ZIS-6 PARM 1 cupboards painted 21.03.17

[dierk]

Once the PE-2 is out of the way, I'll be building this:



The relatively small box is jam packed with parts:



You also get a fret of PE and a few strips of clear material for the windows. As well as a CD with 14 pages of instructions.
Doing the boring stuff at the moment: cleaning up the parts and removing them from the casting blocks. Parts are really well-cast, very little in the way of warpage and so far I only found one tiny ari bubble.

[joelsmith]

That is suitably unusual! Looking forward to construction.

[jpc1968]

CD? I think they should go back to paper because with all the tablets, ipads, etc., they don't have CD drives in them. I don't have a CD drive anymore. I hope the company has a file that you could print the instructions out just for that purpose.

[dierk]

Glad you approve Joel - 'unusual' is my middle name according to some, though most reckon it's 'weirdo'

Mar 6, 2017 7:21:24 GMT -5 jpc1968 said:

CD? I think they should go back to paper because with all the tablets, ipads, etc., they don't have CD drives in them. I don't have a CD drive anymore. I hope the company has a file that you could print the instructions out just for that purpose.

Well, I actually managed to misplace both the CD and the already printed instructions Thankfully, MMK have all their instructions as downloadable/printable PDF files on their website.
The box only measures 13x20x5cm - you'd be hard pushed to fit 14 pages of instructions in there...and if you did manage it, there wouldn't be any space left for the parts.

Finish line is in sight on the clean-up, but fingers are buggered now...

[panzerjager2]

Very BERRY cool............what's the basic plan?? Ambulance, workshop troop carrier?

[deafpanzer]

COOL! Count me in... good luck!

[Deleted]

I'm in.

G

[Leon]

Count me in Dierk!

[dierk]

Welcome one and all. Getting a bit crowded in here - should've charged admission

Hooray, yet boo: got pretty much all of the parts separated from their blocks, but noticed a part for the lathe is missing I'll have to try and score a M 0.5 bolt* to replace it, failing that a bit of rod with thin wire wrapped around it will have to do.

Mar 6, 2017 10:39:14 GMT -5 panzerjager2 said:

Very BERRY cool............what's the basic plan?? Ambulance, workshop troop carrier?

Gonna do it pretty much OOB as a workshop bus - full interior is provided and I've got some PE tools floating about somewhere.

Pics of the parts tommorow CET - it's gone 7pm here and it'll be time to cook soon.

* Just had a quick online search: the kind of bolt I need is made of unobtainium - rod and wire it is.

[dierk]

So, parts are mostly ready(ish) I have to admit to some trepitation - never attempted a resin kit of this complexity, but I'm not one to shy away from a challenge.

Here's pics of most of the parts, starting with the PE made by Eduard, but included in the kit:



Roof:



Floor:





Sides and back doors:





Bag of wheels:



Cab and front end:





Cupboards:



Tools and stuff:



Some of the drive train parts:



Six of the parts that make up the lathe dry-fitted (there's more though, some of it has to be scratched):



Those are by no means all of the parts...

[k1w1]

Looks interesting.

[deafpanzer]

It will look so loaded when completed!

[joelsmith]

Why don't you use the "lathe" to make your missing part?

[dierk]

Mar 7, 2017 15:49:55 GMT -5 joelsmith said:

Why don't you use the "lathe" to make your missing part?

silly question: because without the missing part the lathe won't work

[Leon]

Looks like your about ready to start sniffing some glue Dierk!

[joelsmith]

(golf clap) Well played sir!

[dierk]

Finally got something for you to look at - I think I'll have to build and paint this sub-assembly by sub-assembly.
As I haven't quite got the PE-2 wingy to the stage where I can move it to the cellar to get painted, that is still littering up my bench, so space is at a premium. Normally I branch out to the coffee table, but that has been claimed by my better half for her seedlings and sewing machine.

Strangely, the instructions don't mention in words or pictures that you need to add a drive-belt from the electric motor to the lathe - here's a pic from the instructions. BTW part 72 is the missing one which I recreated using 0.75mm rod with 0.32mm wire wrapped around it:



To make the belt I used natural rubber tape - love the stuff: it's stretchy and self-adhesive. I don't usually blow my own trumpet, but I think my lathe looks better than the one pictured above:



The metal shavings are Wilder Bright Steel pigments and coiled 0.2mm lead wire, held in place with fixer:



The lot was brush-painted using Vallejo colours and wash:





And there you have it! Thanks for popping round and ACW.

[Leon]

Nice fix on the missing parts Dierk! The lathe looks great.

[panzerjager2]

Looking good Dierk.

On a side note, one of these days I'm chucking everything and gonna head to the hills to mine "unobtainium".... should make a killing. I'll take the money and raise Jackalopes.....

[dierk]

Cheers Leon and PJ - glad it hits the spot!

There's a similar creature living in Bavaria according to legend, called the 'Wolpertinger':



But the really elusive one is the 'eierlegende Wollmilchsau' (egg-laying wool-milk-sow)

[joelsmith]

Dierk, that's just too twisted for color TV! This what happens when the ruling families of Europe can't find a willing cousin or sibling.

[sturmbird]

I served my second apprenticeship with a company that made a lot of Sherman tank parts in WWII. They still had many war finish machines here and there. Started running a small Southbend lathe that was a precision model. There was this ugly lathe setting next to it that was a war finish LeBlond lathe. Nobody ever used it as the frame was cast for women. It sat about three or four inches lower, but was just as accurate as a normal one. The lathe in the truck looks just like a war finish LeBlond lathe. (they shipped several thousand lathes and mills to Russia on lend lease)The color was a dull dark grey.

gary

[adt70hk]

Hi mate

Apologies for being late to the party.

I love the look of the kit.  I've not touched a proper resin kit yet but the finish on yours looks amazing and lathe is looking very nice indeed!

Keep up the good work.

Andrew

[dierk]

Mar 12, 2017 12:11:12 GMT -5 joelsmith said:

Dierk, that's just too twisted for color TV! This what happens when the ruling families of Europe can't find a willing cousin or sibling.

You're wrong Joel: it's what happens when they do find a willing cousin or sibling

Cheers for the info Gary. I'm sure you'll understand that I'm not prepared to repaint it grey, though...

Mar 15, 2017 8:49:01 GMT -5 adt70hk said:

Hi mate

Apologies for being late to the party.

I love the look of the kit.  I've not touched a proper resin kit yet but the finish on yours looks amazing and lathe is looking very nice indeed!

Keep up the good work.

Andrew

Apology accepted Andrew. Resin kits can be a bit like playing Russian Roulette with more than one bullet: they're not cheap, quality can be meh, and in the worst case scenario somebody releases a styrene kit at a fraction of what you paid for the resin kit - preferably before you even built the resin one...

So, here we have the generator. Colours are pure guess work as the only reference I found was a black and white drawing. Had to make my own crank/starting handle as the resin part broke. Added a fuel line from copper wire and HT leads from lead wire:







Side of the radiator looks meh...



Cupboards and interior priming/painting next.

Hope you like what you see, and ACW.

[Leon]

Nice work on the generator Dierk!

[joelsmith]

Dierk, I will bow to your superior experience with European weirdness. BTW, great job on the generator.

[deafpanzer]

Machines looking good!

[dierk]

Cheers gents!

Just finished the rear axle sub-assebly. Very nearly went mammaries up as I'd accidentally fitted the front one of the two the wrong way around - easily done as there's only one tiny detail different between the two sides. Thankfully the gel CA hadn't gone off completely yet, so desaster was averted:



It was already a bit too dark for pictures, apologies for that. The brake linkeage I had to replace with rod as the resin parts were badly warped and not very good in the first place:



Thanks for taking the time to pop by and ACW

[panzerjager2]

Dierk,

all i can say is.........

NICE work...I like the radiator thingamabob

[joelsmith]

Serious fiddliness! Well done sir.