Dora 1/35

[Heavens Eagle]

Excellent attention to detail Abdin! Keep up the great work!

 

[bob letterman]

Absolutely fantastic!



Bob

 

[lupanzer]

As the others said : fantastic attention to details...amazing construction process ldguy

Luiz.

 

[Iron Mike]

HI!!

Work on Dora’s generator room Continues, The ladders are next, the kits ladders are
Completely wrong, they made a Simple ladder for you to put from the generator balcony
All the way down to the Railcar floor, the original ladder is attached to the generator from a
horizontal bar and two stabilizer tubes from below. It doesn’t touch the railcar floor or it will
rip the ladder off when in a turn.

The original kit ladders are not even close to Dora’s generator ladders
As you can see here

Here are a couple of photos of the original ladders
This first one shows the ladder hanging from the horizontal bar

The ladder plans are made after calculating the approximated dimensions
From the photos

Using again 1.5mm brass rod the construction began

6 steps each

The two ladders are finished

The horizontal bars are made with the same 1.5 x 20mm long brass rod and two pieces
Of .80 x 4.5 by 3mm styrene strips

The bar is attached through the ladder and glued in place

The measurements for the stabilizer tubes are calculated

4 pieces of .28 x 2.15 x 9.15mm brass strip are made in to u shape and soldered to one end of
Each brass rod

A piece of 1.5 x 47mm brass rod is used, then a piece of 2.4 x 5.95mm styrene tube
Is placed through it to simulate what looks like a coupling for the stabilizer bar

I used 34 gauge brass wire and a piece of 40 links per inch small chain to make
What I think are locking pins

Everything together looks like this

Two pieces of angular styrene are glued under the generator as attachment points
For the brass rod stabilizers

The tubes are then glued to the ladder and the angular supports, the ladders are finished

The last mod to the generator is the rear door, looking at this photo I noticed this
Small door that looks like a cable access to the generator

After the approximated measurements are taken the port is made

I used a 4 x 10mm styrene tube and sanded it at an angle

After gluing it in place I made a hinge with a piece of 3mm strip and 3 pieces of
1mm styrene rod, in the photo I used a piece of cooper rod but changed it to the
Styrene rod instead

A look at the port door from below

The molded hinges are removed

After looking for a thousand times at photos of the generator I changed all the
door handles for what looks to be a rotating disk with a handle, or at least I see
It that way

I made a disk with .30 styrene sheet 3mm in diameter and a piece of .70 x 3mm rod
To make the new door looks

3 pieces of 1mm diameter rod makes the hinges, now a retouch of the paint and
the work on the generator room is finished.

The final area that needs some modifications is the elevator area
Already working on it, thanks for following
And stay tuned

Thanks!

Abdin

Awesome attention to the details! Bravo! :salute

 

[phantom II]

Loving this build. Your attention to details is amazing :woohoo:

Cheers, Christian B)

 

[Duke Maddog]

Stunning work man! Makes me feel so inadequate. That's why I stick with the small scale stuff.

Keep it coming man, I'm really looking forward to seeing how you improve this some more.

 

[Lost Legionar]

OMG I really don't have anything else to say
I think this build should be in a military history museum.

 

[JamesOLeary]

Wow!

Incredible work!

Cheers,
James

 

[fledermaus]

Moonpoppy,Paul,Bob,Luiz,Mike,Christian,Duke,Carlos and James thanks a lot!

Duke Im in the final stages of modifications to the rear area,the elevators
and elevator towers. Already started painting some parts with the basic grey,
more on this soon

Thanks again!

Abdin

 

[bob letterman]

You are a man after my own heart Abdin!

I love all the details you are putting into this!

Bob

 

[fledermaus]

Hi my friends, detail and correction work continues, the bases for the generator room are cut
And moved closer to the edge of the main platform to allow a little more space for the front
Catwalk of the generator and a reinforcement for that area

Here the photo of the reinforcement

Using .90 styrene sheet the pieces are constructed

Now the bases that holds the generator room are cut and moved, this are glued 7mm
From the edge of the main platform

the elevators are next. The elevators Rails on Dora have hinges that allows the rails to separate so that the elevator platform can be Detached and Swing and move so it can be aligned with the ammo cars if the gun is on a curve.

Here the elevator rail are assembled and ready to be cut

First the details are removed

The cut is made at 126mm from the bottom of the rail

The four rails are cut, now the hinges are constructed

Here the original hinges can be seen, also what I think is a lifting eye above the
Hinges

Here are the measurements for the hinges parts
First the bases are constructed from 1.5mm styrene sheet

You need to cut 16 10mm x 6mm rectangles of 1.5 styrene sheet

Next I marked a line at 6mm on each piece

A diagonal cut is made from the corner at the 4mm half

4 pieces are glued to each rail

The styrene pieces are glued flush to the flat side of the rail

This are the measurements for the hinges pieces made again from
1.5 styrene sheet

You need 24 3mm x 7mm pieces for the 4 rails

One of the ends of each piece is sanded round

2 pieces are glued to each side of the short rail

Next this are sanded at an angle to look like this

one piece is glued to each side of the long rail to form the hinge
pivot area

The hinge pin is made with a .80 brass rod

Now the lift eye is made with the 1.5mm styrene sheet

4 pieces measuring 10mm x 12mm are cut

Now I marked 5mm on the 12mm side and 2mm on the 10mm side
And draw a line from point to point

After the cut it looks like this

The edge is then sanded round

A 9/64 hole is drilled on each and the piece is glued in place

Here you can see the movement of the hinge to the outside to allow the
Elevator to disengage and be aligned with the ammo car

More drawings with all the measurements

The final modification to the elevators rails is the end looking bar, this holds
The two rails in place, when removed it allows the rails to be opened to disengage
the elevator platform.

16mm are cut from the bottom of Each rail

This is the rail locking bar hook, it’s on the end of the rail

Here are the measurements for it

The four pieces are made and glued 10mm from the bottom edge of the rail

Finally the bars are constructed using a 56mm long x 1.75mm dia. styrene rod
With one .40 x 4mm dia. styrene disk at each end

Here a couple of photos showing the finished rails

On this photos you can see the elevator disengaged form the rail
And being aligned with the ammo car

On this photo the elevator is aligned with the elevator rail and the men
Are placing the looking bar in place before moving the elevator up

Many details missing from the kit and many simplifications
That’s it for now, working on the elevator platforms for one last
Modification.

Thanks!

Abdin

 

[Piet]

Excellent work

 

[Heavens Eagle]

Excellent workmanship and attention to detail! You definitely have to be a bookworm to get this info!

 

[bob letterman]

Abdin,

You are turning what was already a dream kit into something far beyond that!

Awesome!!!!!

Bob

 

[lupanzer]

Magnífico

Luiz

 

[Iron Mike]

HI!!

Work on Dora’s generator room Continues, The ladders are next, the kits ladders are
Completely wrong, they made a Simple ladder for you to put from the generator balcony
All the way down to the Railcar floor, the original ladder is attached to the generator from a
horizontal bar and two stabilizer tubes from below. It doesn’t touch the railcar floor or it will
rip the ladder off when in a turn.

The original kit ladders are not even close to Dora’s generator ladders
As you can see here

Here are a couple of photos of the original ladders
This first one shows the ladder hanging from the horizontal bar

The ladder plans are made after calculating the approximated dimensions
From the photos

Using again 1.5mm brass rod the construction began

6 steps each

The two ladders are finished

The horizontal bars are made with the same 1.5 x 20mm long brass rod and two pieces
Of .80 x 4.5 by 3mm styrene strips

The bar is attached through the ladder and glued in place

The measurements for the stabilizer tubes are calculated

4 pieces of .28 x 2.15 x 9.15mm brass strip are made in to u shape and soldered to one end of
Each brass rod

A piece of 1.5 x 47mm brass rod is used, then a piece of 2.4 x 5.95mm styrene tube
Is placed through it to simulate what looks like a coupling for the stabilizer bar

I used 34 gauge brass wire and a piece of 40 links per inch small chain to make
What I think are locking pins

Everything together looks like this

Two pieces of angular styrene are glued under the generator as attachment points
For the brass rod stabilizers

The tubes are then glued to the ladder and the angular supports, the ladders are finished

The last mod to the generator is the rear door, looking at this photo I noticed this
Small door that looks like a cable access to the generator

After the approximated measurements are taken the port is made

I used a 4 x 10mm styrene tube and sanded it at an angle

After gluing it in place I made a hinge with a piece of 3mm strip and 3 pieces of
1mm styrene rod, in the photo I used a piece of cooper rod but changed it to the
Styrene rod instead

A look at the port door from below

The molded hinges are removed

After looking for a thousand times at photos of the generator I changed all the
door handles for what looks to be a rotating disk with a handle, or at least I see
It that way

I made a disk with .30 styrene sheet 3mm in diameter and a piece of .70 x 3mm rod
To make the new door looks

3 pieces of 1mm diameter rod makes the hinges, now a retouch of the paint and
the work on the generator room is finished.

The final area that needs some modifications is the elevator area
Already working on it, thanks for following
And stay tuned

Thanks!

Abdin

Awesome attention to the details! Bravo! :salute

Awesome!

 

[fledermaus]

Piet thanks!

Paul thanks and yes you have to dig into the book and some times even videos to search for the missing
details, that's why it takes so long some times between updates as I have to search, calculate the measurements, make the drawings of the parts and finally construct the pieces needed. to all this add that many of the photos
are very dark or low resolution to make things more difficult.

Bod its a great kit just want to make it greater

Luiz and Mike thanks guys!!

 

[bob letterman]

Bob its a great kit just want to make it greater

Well, you,ve certainly done that!!!



Bob

 

[Lost Legionar]

It is incredible what research can do to improve a kit and also being educated on how it was serviced on the field "curve rail tracks and loading of munitions" ... Great job on the Dora. I also heard that you gave it a base coat ... lets see it !!!

Hi my friends, detail and correction work continues, the bases for the generator room are cut
And moved closer to the edge of the main platform to allow a little more space for the front
Catwalk of the generator and a reinforcement for that area

Here the photo of the reinforcement

Using .90 styrene sheet the pieces are constructed

Now the bases that holds the generator room are cut and moved, this are glued 7mm
From the edge of the main platform

the elevators are next. The elevators Rails on Dora have hinges that allows the rails to separate so that the elevator platform can be Detached and Swing and move so it can be aligned with the ammo cars if the gun is on a curve.

Here the elevator rail are assembled and ready to be cut

First the details are removed

The cut is made at 126mm from the bottom of the rail

The four rails are cut, now the hinges are constructed

Here the original hinges can be seen, also what I think is a lifting eye above the
Hinges

Here are the measurements for the hinges parts
First the bases are constructed from 1.5mm styrene sheet

You need to cut 16 10mm x 6mm rectangles of 1.5 styrene sheet

Next I marked a line at 6mm on each piece

A diagonal cut is made from the corner at the 4mm half

4 pieces are glued to each rail

The styrene pieces are glued flush to the flat side of the rail

This are the measurements for the hinges pieces made again from
1.5 styrene sheet

You need 24 3mm x 7mm pieces for the 4 rails

One of the ends of each piece is sanded round

2 pieces are glued to each side of the short rail

Next this are sanded at an angle to look like this

one piece is glued to each side of the long rail to form the hinge
pivot area

The hinge pin is made with a .80 brass rod

Now the lift eye is made with the 1.5mm styrene sheet

4 pieces measuring 10mm x 12mm are cut

Now I marked 5mm on the 12mm side and 2mm on the 10mm side
And draw a line from point to point

After the cut it looks like this

The edge is then sanded round

A 9/64 hole is drilled on each and the piece is glued in place

Here you can see the movement of the hinge to the outside to allow the
Elevator to disengage and be aligned with the ammo car

More drawings with all the measurements

The final modification to the elevators rails is the end looking bar, this holds
The two rails in place, when removed it allows the rails to be opened to disengage
the elevator platform.

16mm are cut from the bottom of Each rail

This is the rail locking bar hook, it’s on the end of the rail

Here are the measurements for it

The four pieces are made and glued 10mm from the bottom edge of the rail

Finally the bars are constructed using a 56mm long x 1.75mm dia. styrene rod
With one .40 x 4mm dia. styrene disk at each end

Here a couple of photos showing the finished rails

On this photos you can see the elevator disengaged form the rail
And being aligned with the ammo car

On this photo the elevator is aligned with the elevator rail and the men
Are placing the looking bar in place before moving the elevator up

Many details missing from the kit and many simplifications
That’s it for now, working on the elevator platforms for one last
Modification.

Thanks!

Abdin

 

[moon puppy]

Oh my! how did we miss this update?!

Outstanding Abdin!