KV-5 again
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KV-5 again
Since I finished the KV-7, I wanted to take another run at this GB with the KV-5. I finished the Takom kit last year... almost to the day.
This is the Trumpeter kit. So far construction has been straightforward with no real issues. If I keep things simple, I can finish by the deadline but we all know how that goes.
This is the Trumpeter kit. So far construction has been straightforward with no real issues. If I keep things simple, I can finish by the deadline but we all know how that goes.
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It's an absolute beast of a tank!
I'm greatly tempted to start mine, but the scenery I want to build for it would take me years to finish....
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I'm greatly tempted to start mine, but the scenery I want to build for it would take me years to finish....
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So build something easier. Or better yet, skip the scenery.
I'm tempted to build this as a Beute but also have a Russian figure that would work nicely.
I'm tempted to build this as a Beute but also have a Russian figure that would work nicely.
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Re-captured Beutepanzer. Problem solved
My idea involves the KV-5, a collapsed wooden bridge and about 2 dozen Germans frolicking around it. Seems like I haven't learned anything from the Tiger/Sherman combo
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My idea involves the KV-5, a collapsed wooden bridge and about 2 dozen Germans frolicking around it. Seems like I haven't learned anything from the Tiger/Sherman combo
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The thought had crossed my mind.
The thing would have been too massive to tow and prone to breaking down. I could easily see the thing being abandoned by more than one crew as the battlefield lines moved back and forth.
The thing would have been too massive to tow and prone to breaking down. I could easily see the thing being abandoned by more than one crew as the battlefield lines moved back and forth.
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I think I will move forward with this as a Beute but not sure how much rework I want this to have. Beutes didn't last very long given issues with spare parts plus recovery would be a serious problem.
I'm tempted to get the voyager PE fender set as I just don't have any luck making damage in plastic fenders look convincing.
I'm tempted to get the voyager PE fender set as I just don't have any luck making damage in plastic fenders look convincing.
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You could make a what-if zbV 66 vehicle. They got lots of weird stuff for the proposed invasion of Malta, including KV-1, KV-2 and T-34 M39 and M40. You'd need some Notek and position lights as seen on the early Panzers, then paint the whole thing in DAK colours...
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I was reading about that unit the other day. Tankograds book on Beute T-34s is very extensive and discusses units that used T-34s and if those units had KV-1s and 2s.
I wonder how it would look in PanzerGrey.
I wonder how it would look in PanzerGrey.
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I like the grey scheme. They did the same with some of the Churchills captured st Dieppe: http://www.beutepanzer.ru/Beutepanzer/u ... hill-1.htm
I wouldn't use dark yellow, I highly doubt this thing would have stuck around until 1943
I wouldn't use dark yellow, I highly doubt this thing would have stuck around until 1943
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