Building of a Kübelwagen in karton/paper - Page 5

Johnny · 15-09-2006

Started on the rear axel and suspension.
Drawing of the arms that is going to hold the axel and transmission

A lot of parts to be used for this job.

Here I have mounted the first one.Half painted

Half of the second one with the 1mm nuts in place

The shots wasn't the best....will update tomorrow when the whole thing is going to be assembled, I hope

**Bunkerbarge** · 15-09-2006

Are the black pieces made up of flat card as well? They look so solid as though they must be a plastic piece but I suspect from your plans they must be constructed. Amazing to see this go together.

deakon · 15-09-2006

Agreed, and the details are amazing ,look at the bolts on the rack and pinion arm/axel. the pics look like they come from a haynes manual.....wonderful stuff..

Johnny · 15-09-2006

Everything without the brass axel is made of paper.It might not always look that way but it really is

I'm going to continue the build tonight when I'm back at work, and see if I can take some more shots of the construction of the small pieces.

Johnny · 16-09-2006

Construction of the second arm.

The parts to use are cutted out and are ready for assembly.

First out is making the small sylinder.

The part is rolled against a 2mm rod to get the right size of the finished part.

The sylinder are done, and the tiny roll to be mounted on the bottom is rolled against a 0,6mm rod.The end plates are also ready to me glued in place

Sylinder are glued to the plate, and the 3 distance keepers are done.Rolled agains a 1mm rod to be placed on spots c and d

The sylinder mounted on the arm.

And the arm is placed where it should be

Painted

And chalkdusted

This part is the first of at least 3 construction points.

Johnny · 17-09-2006

Construction point2 of the rear axel,suspension and transmission.

The drawing of cp2shows that this is a very simple job.

It's just 5 parts involved,exept the small strips, and all the main parts are glued to 1mm karton.Strips are glued to 0,2mm karton.

The parts are mounted, and the axel is inserted to see if I got it aligned

Overview

next out will be the transmission.....that seems tricky.....

rjwood_uk · 17-09-2006

the whole thing looks tricky to me!!! lol

i cant believe how complex this model is! its amazing. keep up the good work!!!

Johnny · 17-09-2006

Yes this model is very detailed, and really fun to build!

Constructionpoint nr3 is the rear transmission.
The drawing.

All the parts are cutted out.

The rear part is laminated of 5 parts

The two "boxes" is underway

The main parts done

The part is finished

All parts are mounted loosely on thers positions just to see how it all fits

And put on the car to see how it fits there

It fitted just fine, but I have to wait with the gluing until the engine is in place....and that will be another story

**Bunkerbarge** · 17-09-2006

The detail and complexity of this model continues to absolutely amaze me.

The job you are doing on it is just as amazing!!

Johnny · 17-09-2006

I'm amazed by the numbers of parts myselves for this build, but it's really fun to try to build such a detailed model.

Constructionpoint nr4, the wheel connectors.

The drawing shows that this is a straight forward assembly.

Parts cutted out...still amazed by the number of parts for this build...

The main parts put together.

And I put the wheel on just for fun....

So now I'm going to put some paint on the parts and glue it all together.