RRiviezzo
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This was a build I finished a couple of months ago. It is Tamiya’s 1/48th scale KV1 with Appliqué Armor. It was a fun project and went surprising well. As with many Tamiya 1/48th scale kits, the detail was very soft on some areas. I added the flame cuts to the whole kit as well as weld beads as they are not represented on the kit. I decided to use stretched sprue to save myself some time. The flame cuts were made using the side of an Xacto blade and blended in with Tamiya extra thin. The armor texture was done using Mr. Surfacer 500, stippled with a brush and sanded down. The fenders, tool boxes, air intakes and other details are from Aber. I was going to use the Aber barrel but it is grossly under scale from what I can see, so I went with the kit barrel. I also added the lifting handles to the rear deck using .32 wire. The bolts on the fenders were done using RP Toolz punch and die set. They are slightly out of scale but look good to me. I made the headlight bulb by melting solder on the soldering iron and allowing it to ball up. I also added the air intake louvers with plastic strip. Lastly I used Fruil Model tracks. Thanks for taking a look and any comments and critiques are appreciated.
