KV-1 (Stronk Tenk)

1
December 18, 2019
Only 12 road wheels - easy peasy 🙂
2
December 18, 2019
Stronk Tenk is built
3
December 18, 2019
Wheels are sitting on the ground and they do not fly. Gravity, baby!
4
December 18, 2019
Stronk Tenk got some texture - used Tamiya grey surface primer. A bit too liquid, but in the end it worked quite good.
5
December 18, 2019
This is not (most likely) the true 4BO color. But I wanted some faded green
6
December 18, 2019
Detail of the distressed paint. Using hair spray technique
7
December 18, 2019
Detail of the engine area
8
December 18, 2019
This is actually looking much closer to the real paint color-wise.
9
December 18, 2019
Stronk tenk got partially worn winter camo. Used hair spray technique again - about 3 layers and the white chipped quite easily. Maybe too easily in some areas.
10
December 25, 2019
Stronk Tenk got somewhat dirty: grime, chipped paint and rust
11
August 30, 2020
12
August 30, 2020
13
August 30, 2020
14
August 30, 2020
15
August 30, 2020
16
August 30, 2020
17
August 30, 2020

Comments

8 18 December 2019, 19:57

Xerxes
Looking great

26 December 2019, 22:04

Neuling
Looking forward .........

27 December 2019, 19:40

Stefan Schacht
very nice so far, I take a seat

27 December 2019, 19:59

David Andrs
Thanks, guys. There are 2 major steps to finish: (1) tracks, (2) mud. I am having hard time with creating mud that would look decent. Did some experiments, but I do not like what I am getting... Let's hope I will figure it out. After all that's the purpose of this project... I don't really build tanks 😉

28 December 2019, 14:10

Alec K
Looking great David. I am interested in your chipping technique. Looks like you used chopping fluid between the two original greens, and then again under the white? Or was there another layer?

28 December 2019, 23:08

David Andrs
There is a flat clear coat applied after the greens were chipped. Then hair spray and white. You don't want the water to activate the chipping fluid in between the greens when you are washing away the white layer.

28 December 2019, 23:51

Alec K
👍

29 December 2019, 12:08

David Andrs
I "finished" this some time ago, but I did not have time to take pictures, so here they are...

30 August 2020, 14:25

James C
This is an awesome looking KV, and I particularly like the weathering and Winter white wash 👍

For the mud... Vallejo does a range of acrylic based mud texture products that you can just brush on and wipe away again any excess. I found it perfect for dirtying up the recesses on track links and around suspension arms etc.

acrylicosvallejo.com..wn-splash-mud-73805/

30 August 2020, 18:03

Olivier
Seems quite nice to me.

30 August 2020, 19:57

Neuling
Top result - even without mud! 👍

31 August 2020, 08:31

Spanjaard
very nice job

31 August 2020, 12:30

David Andrs
James C: Thanks for the recommendation, I will look into that product - did not try that one. Sounds like the one I need...

Olivier, Neuling, Spanjaard: Thanks, gents!

31 August 2020, 21:00

Rui S
Very Nice paintjob 👍

2 September 2020, 19:27

Gerald
Nice 👍

3 September 2020, 12:43

Album info

I don't normally build tanks, but wanted to try it once. The camo was the main reason, I think.

This was my first Zvezda model. I don't remember there were major issues - engineering and fit were good, I don't think I used putty for filling gaps. I did not like the green plastic, but I don't usually like colored plastic (just a personal preference)

I did struggle with tracks, but that was mostly because of me being a tank noob. I could not get the rust on them right, so after some frustration, I just stopped.

I had the same problem with mud. I tried several products, several techniques, but I did not like the effect, so ended up not doing any mud. I wanted to try snow, but I ran out of steam, so I just wrapped the project up, took photos and called it a day.

And this was the inspiration for this project: Youtube Video

KV-1 (Stronk Tenk)

17 images

1:35

Completed

All albums

View all albums »