bryan Krueger]

Thanks Phil! Weather cooperated and was able to get a coat of rattle can primer applied to reveal... err... hide the boo-boos.

[Mark Aldrich]

The REAL moving pillbox! I like it.

[Bryan Krueger]

The pillbox has some paint. I used the AK real colors for the base color and mixed with Tamiya for shadows and highlights. Still have lots to paint and do.

[Philipp Gross]

Fantastic paint job...the sides would be excellent for some nice Soviet propaganda

Philipp