Captured KV2

Awarded: Bronze

By: Nikos Tsitsos

Manufacturer(s): PST

Description: This is the PST KV 2 with the addition of some scratchbuild handles and side skirts struts. I added the 88 barell from Aber. Painted with Vallejo Acrylics and weathered with w&n oils and mig pigments.

Judge 1: Good solid build with nicely sagging tracks. The paint work is very good and toned down for and in-scale appearance. A very good model that could be even better with a little more variety in weathering (e.g. dust on the horizontal surface, scratches etc).
Judge 2: Having just finished one of these myself I know what a difficult kit they are. The photos have limited depth of field and I would recommend using a darker background, read our photo guide for some tips. Apart from a few little problems with the terrible tracks the build is solid. The paint work is smooth and well applied but I find the colours blend together and lack tonal variation and contrast making the model seem flat, in saying that I do like the camo pattern you’ve applied. The smaller details seem to be getting lost and could benefit with a darker pin wash and I would expect to see more wear and tear on a captured front line vehicle. Your weathering in too subtle subtracting from the realism.
Judge 3: nice overall construction, good to see a WIP photo showing all the extra detail of the nice tow robes,guard struts & crew rails on the turret. the only flaw is a wee gap in the tracks making them look abit uneven in the front. But the track slack is very convincing over the return rollers (the PST tracks are not easy to work with) even & interesting 'Cloud' camouflage with good colours. the weathering & chipping is there & lowkey a lighter drybrush could have helped get detail out or the photographs maybe abit dark (I am using a unfamilar laptop today) I really like the straped on shovel,jacket & other tools too.