Sd.Kfz.7/2 with Flak37
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59 11 July 2022, 22:40
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This project has taken a good start with the diorama build developing alongside the model. It will show the Dragon Sd.Kfz.7/2 armored version with Flak37 and Sd.Anhanger52, using the Royal Griffon set, Lion Roar barrel and Friul for the half-track. On the dio are the Plusmodel cathedral window and a yet to provide 1/35 large airplane fragment.
11 July 2022, 22:47
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All welcome. The engine is built with the help of 2 Griffon frets and some copper wiring to bend the tubes. I also added a frame to the dio. Some extra orders will enter the project next week.
17 July 2022, 21:56
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The Plusmodel church ruin on the dio needs to have some duplicated elements. I eventually succeeded in making some copies with gum moulds. The RT glass-in-lead windows will fit in the windows and the RT church door will be mated to the door post. A priest figure and an English pilot will make an appearance later on.
22 July 2022, 00:59
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The church wall keeps on growing as more plaster parts are cast. Each time a cardboard casing is made, then the original is covered in gum and pressed in the casing. It's removed carefully and then plaster is cast in the mould. Some corrections are made after unpacking the mould and then the part is glued to the wall. All of these walls are still kept as a dry-fit, to be able to work easier on the undeveloped side of the diorama. I got some laser printed carpentry for the roof that has come crashing down, these you can not find in a store but were provided by an architecture student.
25 July 2022, 13:33
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Thanks! Today the two figures I have are made. The pilot is hiding himself against the wall inside the chapel, the priest tries to keep him out of view of the half-track crew. A sketch is added with the position and the scenery that is still missing for this, it will contain 3 small widows and a stepped entrance to the vault. I also spent a full day carving some spare PE fret remains into the metal tracery for the church door. Some Griffon shapes were really helpful after some drilling and cutting, mostly out of frets I had double. All of this remains dry-fit by now.
26 July 2022, 23:14
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The half-track now got the roadwheels and a resin radiator cover that was slightly too small for the PE slats that came with the Griffon set. They would have worked with the kit radiator, but for some reason the Griffon one is not identical tot the kit one. A chapel is made for the fugitive pilot and a cardboard vault mould is concocted. I cast the plaster in it but maybe it's better if it stays witht the cardboard under it.
30 July 2022, 01:00
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The Friul tracklinks are quite easy to finish, but the sprockets were supposed to have an axle and this is absent in Dragon with only a flange for the inner sprocket ring. Two 4mm brass tubes are used as an insert in the sprocket hubs and a 6mm hole is drilled in the transmission housing to allow for the rollers to align with the road wheels. The diorama chapel is plastered to eliminate the wood grain and to finish the vaulting.
2 August 2022, 00:53
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Very nice work Steven thanks for sharing all the info and build pics
Looking forward to see more
2 August 2022, 04:41
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Thanks, Jv. Today more of the small building is scratchbuilt out of styrene plates. I have removed the cardboard and completed the interior with plaster
9 August 2022, 23:17
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With the Greenstuf "Bricks" rolling seal, a layer of clay is imprinted on the building and then the ornaments are inserted in the brickwork.
11 August 2022, 22:43
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Learning a lot from this high-skilled project! Thx for buildpics and congratulations allready.
12 August 2022, 19:53
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Thank you, Mathias and Olivier. I'll try to keep up with your appraisal, today the roof is tiled and I cleaned up my toolbox to collect all the plastic nodes I needed for the pinnacle ornaments. I knew this would once come in handy, only I had to sort them out to get identical ones. The Trumpeter type abounded enough. The chapel got some embellishment out of a scrap 1/48 P-61 Double Wasp engine. Then the door was engraved and rivet punched. The bomber images show how I will try to copy a 1/72 wing surface to a 1/35 one (1/36 as the matter of fact, that will do fine if the wing is crashed). That Revell model I own since before I could paint and decal.
13 August 2022, 21:37
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The bomber wing is now made rigid with styrene bulkheads and plastic tubes, after the skin is riveted with the Excel pinwheel. The glass for the chapel is inserted as a dry-fit.
16 August 2022, 21:29
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Thanks, Thomas. To be fair, on the teaser the light of the kitchen only shines through.
16 August 2022, 22:11
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The wing is now closed down and polished at the seam. Now I'm trying to make the cowling sheet metal, this is a daunting piece to scratch.
18 August 2022, 22:14
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You're welcome, guys. Today the Sd. Anh. was built and I also try to make the fairing for the plane engine. The PE for the Anhanger is not well chosen, I'd rather have some more visible parts be replaced.
20 August 2022, 22:45
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With the addition of a step, all elements were ready to be fixed to the dio. Some plasterwork was sculpted to look chipped off. After the fixing with about half a litre of plaster, the wall seemed to tilt back, I will probably correct this though it's very sturdy now. I only kept the little building loose to paint it. The engine nacelle is now partly plated.
21 August 2022, 22:05
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I got the angle of the plaster wall right now. A partition is made between the two levels on the dio, using the perforated plate and some square sprue I got from the spares. The space behind will be filled up with plaster.
22 August 2022, 22:52
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I built the Anhanger jerrycans with their PE core. I also scratched the cowling plates for the wing, but am still lacking a Merlin engine. I was nlow looking if I couldn't find a Meteor, because it would be in 1/35. I also fould a great addition to the churchyard, Maim's gravestone set. I'm still planning to change the rather bland RIP inscriptions.
25 August 2022, 22:38
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I hope that it is met with scrutiny here, Olivier, so I like to take the time to add details. Today the cabin is detailed with a poseable driver seat and a new dashboard with plastic film.
27 August 2022, 22:00
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The hatches in the cabin are replaced with PE. Dragon had some of its own, but Griffon is even replacing the rails that were molded flat. Then the door grips were bent in the PE shaped channel you get on the fret. I glued the top together but it can be removed still.
29 August 2022, 21:33
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The spare wheelspace is entirely replaced with brass plating. Some parts are wire that is to be turned to a spring. The spare wheel will have to be inserted later on. The alternative mesh is now made, I guess it's another 200 parts painstakingly connected with as little glue as possible.
17 September 2022, 23:38
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I love such detailed build reports.
You have great ideas, e.g. using the sprues as decoration for the churchroof. 👍
By the way, in 15 minutes I'll be on my way to Belgium - Mol. 😄
18 September 2022, 05:46
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Welcome Pepe! Now the gun platform got its PE sides. Takes a while to bend and glue but the result can speak.
23 September 2022, 16:37
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Thanks, Rui. The amount of plastic will scarcely increase during the next steps. Two ladders are added to the rear. This requires drillng 8 goles through a crushed brass thread. Then a large amount of microscopic metal parts is assembled to the 37mm gun. The Lionroar barrel is a bit longer than the plastic one.
29 September 2022, 16:32
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The gun is assembled with a myriad of PE particles. It all fits together very well and the build is assisted by the extremely detailed Griffon instructions. Now only the splinter shield remains to be completed in thransport mode.
8 October 2022, 21:16
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Thanks Villiers. The rest of the shield, the front armor plate and the ammo clips are constructed.
18 October 2022, 23:12
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Now the different types of ammo crates are processed. The grenades remain loose to be able to paint the interior.
20 October 2022, 22:58
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The project has lagged a bit, but I decided to make the half-track in a showcase participate in the Naked Model class of the Scaleworld contest today. It was a good idea, the showcase won gold in that class.
21 May 2023, 19:50
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Sorry for mor than a year of Rundfunk silence, but now the Dark Yellow is finally painted on. For the Half Track I used Gunze 304 and for the cart I took the lighter version. The Track was put in Mig Track Blackener for two days, that's now diluted in water and drying.
30 June 2023, 23:12
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I selected a team for the half-track out of my second-hand collection. I bought these without box-art cover, but I recognize some Panzergrenadiers and Joachim Peiper. Another guy just eats his goulash and I even found a driver, though he needs to bend his head to fit in this cramped cabin.
1 July 2023, 23:02
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This is next level scratch building and detailed kit construction. I've only seen this level of dedication once before on this site and its truly awe inspiring. Fantastic work Steven.
2 July 2023, 08:14
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Just saw this for the first time. Absolutely spellbound! Can't thank you enough for sharing all this work
2 July 2023, 10:09
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Thanks for the nice words. Some of the stuff in this topic I never tried out before, so I'm glad it's being appreciated.
I did some painting yesterday but the compressor didn't shut the valve any more. It kept on running constantly and was probably running hot, so I went for a new one. The figures got some paint and also the engine and the seats. More details are to follow.
4 July 2023, 22:48
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Hello, Steven, my hats off to your eye for detail and perfect looking results from. It's a school right here!!!
5 July 2023, 06:09
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Thanks, Joachim. But the teacher still gets a lot to learn, too. Today I got a great announcement, there will be a state of the art Fischkopp Models Merlin engine on the diorama, and my engine will be underscale for the intended 1/32 Border/GWH Lancasters because it was one of the prototypes. So it will be near to 1/35 (picture of the product page! Mine is still traveling). I also installed the half-track engine and the driver, but I had to remove the hood once because my prefab PE grilles did not match the firewall. When the cabin roof was mounted, the loading bay flaps did not match the eyes for the locking bars, so these too had to be moved. All should be ready for the next camo colours. Included in this update are also a few pictures of the plane wing that is primed black, and the chapel that got some of the leftovers form the airbrushing last months.
8 July 2023, 00:04
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Hello, Steven, thank you for your reply. To me it is pretty simple, scale modelling and composing a diorama varies, put in music relation, from a commercial jingle to a full symphony, and it is a composition like yours, that I see and instantly feel motivated to evolve and to take more time for the result. Since I am still a newbie around here, I strawl around the news feed and quite often, I am deeply impressed, and hungry to steal with my eyes, to widen my own palette, to give my own love for it a new and more inspired state. When I think back to my first kit, a Revell Huey, that I was given when I was 8 (1983), there was no Vallejo, I haven´t seen Tamiya or whatsoever, I had Revell enamel paint tins and a thick-brushed Revell cement bottle, and after decades without scale- modelling, today I am still stunned, how many product pallettes are available and how awesome the options to choose from are. It is great to be here on scalemates, and to make contact to very passionated "musicians" around here. Have a nice weekend and again hats off to your concept and work.
8 July 2023, 06:14
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Thanks for your poetic transcription of our delightful hobby, Joachim. I revel in people giving their opinions about the models. Today the update is about the camo of the half-track. You see pictures of it firs in the German Light Camo green. I had already finished this when I discovered I actually used chromate green which is lighter of color, so I shadowed the camo in the real Vallejo Camo green. Then the brown came on with later a darker brown as shadow. The spraying didn't go as smooth as the Gunze paint, maybe it's because of the heat over here.
10 July 2023, 22:49
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The rubber is now painted on the tracks, the roadwheels and the sprockets with a pencil. Then the tracks are installed, there was no glue needed for any of the components. I will spraypaint the front wheels.
12 July 2023, 22:38
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Gloss varnish is applied to the vehicle after the Anhanger is painted in two colors. I thought it would look better if I didn't add green to that. I compared my Fischkopp Merlin engine to a picture of the real thing and it's very realistic. But this is a prototype he printed a bit too small, so it's ideal for my 1/35 dio. Thanks again to him for willing to sell me this.
26 July 2023, 22:31
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A rearrangement is done in the gravestone section of the dio. Also the walls needed to be reinforced with plugs as the plaster tended to spall from the underlying wood. The removed elements of the graveyard will return in a new more angular layout.
24 June, 00:31
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Thanks, today the floor has been tiled with the Trumpeter engraver. The window profiles have been completed and the decorated wall for the churchyard is rearranged in a rectangle. The old components could be reused.
26 June, 13:53
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Thanks, SM! The ruins are now painted using Vallejo primers and colors. I use vivid colors and then tone down to get depth. The earth colors will be "grassed".
29 June, 00:09