Dora 1/35

[fledermaus]

HI to all!

Time for another update, the work on the gun is almost complete by now, here are photos of the last
parts that needed to be installed, the ladders and hand rails in the sides and front of the main body

here the floor betwen the two main halves is glued in place

next all the remaining ladders and hand rails are installed

the side ladders in the front and back are hold in place with plates bolted to the body of the gun

the ladders two brackets that bolts to the body to hold it, so I started to make it using 1mm styrene sheet, each measures 3.6mm x 9.4mm

next I rounded one of the ends and drill a 1mm hole in each, then a semi diagonal cut so it can be attached to the ladder.

the each piece is glued to the ladder, then two resin bolts are added to each one.

the ladders fittings are finished and painted

the gun recuperators are painted, first using Alclad gloss black, and the next day I sprayed the Alclad chrome paint, it looks very nice!

I did the same with the loading ram arm

the elevators are finished, I used 0.45 diameter wire for the elevators cables

the shell elevator is done first

after the cables are glued in place I made a round cover to hide the hole for the pulleys shaft

the shell elevator is going to be in the up position, the charges elevator is going to be down

with the elevators finished I started to make the figures, here are the figures for the shell

text fit of the figures

the figures are a combination of dragon, miniart and tamiya plus some verlinden heads.

still many figures to do and modify, getting there inch by inch
thanks for watching
Abdin

 

[moon puppy]

notworthy

 

[Barney]

Oh my... wonderful.

 

[Heavens Eagle]

Oh WoW! You are definitely almost at the finish line Abdin! It has been a long process, but the finished work is going to be fabulous!

 

[jknaus]

Outstanding. This is just so WOW!!!!
James

 

[Piet]

We love it !

 

[Rhino]

Impressive attention to detail!

 

[fledermaus]

Bob, Barney, Paul, James, Piet, Rhino thank you all, almost there!

 

[Brokeneagle]

 

[fledermaus]

Thanks Ian, glad you like it.

 

[fledermaus]

Hello there! finally another update on the final stages of my Dora, have being working on making the figures and now starting the painting process,
meanwile I made new powder charges to replace the kit ones that I didnt like, I used oven clay to make the new charges, you just make the desired shape and put it in the oven for about 20 minutes to harden it.

each charge measures 43mm long x 24mm wide

here I placed the charges on the cart to check it fits with no problems.

here a comparison of the new charges with the kits ones, now just need to paint it

and some photos of the original charges, here the size of of the charges can be apresiated

and just when I think I have finished doing mods to Dora I remembered that there are not firing or aiming controls on my Dora, so I started to look for info on this area, there is almost no info or photos of it , a friend from a facebook forum sent me two pictures that vagely showed the sight and aiming area plus another one or two I found on my Dora book, so I made the best I could with the little info I had.

here are some of the photos

here is the aiming area, I just noticed that the molded on circle is supossed to be a handwheel

so I started to remove the molded on details

next 3d printed the hand wheels and other parts needed to detail the area

the gun sight, make it I used the Karl morser one as a model

more missing details added

so here is my interpretation of this area from looking at the few photos I have

the handrail bases are repaired as many broke during the process of fitting the new parts, then painting of the parts started, the area looks much better now

the gauges are printed and ready to install, now to finish painting the figures.

thanks for watching!

Abdin

 

[moon puppy]

Raises the question how in the world did they aim those things with such over the horizon range. Stunning work once again Abdin

 

[jknaus]

Just absolutely amazing work. Your attention to detail is fantastic. I hope you might consider writing a book about this model and all the extra work you have done to it. I know I would buy it despite not having the kit. Just so much good information and fantastic modeling
James

 

[fledermaus]

Bob that is something that will be interesting to know, how difficult will that be?

 

[fledermaus]

James thanks! I have not tought of that. but I do have so much info to do it

 

[Piet]

 

[Brokeneagle]

I am just loving this post. I amgoing to need to save this as a pdf ref I think, for when I build mine!
Outstanding Abdin.

 

[Rhino]

 

[Steve Ski]

This is wild!

 

[fledermaus]

Hi my friends
another update on this project, last time the aiming area received some extrra details, I finished the area by installing the gauges decals. also did some repair work to the hand rail as I broke the supports while working on the aiming details, at first I just glued it back, but did not liked how it looked so I went on and 3d printed new bases in resin.

the gauges decal are installed

the broken rail bases where removed and replaced with 3d printed ones

the new bases

painted and ready to install

the hand rail needed to be repaired also due to some pieces breaking loose

the handrails fixed and glued to the new bases

now the barrel is finally installed and the trunnions glued in place

and when I thought I was done with detailing I saw this detail of a big cable hanging under the generator going from the front door acces hatch, through the floor and on to the back. so well, lets do it.

used a 1.75mm cooper wire to make the cable and with pieces of photo eched carrier I did the brackets to hold it.

the hanging cable under the generator is finished.

with the cable done, the generator is glued in place under the main platform.

the main platform is glued in place, the breach block and hydraulic ram base are attached

the platform in front of the trunnions and the front ladders are installed.

every time I say its finished a new detail pops out and Im tempted to make it, thats one of the main reasons it has taken so long to finish this work, but now I think its over with detail work, the beast is at last on the base and the work now turns to finish painting the figures and some other details, cant belive the end is very near.

thanks for watching and more soo!
Abdin