Hello, gentlemen!
My work progress: the cannon is almost ready. The shields of the balancing gear (equilibrators) remain to be made.
I’m thinking of making them from 0.1 mm copper sheet. Trumpeter’s PE has no bending. Even after heat treatment of the PE.
I slightly modified the support and the hooks for fixing the barrel and cradle of the cannon in the travel position. I shortened the first one, and two of the hooks are slightly extended.
Here are some photos.
Thank you, John.
I remembered that before I started with the shields of equilibrators, it was good to paint the cannon in a basic color. I lightened slightly on the upper side, but it seefms that it is not enough and after PE, I will repeat.
So far so good. But … I have to remake several figures for the Bulgarian crew of the machine and the cannon. And think about the basis of the model.
Kind regards.
Kalin
You have done a great job there Kalin, the shields and copper sheet make a big difference and the finished paint looks great. The extra detailing on the tractor with the stowage and the canvas roof in the up position look lovely. Well done, looks amazing
It is all beautiful work . The bit of eye candy thay really stands out is the way the canvas is around the fold mechanism of the top frame … Truly eye candy
Clever workaround on these equilibrator protectors- the Trumpy supplied thick PE is PITA to bend(bad experience talking here)!
Good looking gun- I see you modified the rear barrel support, that Trumpy got a bit too long and managed to get the tangled and wrongly engineered PE shield supports working!
The half track is also looking top notch, especially the DIY canvas, with all its natural looking folds and crevices. Nice set of loaded items too!
I think we’ll see more weathering added to both vehicle and gun soon!
Thank you gentlemen for the kind words for my work.
I have now focused on a few figures to fit the model. By the way, there is already an idea for the basis of both models.
Kind regards!
Kalin
