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Sanity Check and the Blitz

Bristol_Rich

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(In)Sanity Check

 

So the bolt heads mentioned in the previous post arrived... and what great little things they are. A Stainless Steel etch of what looks like 1000's of tiny highly detail bolt heads of various sizes and types all ready and waiting to go on the Gp Van. I do beg the question however of the worth of etching such minute detail into the etch as with a couple coats of paint I am sure the detail is lost.

 

Having spent many hours messing about with the DC Kits door hinges on their EMU kits, I was mildly prepared for what lay ahead.

 

New tube of superglue and clean tweezers and blade, I set about applying the bolt heads to the van. Some 6hours later the van side is now representing something (or at least I hope it does) of the prototype.

 

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Applying the bolt heads is as I am sure you can imaging a tedious task but thankfully there is so far about a 5% wastage rate with various heads lost in glue, "pinging off" somewhere or generally going AWOL. Even now looking at the pics I can see some of the heads missing...

 

Only 3 sides to go.

 

Opel Blitz

 

Work continues on the Opel Blitz...

 

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Since the last post, I have craved the need to get away from applying minute bolt heads! Dont get me wrong, as much as I am enjoying the scratchbuild of the Gp van, the nut and bolt heads are getting to me!

 

As a bit of a break I have concentrated efforts back onto the Opel Blitz build. This week some time has been spent on starting to weather the load bed and underframe as well as finalising the fitting of final parts bar fine details - lamp lenses door handles etc. Work still required to finish inside the load bed and just noticed I've missed a couple of ejector pin marks >:\

 

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Wheels, arches and hubs still need considerable amount of weathering to be applied.

 

I noticed on the previous post there was a request to put the van up against a 4mm van for comparision. I will take a pic for the next entry (possibly Friday)

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Will Vale

Lovely job on the lorry, and nice to see someone else has been lured in to 1:35 by the military stuff - I've just started dabbling in the same scale. I keep hoping Tamiya will produce the Blitz in 1:48 since I'd like one for my 09 layout, but no joy so far.

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Bristol_Rich

Ittaleri also do a kit for the Blitz, although I'm not sure on the scales and avaliability... It might be worth a look. I think there are many techniques we rail modellers can learn from military modelers, although I have never been a military modeller, the range of detail components is wide, varied and usually of very high quality.

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Ittaleri also do a kit for the Blitz, although I'm not sure on the scales and  avaliability...

 

http://www.cybermodeler.com/hobby/kits/tam/kit_tam_89782.shtml Thanks for the tip! It looks like Tamiya have re-boxed it for the Japanese market, although I'm not sure it'll be easy to get now since it was a limited edition. I'll see if I can track one down, although it's a bit naughty since I'm supposed to be finishing off a Krupp Protze for the same layout and I doubt I can fit both :)

 

I agree about the scope for crossover. I'm also really impressed at how much extra stuff you usually get in kits from some manufacturers - figures, stowage, tools, etc. etc. Great for layout details, and the figures are often a lot better (in terms of poses and proportions) than the railway ones, particularly in larger scales.

 

 

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Bristol_Rich

Rich - that van looks pretty amazing - what is the prototype - and is it really 4mm scale??!!

 

The prototype is a 'Gp' van used on the Swedish 891mm lines. On the formation of SJ and the inhertance of over 2000km of old narrow gauge lines and their stock it soon became clear that the stock was unsuitable. These vans were built in the late 40's and early 50's built on common underframes to replace the older stock.

 

The layout will be 1/35 scale so comes out at 8.71mm/ft.

 

 

I agree about the scope for crossover. I'm also really impressed at how much extra stuff you usually get in kits from some manufacturers - figures, stowage, tools, etc. etc. Great for layout details, and the figures are often a lot better (in terms of poses and proportions) than the railway ones, particularly in larger scales.

 

Yes, even with the Blitz kit and admittedly it's been civilianised, I'm left over with driver, navigator, pick, spade, 4 oil drums, crate, hand pump, water stand pipe, jack, jerry cans... It's a comple seperate sprue to the kit.

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