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| Subject: | [Chapter] Chapter 6 - The Gun Part 1 |  |
| Date: | Nov 15, 2005 |
| From: | Christopher Wilson | |
Chapter 6 - The Gun Part 1
Today I started with step 3 and mainly the subset that makes up the rear main assembly of the gun. This consists of 13 parts, most of which have seams to clean up. When finished these areas will be quite visible on the model.
In my kit parts F4 and F5 were warped, but a little hot water fixed that problem. I also found during this process that several clamps were essential in getting things together carefully. I use flat copper clips for this purpose.
There is a lot of cleanup on the smaller parts due to the very large sprue attachement points. The parts themselves are molded fine, it just means you won't be putting this one together in a weekend and it will take a bit of care to get things together. So put those modeling skills to use!
The other thing I noticed were the large amount of injector pin release marks on these small parts. At this stage it is hard to tell what will be seen and what will not so I broke out the Waldron punch set and punched discs the size of the pin marks and glued them in place. IMO this is the easiest and best way to fill hard to get to, shallow release marks.
F31, F22, F13, and F14 make up the cradle assembly and looking at things it really would have been nice for Dragon to mold F13/14 as one piece and definitely F31/22. Perhaps limitations in molding prevent this, but it means a lot of delicate work and much Mr. Surfacer is needed to make all the seams go away.
You will note in my picture of the assembly that the front portion of the cradle where F31/22 are together still requires some seam filling. This should appear as one piece when done.
The instructions were pretty good for the gun assembly thus far, but I stopped at this point to study pictures and try to figure out the assembly steps I'll use next.
Last thing to note, part F23 can be left out for now if you want to show the breech open. I checked and it simply slides into place. I've closed mine, but it was just a personal choice. The part is well detailed and fits quite nice in the finished breech assembly. |
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 | [BLOG] Building the Dragon 1/72 Sd.Kfz. 164 Nashorn - Christopher Wilson - Nov 5, 2005 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 1 - The Parts - Christopher Wilson - Nov 5, 2005 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 2 - Running Gear/Lower Hull - Christopher Wilson - Nov 6, 2005 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 3 - PE or not to PE - Christopher Wilson - Nov 8, 2005 |
| . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Chapter 3 - PE or not to PE - Doug Chaltry - Nov 10, 2005 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Chapter 3 - PE or not to PE - christopher wilson - Nov 10, 2005 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 4 - Starting the Upper Hull - Christopher Wilson - Nov 10, 2005 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 5 - Fighting Compartment Beginnings - Christopher Wilson - Nov 13, 2005 |
| . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Chapter 5 - Fighting Compartment Beginnings - John Barnes - Nov 13, 2005 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 6 - The Gun Part 1 - Christopher Wilson - Nov 15, 2005 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 7 - The Gun Part 2 - Christopher Wilson - Nov 17, 2005 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 8 - The Gun Part 3 - Christopher Wilson - Nov 19, 2005 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 9 - The Rear Hull Plate - Christopher Wilson - Nov 21, 2005 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 10 - The Front Upper Hull - Christopher Wilson - Nov 23, 2005 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 11 - Fighting Compartment Part 2 - Christopher Wilson - Nov 25, 2005 |
| . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Chapter 11 - Fighting Compartment Part 2 - Doug Chaltry - Nov 26, 2005 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 12 - Fighting Compartment Part 3 - Christopher Wilson - Nov 27, 2005 |
| . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Chapter 12 - Fighting Compartment Part 3 - Mike Tittel - Nov 27, 2005 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 13 - Fighting Compartment Part 4 - Christopher Wilson - Dec 1, 2005 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 14 - Painting Begins - Christopher Wilson - Dec 2, 2005 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 15 - Tracks and Roadwheels - Christopher Wilson - Dec 6, 2005 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 16 - Conclusions - Christopher Wilson - Dec 26, 2005 |
| . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Chapter 16 - Conclusions - Paul A. Owen - Dec 26, 2005 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Chapter 16 - Conclusions - christopher wilson - Dec 28, 2005 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Chapter 16 - Conclusions - Doug Chaltry - Jan 12, 2006 |
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