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V2 rocket

fledermaus

Master at Arms
Hi my friends, here is the first model on the recently made hobby room, the V2 rocket from Takom. the first one I did many many years ago was the vacumm form kit from schmith in 1/35, the meillerwagen was mostly scratch built just using a few of the original kit parts. this kit from Takom is excellent with tons of details and parts, but of course I needed to add more to it.

The Kit
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I started by assembling the front bogie
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I wanted to detail the hand brake system so I started by drilling the holes for the cables
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for the cables I used .45 dia. (34 gauge) brass wire and 3/64 brass tube for the cable guides.
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4 small rings cut from the brass tube are used for the cable guides.
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two rings used on the brake cylinders
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and two used as cable guides
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next I 3d printed the brake lines connections.
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the valves are printed in a T shape as these are used in various places of the kit. the valve is cut to shape.
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next the holes for the houses are drilled
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also drilled the holes on the brake cylinders
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here the houses and printed connections are installed
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thas it for now, next is the trailer hydraulic system, so stay tuned

thanks!
 
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Interesting Abdin! What are you using for reference? I might want to do this as well when I get around to this kit.
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Nice detailing :good:very keen following your progress

Bought the same kit the day it came out (8 years now ? )

With in mind buying this book when it was published , but it is still hasn't been published so this kit is still untouched.
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Have been to most of the launching sites ......where these actual setups were used in the Netherlands ,
Nothing to see to be honest , streets and small sections of woodland,
but it was from here the first V2's where launched against Belgium and England

There are V1 launch site leftovers to be found (concrete slabs )

Here a good Dutch site ....you could use the auto translator if your Dutch is a bit rusty :bigrin:

 
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Nice detailing :good:very keen following your progress

Bought the same kit the day it came out (8 years now ! )

With in mind buying this book when it was published , but it is still hasn't been published so this kit is still untouched.
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Have been to most of the launching sites ......where these actual setups were used in the Netherlands ,
Nothing to see to be honest , streets and small sections of woodland,
but it was from here the first V2's where launched against Belgium and England

There are V1 launch site leftovers to be found (concrete slabs )

Here a good Dutch site ....you could use the auto translator if your Dutch is a bit rusty :bigrin:

Piet, nice site with lots of info, the book looks very interesting too, any idea when will it be finally available?
 
Piet, nice site with lots of info, the book looks very interesting too, any idea when will it be finally available?
I don't know (i am on the list )
All three books V2 related are delayed for some years now ,
One has a price already so fingers crossed it will be published soon
 
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Hi to all, time for another update on the V2 build. the work continues with the assembly of the trailer tubular chassis and the addition of
the hydraulic system lines.

the tubular chassis is started
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this is the reference I have for the hydraulic system, this photos were provided to me by the V2rocket.com site, thanks for the help with this info. The kit comes with the option of a electric pump or the VW engine with pump conected on the back, I went for the VW engine set up.

hydraulic system diagram
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I started by adding a cap to the VW engine gas tank, just a simple styrene disk
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next I modified this parts from the back of the VW engine to make the lines connections
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the reference photo
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the back of the VW engine now looks like this
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now I drilled the holes for the oil valves under the hydraulic oil tank
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the tank valves are 3D printed
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the valves and pipes installed, this lines supply the hydraulic oil to the oil pump connected to the back of the VW engine
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the VW engine gas tank printed valve and line are installed, its the small tank in the picture
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it connects to the back of the VW engine, also visible is the line from the oil pump to the oil valve
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here the hydraulic oil return line can be seen, also added a filler cap
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behind the oil valve are two gauges one for each of the lifting jacks on the rear, this are 3D printed and drilled to connect the lines, each gauge has two lines out and return
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the lines are made for the gauges
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first gauge is installed, the line runs to one of the lifting jacks on the back
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the second gauge is installed
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view of part of the connection
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line route to the back
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here the connection to the lifting jacks can be seen
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and the lines on the jacks
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thats all for now, more comming soon.
thanks
Abdin
 
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VERY NICE Abdin! Interesting that they used a 25hp VW engine to power the hydraulics. I guess it makes sense as it didn't need any special cooling and thus would be easy to keep running.
Thanks for posting all the reference photos, I have one of these in the stash and am sure it will be a big help.
 
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