Dora 1/35

[Heavens Eagle]

Excellent attention to detail! Looking great!

 

[Iron Mike]

Very nice,the craftsmanship really shows. :drinks

 

[moon puppy]

HI to all, work on the ram base continues, the two rail pieces on the loading platform are removed as this parts goes attached to the ram body and not to the loading platform.

The loading platform

The rails are cut flush

Using a piece of channel the new rail pieces are glued to the ram base, a piece of styrene rod 10mm x 3.3 dia. is used to support the back of each rail.

The channel is glued so that when the platform is in the raised position the rails are almost touching the platform and aligned to the rails on the platform.

Now the side of the ram base gets some missing detail, a piece of styrene in the shape of U is made and
Glued to each side.

Next the second cut is done at 19mm, and the final cuts 10mm up from the center line

Here the two cut parts

The parts are glued to each side of the ram base

Verlinden resin bolt heads complete the details

The reference photo

All the closed holes are drilled out on each side

Now I started to make the control box? And pipes on the ram base

The box measurements are a guess looking at the photos of the area, I made it 5x5x8mm

The box is made from square styrene rod and styrene disks used where the pipes connect to it

Next the pipes are made from copper wire and glued in place, two 3x3x8 blocks are glued under the ram
Base and pipes connected to it.

Two small valves? Are simulated with verlinden bolts

The control level is made with styrene rod, brass tube and styrene disks. I think it is a control level
But it also looks like a socket wrench, so again is my guess.

There are lifting cables stored on the ram base, so I made the cables with picture wire and tape

Here the cables are placed on the side of the base

Some reference photos

The wheel at the back of the base is installed and it received handles made from cooper wire

With the ram base finished I started detailing the breech block

Here is the breech block assembled, the two cranks rods at each side are too short and need to be
Replaced so that the handles can clear the sides of the block.

Here is the fix

Now the breech bar receives some details, the edge needs to have the same curvature as the shell hole

With the breech closed I marked the circumference of the hole

Then moving the block to the center I marked the new curvature

Here are the two marks

Using the dremmel I removed the plastic to the new shape

Next a piece of .40 styrene sheet is cut to shape and glued in place

I used a PVC coupling and rubber bands to hold the styrene in place until the glue dries

After sanding the edges smooth it looks like this

Now the curves match

After finding the center I drilled a 15/64 hole

Two disk are made with the punch, one 2mm and 4mm

The disks are glued together

I used a 5.3mm washer and glued the disks to it

It is now glued to the block

A 10mm hole is made and an 8.5 mm disk is glued in it with two small holes at the bottom

Now it all looks like this

This is a long update, a lot has being made and closing to the painting stage.

Thanks for looking

Abdin

Loss of words...

 

[Duke Maddog]

Stunning work man. I keep thinking back on my 1/72 scale build of this and realize how easy I had it. You are doing a far more tremendous job on this magnificent beast.

 

[lupanzer]

Amazing building :coolio ....

Luiz.

 

[fledermaus]

thanks to you all guys, already fixed the problem with the photos not showing.previous posts are being fixed also

 

[iambrb]

looking forward to being able to view them again! I have the same issue going on my Ontos build, I need to get all that fixed!

 

[bob letterman]

Been there, done that!

Bob

 

[moon puppy]

I fixed my quoted post. Still

 

[JamesOLeary]

Wow! Incredible detail and excellent work!

Cheers,
James

 

[Sherman 18]

Great work!

 

[Sharkmouth]

I am hoping the Boricua Boys are fine in Puerto Rico but have not heard from them.

Fledermaus is from Mayaguez which is one of the towns I am expecting to hear news from... nothing yet. Further North is Rincón which (from aerial views) seems to have been spared the worst but is cut off from the other towns due to debris blocking the roads. Aguadilla, further NorthEast was hit hard and has lots of flooding.

Regards,

 

[Sharkmouth]

Finally got an update with video about Mayaguez. Lots of wind and water damage but no reported loss of life.

Regards,

 

[Brokeneagle]

Glad to hear that.
Thanks

 

[moon puppy]

I am hoping the Boricua Boys are fine in Puerto Rico but have not heard from them.

Fledermaus is from Mayaguez which is one of the towns I am expecting to hear news from... nothing yet. Further North is Rincón which (from aerial views) seems to have been spared the worst but is cut off from the other towns due to debris blocking the roads. Aguadilla, further NorthEast was hit hard and has lots of flooding.

Regards,

Keeping our friends and families in our thoughts. :zen :zen

 

[ausf]

:zen

 

[bob letterman]

:zen :zen :zen

 

[fledermaus]

Hi guys!!

Finally being able to connect, im running from a generator as we still have no power and no water since the storm, almost The hole Island got hit hard by maria, we got winds in the 130-140 mph range, the storm took more than 24 hours to pass over the Island. It was something impressive. Now hopping to get power this comming week, thanks to you all and will try to connect again soon.

Abdin

 

[moon puppy]

Good to hear from you Abdin, hope all is safe and you'll get relief soon.

 

[bob letterman]

Great to hear you're OK Abdin.

Keep in touch and let us know how everything is coming along!

You're in our thoughts and prayers!

Bob