bazer Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 HI guys Another of my scratch builds this is a model of a Italian railgun 381/40 four of these were built and fielded in 1917, i built it using plans of a 1 35 scale paper model and photos off the net, scaled it down to 1 72 scale the model entirely scratch built and measures 16 inches long. 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackMax12 Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 Amazing!! How you can even scratch build something like this and in the microscopic scale just boggles the mind. One thing I did notice though is that rope seems a little light for something that's obviously this massive. Might want to paint it to disguise it as steel cable instead. If the rope breaks in one spot all of the blocks in the world won't do any good. Otherwise the attention to detail is just "amazing" or did I mention that?? Keep it up. Take care, Lloyd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazer Posted July 7, 2018 Author Share Posted July 7, 2018 Thanks Lloyd you are right about the rope but could not find any thicker for that scale , only rope that could hold the titanic.😊 Bazer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackMax12 Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 Paint it steel with a little rust and call it 3/4" or 20mm cable but rope looks out of place. They should be able to thread cable through all of those blocks and wrap the bollards but then you would need some mini cable clamps at the ends. Just a thought. Lloyd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Wasley Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 WOW awe inspiring,such talent,can only dream to be that good.Cheers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazer Posted July 8, 2018 Author Share Posted July 8, 2018 17 hours ago, BlackMax12 said: Paint it steel with a little rust and call it 3/4" or 20mm cable but rope looks out of place. They should be able to thread cable through all of those blocks and wrap the bollards but then you would need some mini cable clamps at the ends. Just a thought. Lloyd problem with thread when you paint it it goes all furry, will be on lookout for thicker thread. p s I am saving the best until last ....they are the 38 cm kanone Siegfried, at 20 inches long and in my view the best i have built the 21 cm k 12 .at 26 inches long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted July 8, 2018 Share Posted July 8, 2018 How about some fine copper wire twisted into cables.....I've got kilometres of the stuff if you need some (dead speaker coils). 28 minutes ago, bazer said: I am saving the best until last ....they are the 38 cm kanone Siegfried, at 20 inches long and in my view the best i have built the 21 cm k 12 .at 26 inches long. Looking forward to that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazer Posted July 8, 2018 Author Share Posted July 8, 2018 Thanks for the offer ,sounds good will see if I can find more photos of the actual gun to get size of cables. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clive_t Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 Incredible detail for such a small scale! Fantastic! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazer Posted July 21, 2018 Author Share Posted July 21, 2018 On 7/8/2018 at 5:48 PM, Sgt.Squarehead said: How about some fine copper wire twisted into cables.....I've got kilometres of the stuff if you need some (dead speaker coils). Looking forward to that. Hi do you still have any copper wire , if you could post some I would pay postage or you could drop some off at my place when you are around the warndon area and have a look at some of my builds if you want to. Bazer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 Yup, loads.....Fancy a pint? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazer Posted July 21, 2018 Author Share Posted July 21, 2018 1 hour ago, Sgt.Squarehead said: Yup, loads.....Fancy a pint? Your on where Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 PM inbound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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