My Next Project...Eventually
Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2009 7:13 pm
You know it's pretty bad when you go camping with the wife up in the nice mountain air to take a break from life, and all you can seem to think about is the next custom project you're going to do when you get home 
Well lately, with all the insanity of trying to close on a house (a short sale, not recommended), then backing out last minute due to some unexpected liens against the property ($22,000 worth
), and now trying again on another property, we needed to go on a little vacation and take a breather. The only problem was, that before we left this past Saturday, I received my shipment from the flying mule containing FOV's new stug, KV-1, and porsche king tiger. Of these 3 it was the KV-1 that got me brainstorming. If you haven't bough this tank I really recommend it, it is a great tank, and a new one to 1/32 to boot. Another thing, it's HUGE. I mean it makes a Tiger I look small, and is on par with the King Tiger (except for the gun obviously). And that's where this next custom idea all began. I kept thinking to myself, well, if this is how big a KV-1 is, how big was a JS-2? And that's where my mind was when I left for the woods for the weekend, to be alone with the wife and my thoughts of large soviet armor. Now I admittedly am not an expert on soviet armor. I'll know what you're talking about if you say KV-85, T-34/85, T-_ _, but I won;t be able to tell you their specifications, attributes, just the basics. So needless to say I was clueless about specific dimensions. So after pondering all weekend i came back last night to get some answers to some of my questions. There's just one problem. Remember how I said we're trying to buy a house? Well, since we didn't end up closing when we were planning to, and ended up backing out anyway, we had decided to not renew the lease at our old apartment. So we had to move; but to where? Well if you guessed my in-laws you guessed right. So the reason that is a problem is because all our stuff, including my hobby essentials (books, tools, tanks etc) are all in a big huge pile of boxes. So I had to count on the internet, not usually the preferred method. After several hours spent on the computer, I got the answers I needed. The question I answered was whether or not it is feasible to use one of those new FOV KV-1s to make a , wait for it.... JS-2!
After looking at sources online(Which I have yet to confirm their accuracy), the size difference between the two hulls are negligible at 1/32 (In 1:1 scale about 10 inches in length and width, which is nothing in 1/32). I know it is going to be a difficult task, but I think by committing myself on here to the project I'll be that more motivated to complete it to show you guys. I might even need some of your help
This project won't be on the fast-track to completion though. First I've got to get moved into this next house (Closing date is Sept 2nd as of now), then get all the renovations the wife wants done, then it will be Kevin time to work on the JS-2. So expect the first bits of this project to come trickling in around October or so.
-Kevin
Well lately, with all the insanity of trying to close on a house (a short sale, not recommended), then backing out last minute due to some unexpected liens against the property ($22,000 worth
), and now trying again on another property, we needed to go on a little vacation and take a breather. The only problem was, that before we left this past Saturday, I received my shipment from the flying mule containing FOV's new stug, KV-1, and porsche king tiger. Of these 3 it was the KV-1 that got me brainstorming. If you haven't bough this tank I really recommend it, it is a great tank, and a new one to 1/32 to boot. Another thing, it's HUGE. I mean it makes a Tiger I look small, and is on par with the King Tiger (except for the gun obviously). And that's where this next custom idea all began. I kept thinking to myself, well, if this is how big a KV-1 is, how big was a JS-2? And that's where my mind was when I left for the woods for the weekend, to be alone with the wife and my thoughts of large soviet armor. Now I admittedly am not an expert on soviet armor. I'll know what you're talking about if you say KV-85, T-34/85, T-_ _, but I won;t be able to tell you their specifications, attributes, just the basics. So needless to say I was clueless about specific dimensions. So after pondering all weekend i came back last night to get some answers to some of my questions. There's just one problem. Remember how I said we're trying to buy a house? Well, since we didn't end up closing when we were planning to, and ended up backing out anyway, we had decided to not renew the lease at our old apartment. So we had to move; but to where? Well if you guessed my in-laws you guessed right. So the reason that is a problem is because all our stuff, including my hobby essentials (books, tools, tanks etc) are all in a big huge pile of boxes. So I had to count on the internet, not usually the preferred method. After several hours spent on the computer, I got the answers I needed. The question I answered was whether or not it is feasible to use one of those new FOV KV-1s to make a , wait for it.... JS-2!After looking at sources online(Which I have yet to confirm their accuracy), the size difference between the two hulls are negligible at 1/32 (In 1:1 scale about 10 inches in length and width, which is nothing in 1/32). I know it is going to be a difficult task, but I think by committing myself on here to the project I'll be that more motivated to complete it to show you guys. I might even need some of your help
This project won't be on the fast-track to completion though. First I've got to get moved into this next house (Closing date is Sept 2nd as of now), then get all the renovations the wife wants done, then it will be Kevin time to work on the JS-2. So expect the first bits of this project to come trickling in around October or so.
-Kevin
