Dueling 88's Wing_Nut and DennisM OBGB

[wbill76]

Apr 2, 2015 8:15:32 GMT -5 wing_nut said:

Question. What was wound up on the 2 large spools on the fenders of one of the sets of wheels? Rope? Cable? Any idea what they would have used that much of ether for?

The spools held communications wire that linked all of the guns in the battery into a central fire direction control center. This was used to feed information into the fuse setter on each gun so that the shells would burst at a consistent height/altitude depending on what they were firing at for anti-aircraft targets.

[wing_nut]

Thanks Bill. Great info.

[DennisM]

Just a quick update to show I am still making progress. These tracks were interesting. You heat them in hot water and bend them around the wheels. Not sure if I liked it or not.





Dennis

[Deano]

Great progress on both builds guys ! really like the PG colour Marc and neat building work on the 7 Dennis .

[wbill76]

Tracks look good Dennis, interesting choice by Revell on their shaping method. I'm assuming they are just regular styrene like the rest of the kit?

[wing_nut]

Looks good. Curious about that method for the track. Is it regular plastic as bill thought?

[Leon]

Nice progress Dennis! Very interesting about the tracks.

[DennisM]

The tracks are just regular old styrene and you put the in hot water to bend them. When I say bend them I mean you generally get the shape to go around the wheels. It is not like magic tracks where you can bend them into their final position and let the glue set. I had to glue the tracks to the inner wheels to get them to stay where I wanted them. I prefer to paint the tracks off the kit but it should be okay. The detail is way better on these than anything you could get with rubber band tracks though. Revell did put three in the kit in case you mess one up, which I did. The tracks are about one and a half link too long and I messed one up trying to get it right.

Dennis

[DennisM]

I received my replacement parts from Revell yesterday. The turnaround was pretty quick and I am quite happy.

Here is the web address to get replacement parts from them if anybody ever needs it.

Revell Replacement Parts

Dennis

[wing_nut]

MosquitoCon is over... time to get back to work.

Dot filter/fading of the shield and trucks.





Pin washes and dry brushing completed on the right



All the pieces side by side. Some dust/dirt on the tire and carriage then I'll start in on the base. And trying to figure out the best way to make ammo boxes.

[DennisM]

I love how it goes from flat and lifeless to awesome after the weathering.

In case you need one here is a link for images for just about every ammo box the Wehrmacht ever used.

Ammo Boxes

Dennis

[wing_nut]

I couldn't agree more once it's gets some "life" to it. Then a big THANK YOU for that link

[wbill76]

Nice work on the paint weathering Marc! As for making the boxes...hire some elves.

[wing_nut]

Thanks Bill. The wooden boxes don't look line they will be too difficult except for the size (yeah like that's very stopped me ) I am going to look for a picnic basket in the doll house section of craft store to try and come up with a way to make the wicker boxes. They're cool.

[DennisM]

I finished construction on the lower half of the 7 and got some Vallejo primer on it. I ended up drilling out the dimples that the width indicators and the mirror go in. If you look up at my previous pics it shows a little dimple where these are supposed to go. If I just glued them there they would have a 100% chance of being knocked off and most likely lost. So I just drilled them out and they are very sturdy now. Almost done with the upper half construction too.







Thanks for looking
Dennis

[Leon]

WOW!!! Great work guys.

Marc! the weathering looks fantastic.

Dennis! the primer is looking good.

[dupes]

Man, nice work both of you!

[wing_nut]

Thanks Marc.

Dennis that looks real nice. However weird that track set was they look pretty good.

[TRM]

WOW, fantastic work guys!! Some great painting indeed!! Keep up the good work!!!

Marc, not sure it helps, Steve over at Value Gear has some decent braille boxes that might fit the bill for about $12 for almost 50 boxes:

[wing_nut]

Apr 8, 2015 6:39:40 GMT -5 TRM said:

WOW, fantastic work guys!! Some great painting indeed!! Keep up the good work!!!

Marc, not sure it helps, Steve over at Value Gear has some decent braille boxes that might fit the bill for about $12 for almost 50 boxes:

DONE! 

Thanks 

[TRM]

LOL...yeah, this is one of those "can't go wrong with that" sort of things!! Very cool!!

[wing_nut]

I went to the site. i like the ammo box collection. Some stacked boxes and rolled tarps too.

[TRM]

They have some pretty cool stuff! Steve does some solid work and the pricing is fair! I have soe stuff coming myself soon! Should be some fun coming at the bench for sure!!

[wing_nut]

Working on the emplacement. Glued down some coarse sandpaper so the water putty has something to grab on to. Bottom one is just too tight and I am leaning toward the top one. Lots of room for empty ammo boxes and spent shell casings.

[TRM]

Sweet!! The first one does look pretty cool Marc!! I see a whole concrete thing going on there!!

[Wes]

I pick number one. Looking brilliant.

[Leon]

I'm with the guys on #1 Marc! Looks fantastic.

[wbill76]

Nice solution to your box problem Marc...even though you know that secretly you wanted to build them all yourself just so you could say you did...

[wing_nut]

Thanks fellas.

T, no concrete... logs.








Guess what I just had?


Just like I printed decals to make a 144th scale bunker... i am going to get a picture of wicker and make decals to apply to plastic "crates". Fingers crossed...

[Leon]

Brilliant Idea Marc! Fingers crossed for you buddy.