dov Posted April 29, 2020 Posted April 29, 2020 Hallo again Well, this is my second interior kit. My lessons learned from my Bergepanther G is the following: Do not get lost in detail in your first session. Check out all parts, which make up the main body. Check the rear wall with sidewalls in the engine compartment. Here is one of the lousiest flaws! If the sidewalls do not properly fit with the rear bearing for the tension axle, the game is a horror. Check out, that the gluing surface really fits at the bottom of the sidewall. The intersection with the rear bulkhead is also a point of major conflict. So I tested all this with the upper hull and got a green signal. Well, it is a quite simple action ahead. Since I am used WingNut Wing kits like the Fe2b, so this interior kits are a challenge to do something different for a while, after almost 25 years of aircraft. See you again. Stay health. Happy modelling 2
NinjabreadMan Posted April 29, 2020 Posted April 29, 2020 Dov, I have just bought the exact same kit and am about to start it this weekend (my first interior too)! Do you mind if I build alongside you and we can hopefully avoid the pitfalls?!
Vaastav Posted April 30, 2020 Posted April 30, 2020 Looks very interesting. Mind if I sit in the corner and observe.
dov Posted April 30, 2020 Author Posted April 30, 2020 Hallo again Now, it was a plastic day. Just working through the base interior part for part. Everything with a dry fit. So finally the gear units and the engine. Everything worked well and everything fits. Wonderful detail all the way round: You find tiny pins and holes on many parts, which locate the parts exactly together. When cleaning the parts, be very careful. Now, next day I will work through the suspension units of the gear together with the angular levers. After this step, spraying. Since I lack of colour photos of a real Königstiger, I know about coloring of German tanks during war. Basic colors are C29 and C316 as white, C116 as grey and C39 as yellow. The red Minium color is flat and very poison in real. This color in real abrades and leave on any cloth a red marking. Therefore, this color is good for the engine compartment and part of the hull, out of the handling area of personnel. The gearboxes are grey, engine black or anything else. My model should have the front hatches open, as well engine compartment center, and the two turret hatches open. See you again. Stay health. Happy modelling 5
NinjabreadMan Posted May 3, 2020 Posted May 3, 2020 Dov, looks great! This is just the motivation I need to get my box open and get catching up!!!! keep up the good work
dov Posted May 5, 2020 Author Posted May 5, 2020 Hallo again Well, this time a little progress. The interior fits actually quite well. Just to proceed slowly and check all your parts that they fit properly. My nasty area: The wheels! The accuracy of alignment and fitting is poor. Here I had a zick zack after the wheels where assembled. This caused some trouble when I attached the track. Today I did all the plastic work, to finish the lower hull interior. See you again. Stay health. Happy modelling 3
dov Posted May 8, 2020 Author Posted May 8, 2020 Hallo again Now, the hull is glued. The interior was a challenge for itself. Lots of details, especially for the engine compartment. The piping and the fixing of the cooling unit to the sidewall, is an area of for high concentration. Why? The piping from the engine to the sidewall needs the same holes, as the cooling unit. Here you may look careful, not to use the whole length of the hole! Therefore, you may cut back the pipes. Please make sure, that the cooling unit fits properly to the sidewall. Please keep in mind, always to try the fit of the hull and check it after adding interior, piece by piece. As you see, I omitted the grenades. Why? I have actually no sound proof, how they looked like. Actually! I assume that they were worn down as bombs for the bomber. If anybody could give me some information, about late war grenades, without brass! I would be grateful! After this assembling process, I filled some gaps from gluing the hull with CA. Of course, I corrected the camouflage after that. Later on, I added some details already prepared. Today I started with the turret. Interior and exterior. The gun is the next step. Does anybody have any sound idea, about the Zemerit coating? How it was done? Is it done with many welding stubs and a steel netting to fix it? What is the sound, if shooting such a big canon? I have no idea. In addition, the vibration? How long does it take to reload and fire again? See you again. Stay health. Happy modelling 6
NinjabreadMan Posted May 8, 2020 Posted May 8, 2020 Dov, Thos is flying together and I haven’t even got my one out of the box yet!!!! When you ask about “grenades” are you referring to the shell and casings? I have a book on the king tiger that has information if you would like? The zimmerit was a concrete paste applied in the factory much like you would with a wall grout, each tank type had a different patterned applicator - panthers had squares, Tigers were lined etc. It was just held on by its own adhesive hold and it would chip or fall off over time 1
dov Posted May 9, 2020 Author Posted May 9, 2020 Hallo Ninja?... When you ask about “grenades” are you referring to the shell and casings? I have a book on the king tiger that has information if you would like? Yes, exactly. I am a virtue on a/c and weapons old and latest electronic devices, but absolute blank on tank weaponry. About Zemerit: If Zemerit is fixed just by natural adhesive properties, it must fall down like mortar! Did you get or have any information about people who had tank battle experience? Those people I know, they have experience from YKW in 1973. Some were heroes! They all, I do know, are broken individuals after two years. I knew several persons. I suppose it is the strain, which kills this people afterwards. One I know from the first Gulf War, he was an American tank driver. He told me actually the same. ´Many of his comrades changed to wild beasts, and unable to withstand normal life. This scares me, the wonderful effective weapon, kills his successful crew afterwards…. Happy modelling, stay health! 1
NinjabreadMan Posted May 9, 2020 Posted May 9, 2020 Dov, The painting guide in the box isn't too bad, later in the war the Germans were running short of Brass for the shell casings so they resorted to steel-lacquered casings to make up the shortfall. This was a less than ideal solution and you would probably find that there was a mix of both in the tank. So the bottom casing would either be 'Brass,' 'Olive green' or 'Steel-Grey.' The projectile (top-pointed end) were Black with white tip for Armour Piericing (Anti-Tank) and Yellow for High Explosive. A photo from the Deutsches Panzermuseum: The Zimmerit was very thinly applied and mixed with plenty of adhesive to get it to stick... but there are photos of chipped or flaked zimmerit on tanks, especially after being in action. If you want a good account of King Tigers in action these books are a good read : 1
dov Posted May 9, 2020 Author Posted May 9, 2020 Hallo Ninja.. Thanks for the info about grenades. I could not open or load the .png about the book. Could you give me a better link? Happy modelling & Big Thank you
NinjabreadMan Posted May 10, 2020 Posted May 10, 2020 Dov, Don't know what happened there, but here you go: All should be available online if you are interested 1
dov Posted May 10, 2020 Author Posted May 10, 2020 Ah, thank you! I should buy some more books! Have a library full of a/c literature, but just 3 books about tanks! Happy modelling
dov Posted May 13, 2020 Author Posted May 13, 2020 Hallo again Now, the gunnery and the interior of the turret is assembled and painted. I did not paint all details in the correct color, because of some items I was not quite sure. Anyway, all is completed. The fit is fine. Tomorrow I will have to add the tools and ropes to the tank surface. Happy modelling, stay health! 4
NinjabreadMan Posted May 13, 2020 Posted May 13, 2020 Dov, You really are flying through this, and it is looking great! How did you find the turret interior?
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