Flakvierling
Drilling holes. First I tried it with the Proxxon Micromot electric drill, which melted the plastic. Pin vise worked well.
The plastic is harder than e.g. Tamiya, but it's still nice to work with. Sanding goes very well. I think it's similar to Takom, maybe a bit nicer to work with.
The plastic is harder than e.g. Tamiya, but it's still nice to work with. Sanding goes very well. I think it's similar to Takom, maybe a bit nicer to work with.
In the middle of construction. Parts fit very well, but there are quite a few ejector marks. Luckily, they are mostly in well hidden areas.
I didn't have any Dunkelgelb, so tried my best with MRP 7K (tan) and SEA brown. In the end, I sprayed a light cost of Vallejo dunkelgelb, but would be fine even without.
Scratch building the crosshair. I don't know what the real thing looked like, but pretty sure it wasn't the thick opaque plate that was in the kit.
Crosshair installed.
I started with spraying the model black, but later it was covered in the yellow-brown color. This is after repainting the guns, first with a bit of MRP black where I could, then brushpainting with vallejo black.
Adding scratches, happy with the result.
Closer to completion, weathering still needs to be done.
In retrospect, should have painted the guns separately from the rest - would have been easier.
In retrospect, should have painted the guns separately from the rest - would have been easier.
Complete. Added some smudges with oil paints, pigments on the base and pedals as well as "dark steel" on metal parts.
I didn't glue the gun in one position, which means it likes to point guns downwards. This is the other stable position.
One more view at the details.
It was a fun and quick build. Construction was easily done in a few hours, painting and weathering over a few more evenings. Even with kids and work, was easily done in 4 days.
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3 7 June 2020, 12:46
Palo MA simple weekend build. The kit fits together very well, is a joy to build. Would recommend trying to paint the guns separately from the rest.
7 June 2020, 13:10
Slavo HazuchaCool stuff - I never even held a "Das Werk" model, but words have been good...
Nice topic as well - they really went creative on those muzzle-brakes... Happy times drilling them all out 😄 I only saw something mildly similar on the Flakpanzer Gepard - was this supposed to be recoilless or did they just really needed to teach troops not to block the gunners view by standing anywhere near this contraption..?
Nice results too with the chipping & scratching bits, soon going to be Night-shift time at your desk! 👍😉
8 June 2020, 11:13
Palo MI have no idea what the engineers had in mind for this Vierling, probably only 2-3 were ever built. It was the appeal of a nice weekend build and this kit did deliver. I'm now doing a Takom kit and can only appreciate the effort that went into the Vierling - so much nicer!
8 June 2020, 12:26
HSC1932You should put the Vierling in a Whirbelwind, would be an interesting (historical) what if!
12 November 2020, 13:16
HSC1932No problem!
"The Wirbelwind II " Zerstorer 45" In hope to increase the Wirbelwind firepower in December of 1944, Ostbau built one prototype armed with quadruple 3 cm Flakvierling 103/28. Due to the chaotic situation in the German war industry, only this single prototype was ever built. According to Walter J. Spielberg, up to five were built by January of 1945 and these were issued to front line troops for use."
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12 November 2020, 23:46
