elmarriachi Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 I think it is done... after several years of working on the big "Dora" in scale 1/35 from Soar ART Workshop, several pauses, restarts and lot of modifications and work on that big thing... a great kit, but also some problems, mistakes or wrong sizes ... All together the final kit is a giant... and looking amazing. But for its high price I would have expected some less mistakes in the kit ... and some parts with more details ... But with some additional work it will become a great, impressive gun model ..... First I want to show you a short survey of what I have used and what I have done to the kit .... Which additional material have I used? And for what? - plastic stripes, profiles, ... in different shapes and sizes for the new walk ways, the frames under it, for detailing other parts, for hand rails and ladders. - brass pipes for walkways, aluminium profiles to strenghten the modified gun barrel from the inside, for other detail works - foto etched parts from other kits or with additional stuff such as hand rails, switches, mesh, used all around the kit from different brands and scales... - buffers from RB Modells (turned brass) for each wagon - balsa wood for the floor of each wagon - wire in different diamaters and material - ammo shells made of Aluminium from Schatton models - figures from Masterbox ("Women at War"),, Trumpeter ("German artillery crew", 2x "German railroad gun crew"), MiniArt ("German Artillery Crew", "German Tank Crew Normandy 1944"), ICM ("German Staff Personnel", "German armed vehicle crew") - wire rope for the elevators - chain in different sizes - food and bags from Reality in Scale - and some other stuff which I had as left from other kits Which colors have I used? - the main painting was done with German Grey from Tamiya, highlights and shadows were made with different lighter greys from Tamiya and Lifecolor - the bare steel on the wagons was painted in dark iron from Tamiya - the wooden floor was painted in oil colors, then German Grey and salt used for the used surface - details of the hole kit were painted mainly with different colors from Lifecolor - bare metal at the gun was made with rub'n buff and polishing powder from Uschi v.d. Rosten - Weathering was done with different oil colors, washes and filters from AK Interactive - clear coat matt and shiny from AK Interactive and Valleyo - figures were painted in colors from Lifecolor, Tamiya and Revell Aqua - bare metal at hand rails, used areas, ... was made with a graphit pensil and stell powder from Uschi rubbed with a finger ... The main areas which I have modified, the main changes which I did ... - the kit provides 4 wagons which was wrong. I have divided each in two and made all together 8 single wagons as base for the gun - the wooden floors of the wagons was made with balsa wood instead of the plastic parts - turned brass buffers from RB Models were used instead of the plastic parts - all walkways were made new with plastic profiles, brass stripes and pipes and aluminium mesh as new floor - all hand rails were lowered 1cm or - if two parallel handrails 0,5cm under and 0,5cm over the middle horizontal part - all ladders and steps were modified and corrected in their size - the gun barrel was cut in different sections, each shortend and corrected in length and form... installed aluminium parts to strengthen the new gun barrel - the engine room was modified, walkway, additional exhaust on top, modified exhausts on the under side and a full engine inside, visible through the open hatches - modification of the cable winches of the elevators and the crane hooks - new ammo made of turned aluminium in correct size and shape - modification and detailing of the loading mechanism on the upper plattform - several details added which were missing in the kit or not correct - made completely new decals on the computer, printed and added .... (the silvering is not that bad as on some pictures) - and lot of more.... If you want to see more about the making of the kit please have a look at my website were I have explained everything in detail with lot of pictures. I hope that you like the result .... ... some details ... Oh.... I think these were lot of pictures.... I am sorry for that Thank you so much for your interest in this project! Cheers, Micha 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BulldogModels Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 Stunning work! I'm in awe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullbasket Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 The painting and weathering on this are first class, but I'm absolutely gob smacked by the sheer size of it. That won't be sitting on top of the TV! John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredben Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 Fantastic Build. Would love to build this myself but not enough room to store it afterwards. Really good build and thanks for putting it on here for us all to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S3PT1C Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 Genuinely Superb Work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val_Ukraine Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 That's fantastic! Amazing work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madhatter Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 I have often dreamed of making one of these but I have no room at all to display it - no matter how much I rearrange my shelves It is not something you'd be carting to and from model shows that much is it? I remember seeing one at Melbourne Expo a couple of years ago and wondering to myself how they got it there. A truck was the first thought. You done a fantastic job on the Dora and the end result is well worth the time and effort spent Really great stuff. All you need now is a couple of diesels up front to pull it MH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darby Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 What a monster! That's almost as big as my 1/1 scale car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonofjim Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 a Very impactful model beautifully built ,and shows the awesome power and size of this amazing monster gun . Bravo sir ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badder Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 Incredible. What you need to do now is build a 1/35th diorama of Dover, place it 2/3rds of a mile away from Dora (approx) and take a wide-angle photo of the pair of them. But seriously, that needs to be in a museum Rearguards, Badder Quote place it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sinnerboy Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 sorry mate, wrong shade of grey, strip & start again. that is seriously good, must have been a real labour of love, hats off to you sir! btw do live in a mansion? Edit- agree with Badder, is certainly museum quality Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzy Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 Wow there's loads going on there, is the general going to pull the firing lanyard? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billydick Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 Wow that is huge ! You will certainly need a lot of space to display it. Great work BillyD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oliver d Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 Wow what an amazing piece of work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldmodeler Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 I think i spotted a girlie with a hound! . watch out, there, people are creeping on to the model. The shell looks huge. no man-handeling there. M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
celt Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 Awesome simply awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sinhow Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 The size of this gun is already awesome, and the hard works you put in made it even more amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reini78 Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 good looking big bada boom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmarriachi Posted February 6, 2017 Author Share Posted February 6, 2017 Thank you so much @ all! Now I have to think about where to put that giant .... I think this will become the hardest task Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 Very nice job - I hear the decals are a bit of a pain, but the replacement set aren't much better I have enough trouble storing mine in an un-built state, so storing the finished item is impossible for me at the moment! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeeKay Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 Very impressive Micha. One of the guys at our club has built one and had to pay £40+ for the poor quality decal sheet as it does not come with the kit. Hats off to you on the completion of this monster kit Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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