It's less than a week until the club game of What a Tanker! so I've been ramping up production at my own workbench version of Tankograd, which is about as comfortable as the real one being located in the sub zero, freezing cold garage. Fresh off the patriotic production line is this beast of an armoured fighting vehicle, a Pegasus fast assembly KV-2, although it was a lot less straightforward to put together than the Italeri T34's that I assembled at the weekend. These were a piece of cake to build but the KV-2 was a bit more of a full on job, taking about an hour to finish in total.
These Pegasus kits are simplified but still have lots of bits that only fit together in one specific way, which is not always obvious from the basic instructions, with some parts being quite fiddly and others quite a tight squeeze. It also needed a bit of filler and some sanding down before I over sprayed it to undercoat the exposed plastic. Having said that, I'm really pleased with the overall end result, which I think looks just like the real thing. I now have an up-armoured KV-1e to build based on the same kit, which I'm hoping will be a lot less time consuming and straightforward, having already assembled the KV-2?
It looks great and v intimidating Jim; you need to make sure it can ambush the germans so that it can get a proper reputation!
ReplyDeleteI'm going to have a few lumps and bumps for tanks to go hull down behind, as well as some buildings if I get my act together in time?
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