Someday I'll have this done.

[Mobius]

Still needs paint and texturing. Most of the 3d and animation is complete.

[z1812]

Hi Mobius,

Nice work!!!

Regards John

[rickier65]

So do I understand this correctly, when you have it done, you will be able to add this to available vehicles to use in place of a "generic" model? And it could be distributed to folks in a mod so others could use it?

Thanks,
Rick

[Stridor]

Nice work Steve as always! I look forward to playing with it in the game. You should post this on the general forum as well.

[Mobius]

Thanks guys,  Should be done in about 4 days unless I have any 'do overs'.
 
It will be more than 1500 polys, rest I assure you.[;)]

[EagleMountainDK]

Wahuuu Steve, that look great. I'm looking forward to test it out. May I add a link to this thread in the MOD overview post? (Will update it as you move on [;)])

[Capitaine]

Nice work, that's a beauty!

[Erik Rutins]

Looking very nice indeed. Can't wait to add this to the game.

[Mraah]

Very nice Mobius ...

How many hours did it take to get to this point?

I can't imagine messing with the models ... just yet.

Thanks ,
Rob

[Redleg]

Great!  I like it very much.

[JMass]

Very nice, I love the KV-2!
[:)]

[Mobius]

The brothers KV-2.
The early prototype models apparently did fight.

Still work to do to finish them up.

[Erik Rutins]

Sweet! Those are looking very nice, Mobius. Can't wait to run into one in a random campaign with my Panzer 38ts. [:@] [;)]

[JMass]

ORIGINAL: Erik Rutins
Can't wait to run into one in a random campaign with my Panzer 38ts. [:@] [;)]

Perfect also for a scenario based on ASL's "Blocking action at Lipki".
[:)]

[Mobius]

I'm trying to come up with a name for the early prototype. 
"Prototype' doesn't sound right.   Zaloga calls the standard later model as the Model 1941 so maybe I should name it "Model 1940" even though it wasn't a standard model.

[Erik Rutins]

ORIGINAL: Mobius
"Prototype' doesn't sound right.   Zaloga calls the standard later model as the Model 1941 so maybe I should name it "Model 1940" even though it wasn't a standard model.

Model 1940 sounds fine to me, or perhaps you should have Model 1941a and Model 1941b?

[Capitaine]

According to this blurb from Wikipedia, perhaps the early one should be the KV-2, and the later one the KV-2B.
 
[*]KV-2 (334) – A heavy assault tank with the M-10 152 mm howitzer, the KV-2 was produced at the same time as the KV-1. Due to the size of its heavy turret and gun, the KV-2 was slower and had a much higher profile than the KV-1. The extra weight also increased the breakdown rate of the vehicle and production was soon halted. The original KV-2 was built on the chassis of the KV-1, while the improved KV-2B was built on that of the KV-1 M1940. [/i]
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kliment_Voroshilov_tank
 
Their picture of the KV-2 looks like your "early" model (I'm assuming the one on the right), although they also say it's a "prototype".

[Mobius]

They had at least 7 prototypes before they settled on the 'Lowered turret" at the end of 1940.  I actually had named them model 1939 and model 1940.   Then changed it to "KV-2" and "KV-2 early" until yesterday I checked Russian tank book by Zaloga where it was listed as the KV-2 Model 1941.  So I had to rename the meshes and recompiile each model each time I change names.

[JMass]

ORIGINAL: Mobius

They had at least 7 prototypes before they settled on the 'Lowered turret" at the end of 1940. I actually had named them model 1939 and model 1940.

The Osprey's New Vanguard "KV-1&2" mentions a KV-2 Model 1939 (the prototype, some Russian sources indicate that only four were built) and a KV-2 Model 1940 (the standard production version).

[Mobius]

ORIGINAL: JMass
The Osprey's New Vanguard "KV-1&2" mentions a KV-2 Model 1939 (the prototype, some Russian sources indicate that only four were built) and a KV-2 Model 1940 (the standard production version).

You are probably right about that. I have a Polish book with English captions but it looks like the first 4 ptototypes U-0 to U-3 had the tall turret. The U-7 had the lowered type. No U-4 to U-6.
But then this photo from the book may indicate there were some production models that had the tall turret since they don't identify this being a "U" prototype.