Luft46's Blog

I’ve wrapped up work on both the KV related turrets I was working on. At least for the pre painting part.

Both being resin had issues around straightness and required hot water, some brute force and a bracing piece of Plastruct to move against. Some serious sanding with a 320 grit sanding stick was also required for the second one.

The first one is also now finished . It actually required two attempts as I needed to remove the bottom centre section which was fouling the plastic strips on the underside of the turret. Some PVA was applied to ensure the underside gaps were filled.

I’m now getting stuck into wood construction kit I got as a Xmas present whilst I watch some airbrush YouTube videos to get ready for painting the big turret KV1 next week.

And lastly a couple of shots from the Australian War Museum in Canberra. When the renos are finished next year all the aircraft should be back especially the Me163 and 109 but the F111 and Blackhawk are nice in the meantime.

I’ve sprayed one side of the tracks so far and if not for being so moist today I would have done the other side. 

The turret rear has been pulled into line agaist that bar and a new top step done.

A set of steps for construction and painting has now been mapped out so that this can be completed.

I’m in Canberra for a few days so not much progress until next weekend. I hope to see the War Memorial and take a few photos.

In the meantime whilst giving the turret time to set the Ziv20 conversion has also been dug out. As much of this is again cleanup its a good space filler whilst waiting on paint/glue drying.

The turret has already been started with the usual care around cutting resin. The rest of the parts are either 3D printed or metal. The barrel and muzzle brake are particularly nice.