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 Subject:  [Chapter] Chapter 9 - The Rear Hull PlateList thread.  
  
 Date:  Nov 21, 2005
 From:  Christopher Wilson 
Chapter 9 - The Rear Hull Plate

Part A6 is the rear of the lower hull. This is obviously the same for the Hornisse kit because of all the holes to be drilled through the back. For the Nashorn only 6 need to be drilled, these are for part B7 and the 2 spare roadwheel hangers.

These hangers are really nice preformed metal wire and I for one would by a bag of them if I could.

I used a little bit of wire heated with a lighter and pushed it through the backside to minimize visible marks on the outside. On the real vehicle these appear to be welded on.

Next I attached B7 and then filled the entire backside of A6 because it will be visible from the inside of the finished model.

Part A12 received a tow cable attachment point because it just looked odd without it.

The worst part of the rear assembly is the actual fir of the part A6. It should follow the angle of the hull. If this is done then the brackets that should be attached to the to hooks on the hull are actually above them. After much dry fitting I figured there was nothing to be done but to remove the top brackets, make new ones, and locate them below the original lower brackets. Now things will line up a little better but I still have some concern about this piece and so I have not attached it to the hull yet.
 
Thread Listing 
  [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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