So reading the instructions confirms this is very what if being based on a proposal that never materialised in steel.

Despite that it’s a nice resin kit that is easy to cut out and clean up. I’m impressed that rifling on the barrel is included although a tiny smear of filler is required on the barrel to fill a hole. There is a slight step that needs sanding out.

A bit of fettling is required to get the mantlet to fit and will need some filler. Dissapointingly the barrel cover was missing. I contacted bolddivision.de directly and got a very quick reply offering the missing part free and with a little encouragement from them another KV2 turret variant was also purchased.

I still think the KV2 is a stupid tank from a military standpoint but the ugly beauty of the turret designs is unsurpassed!

I’m going to get a Tamiya KV2 to go with this as I expect their tracks will have less moulding pins to remove compared to the Trumpeter kit.

With Christmas looming fast I’ll be taking a break for a few days. The conversion does not come with any turret steps so research is needed to add these. If the weather improves I intend to spray the turret with black Vallejo and the body with Tamiya primer.

I need to hunt for some Russian decals, maybe the old set of rub down ones I have will do. I think  a fair bit of weathering will be appropriate on this.

This will have to go to one side soon while I wait for the missing part to arrive but as much painting as possible will be done in the meantime.