Roadrunner Posted February 20, 2015 Posted February 20, 2015 I've been toiling away on this big beast for the last couple of weeks or so. This is my progress to date. Not a bad kit really, but some "help" is always a good thing.
Roadrunner Posted February 20, 2015 Author Posted February 20, 2015 Through some very good fortune, I also received a second kit, the Flak 38 single; another beast.
cobraman Posted February 21, 2015 Posted February 21, 2015 I like those. Cool guns. Unfortunatly I suck at painting figures.
Roadrunner Posted February 21, 2015 Author Posted February 21, 2015 No problems there,... neither kit comes with figures.
Roadrunner Posted March 24, 2015 Author Posted March 24, 2015 Some more detailing added; bolt heads, weld seams, casting marks, brackets, etc.
Roadrunner Posted April 22, 2015 Author Posted April 22, 2015 I received this book recently (gift from a friend), and it contains several photos that will help with the display and detailing of my Flak gun. Both the quad and single barrel Flak 38's are depicted, with photos that I'd never seen before.
Roadrunner Posted May 7, 2015 Author Posted May 7, 2015 Work continues (at a snails pace), with these gussets and weld seams being added. Once I take the soldering iron to them, they'll looks lots better.
Roadrunner Posted May 7, 2015 Author Posted May 7, 2015 I just recently discovered that WWP does a book on the Flak 30/38, as does Ryton, so those will be "must haves" somewhere down the line; preferably sooner than later. These books may not only prove valuable for this effort, but for my 20mm single as well.
Roadrunner Posted May 7, 2015 Author Posted May 7, 2015 More gizmos added to turntable. I have no earthly idea what these are for, but they show up on many photos. Still not finished with this area yet.
Roadrunner Posted May 7, 2015 Author Posted May 7, 2015 More weld seams on existing gussets. Most of these gussets, as it turns out, will be visible, so I figured adding the weld seams was a good idea.
Roadrunner Posted May 7, 2015 Author Posted May 7, 2015 Gunners foot tray (for lack of a better term), gets some additional access panels.
Roadrunner Posted May 7, 2015 Author Posted May 7, 2015 Right side gun elevating area gets more details, and again, still not finished adding "stuff".
atomicholiday Posted May 7, 2015 Posted May 7, 2015 Really cool build you have going there Kevin. Never even hear of this kit, but it looks like a really nice one.
Roadrunner Posted May 8, 2015 Author Posted May 8, 2015 Thanks, fellas. i feel that I should have no major problems with finishing this kit in time for the regional. All of my car projects are dead for the moment, so that helps.
vintagedragcrazy Posted May 8, 2015 Posted May 8, 2015 Wow Kevin that's some cool detail your doing on that gun I'm not much of a military builder (I used to build quite a few years back) so I'm not really up on the detail but yours looks really cool. Sorry to hear yor vicky got messed up let me know if you need anything for it maybe I can help. Vince
Roadrunner Posted May 8, 2015 Author Posted May 8, 2015 I appreciate that very much, Vince, I really do. No, not much to be done now but strip it and start all over, I'm afraid. I considered starting the Phaeton, but want to finish the Vic and a Challenger first. I already have way too many stalled projects sitting around here now (armor ships and aircraft), and don't want to start doing the same thing now with cars. Here's a photo of my 1:35 Tamiya kit (pre-digital era for me) while it was under construction several years ago; this big monster will be done much the same way.
vintagedragcrazy Posted May 8, 2015 Posted May 8, 2015 Wow that looks neat Kevin when I was building military kits there wasn't a lot of extras I could find and around here all I could get were tamiya kits and they were expensive then now that I've been going to shows you can find most anything you want in military of course I don't build then now but hey I've got car kits lol. Trying to clean up my shop switching from 1/25 to 1/16 drag so anybody looking for car kits and has any 1/16 scale drag cars or parts I might be able to help you. Vince
Roadrunner Posted May 8, 2015 Author Posted May 8, 2015 I'd love to tackle some 1:16 stuff one of these days, but I certainly need to be able to do a small one right, before I attempt one of the biggies. I've considered doing the AMT 1:16 '55 T-Bird for my brother (he used to own a sweet one), but he's showed no real interest, so I'll probably just do it for myself,... some day.
Roadrunner Posted May 8, 2015 Author Posted May 8, 2015 As coincidence would have it, I discovered today that my hole punch was perfect for punching out the necessary clearance opening so that I could add some .030 sheet plastic to the leveling pads. (They’re molded with open tops, when in fact, the real things were solid castings.) I’m a happy guy!
Roadrunner Posted May 8, 2015 Author Posted May 8, 2015 I really have no idea what these boxes were for, but they seem to show up on all of the photos I’ve seen. Kit doesn’t provide them, so a scratching we go. Construction is .030 sheet plastic, with .030 quarter round corners. Once they’re thoroughly dry (one box per side), I’ll sand them out and get them installed.
atomicholiday Posted May 8, 2015 Posted May 8, 2015 REALLY nice weathering. Can't wait to see the current gun done up like this. That's gonna be impressive in 1/6 scale.
Roadrunner Posted May 9, 2015 Author Posted May 9, 2015 Thanks, Jeremy. It will be large, that's for sure. Base will measure roughly 18" x 20", and that's just for the gun.
atomicholiday Posted May 9, 2015 Posted May 9, 2015 That's awesome. I love big kits. So much fun to build. I just don't have the space for them.
Roadrunner Posted May 9, 2015 Author Posted May 9, 2015 That's awesome. I love big kits. So much fun to build. I just don't have the space for them. Neither do I, but I won't let that trivial problem stop me.
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