HobbyBoss 1/72 German 80cm K(E) Railway Gun 'Dora' (82911) - Demo Build

[davecov]

Progress was good today but not without a mistake or two. A good painting session though.

One mistake was scraping off the paint on the outside edge of the loading ramp decking which I then covered in glue:

As you can see, the loading ramp arms when glued did not extend to the edge of the loading ramp. I had to wait for the glue to dry and then scrape it off and repaint :

There was a problem with the three cross-beams that the power centre hangs from. The fit of them is very week so I added plasic card strengtheners:

I repainted the edges of the cross-beams, ramp arms and decking:

The cradles and some other parts got a second coat of paint:

Even more parts:

The underside of the bogie decking was painted:

The top decking of the intermediate carriers was glued to the lower sections. Six boxes were also glued to the decking:

The inside of the intermediate carriers was painted as were the recoil absorbers:

Last night I glued the two halves of the mounts and today I began painting:

Both mounts have been done apart from sections that I am using to hold:

That is all for now

Dave

 

[boatman]

HI Dave coming on great an lookin very realistic in a monstrouse way an im enjoying seein this fantastic gun come togeather
chris

 

[davecov]

Thanks Chris. Make the most of the build for the next day or so because I will be taking a break from Thursday and won't be returning to this build until about the middle of January.

Dave

 

[adt70hk]

Dave

Great work so far on what is a massive undertaking. Wouldn't even know where to start with something like this.

Keep it up.

ATB.

Andrew

 

[Jakko]

I take it that means you’re not going to be building one for your wargames army?

 

[Tim Marlow]

Fab stuff, looking forward to Dora revisited already….

 

[adt70hk]

I take it that means you’re not going to be building one for your wargames army?

It would take up half the dining room table Junior and I use... But it would make an interesting backdrop ...

 

[Jim R]

Hi Dave
Great progress. Many parts are models in themselves.
Jim

 

[Tim Marlow]

It would take up half the dining room table Junior and I use... But it would make an interesting backdrop ...

Make a good objective LOL…

 

[adt70hk]

Make a good objective LOL…

Your a bad man.....

For storage purposes, I can get two or three 1/72 vehicles in one of the plastic containers Chinese restaurants use and so they are stored out of sight, if not mind, in the utility room....I can just see my wife's face of I was ever to start building one of these...

Anyway we had better end this here so as not to clog up Dave's thread.

Apologies Dave!

ATB.

Andrew

 

[davecov]

Another productive session.

Here are some pipes that have to be fitted on the side of the cradles after painting. Before painting I have cleaned them up and I am now checking the fit of them:

One annoying feature of many of the parts of this kit is that the pins tend to be oversize or too deep for the holes in which they are to fit. In the case of the cradles, I have found it necessary to drill out the holes:

I don't know what these things are but there are plenty of them that need fitting to the mounts. As you can see, they have been painted front and back before fitting because once they are in place it will be almost impossible to paint them:

Here they are in position:

One problem after they had been fitted was that the walkway tabs needed trimming before they would fit:

The large walkways are now in place on the sides of the mount:

Sixteen lifting eyes need glueing to two structures like the one shown:

All eyes done and ready for painting:

That is all for now

Dave

 

[Tim Marlow]

Impressive!

 

[scottie3158]

Lovely neat work

 

[davecov]

Glad you like it, lads.

I forgot to include this picture in my last post and it is starting to look the business. It is still dry-fitted as there is a lot of painting and weathering to do:

That is all for now

Dave

 

[minitnkr]

Some beautiful work.

 

[boatman]

Glad you like it, lads.

I forgot to include this picture in my last post and it is starting to look the business. It is still dry-fitted as there is a lot of painting and weathering to do:

That is all for now

Dave

YEA Dave its really looking the business. now an id love to build that big scale gun if i could afford it an had the space as this is something so monstrous an my mind cant quite grasp this hence my fasination for it but brilliant work Dave an i cant wait till mid JAN till it starts again gonna seem ages to me
chris

 

[Ian M]

That is an impressive beast!

 

[stillp]

YEA Dave its really looking the business. now an id love to build that big scale gun if i could afford it an had the space as this is something so monstrous an my mind cant quite grasp this hence my fasination for it but brilliant work Dave an i cant wait till mid JAN till it starts again gonna seem ages to me
chris

Ummm... hang on Chris, how big is your Tiger?
Pete

 

[boatman]

Ummm... hang on Chris, how big is your Tiger?
Pete

JUST UNDER 8FT LONG WHY Pete ?

 

[stillp]

Well Chris, you did say " id love to build that big scale gun if i could afford it an had the space " !
You seem to have the space, although I doubt if you have much space or money left after your investment in the Tiger.
Pete