Bridlington & Wolds Scale Model Club Forum
Models => Modelling Projects => Topic started by: cph64 on September 17, 2020, 05:25:12 PM
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Whilst visiting recently a friend of mine heard me mention that I had the EMW A9 rocket and was going to build the meillerwagen for it to sit on and kindly he bought me one!!! This is the Revell 1/72 re-boxing of the CMK kit which includes the Hanomag SS-100 Gigant tractor, meillerwagen transport and launch trailer, plus the launch pad and it's trailer. There are 243 parts, including one sprue of clear parts and a 36 page instruction book(let). So whilst I was waiting for the filler to set on the A9 I made a start on the meillerwagen.
I had already bought this kit so will be able to use the other Gigant and meillerwagen, along with a V2 and launch platform, in a diorama which won't be as big as Zak's but hopefully as interesting. There were lots of ejector pinholes to fill and pins to remove, plus the cabinet towards the front of the trailer doesn't have a back so I had to make one. I've started painting using Tamiya Desert Yellow to give a variance to the large amount of Dunklegelb I'll be using.
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Looks interesting. The kit looks very intricate.
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Yes Chris there are lots of small parts!!! Alongside the Abschussplattform and trailer seen in the EMW A9 post I continued with the Meillerwagen painting the main body Model Air 71.017 RLM 80 Olivgrun (Russian Green). The launch tower/bed is just laid in place at the moment as I will have to make adjustments to the travel clamps to enable the A9 to sit on it.
In between all this the parts for the SS-100 were painted mostly in Model Air 71.056 Dunkelgrau, which is labelled as Panzer Dark Grey and does look to me as a more darker shade than usual. But hey this is 1946!!!
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Looking good
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Looking good.
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Thats a third "looking good" from me
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Abschussplattform finished and fitted to the trailer. Hanomag started and there are lots of little parts with very small attachment points so it's been a long haul. I think I now know how Haddock feels when making his ships!!! I deviated from the instructions when fitting the drive shaft and rear axle to get an easier fit only to find later in the instructions that you have to thread the exhaust and silencer around the axle. So next time that's going in first! The windows were a challenging fit and I used Glue and Glaze but that didn't hold one of the rear ones in place so I had to take the roof roof off and re-glue. I have a feeling that weathering is going to hide a multitude of sins with this!
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Looking good.
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Looking good 2.
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This will look great on the club table. When ever that may be..
Andy.
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It’s looking good Chris, I think we might have another virtual table.
Bob c
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Gigant finished and weathered, I left the rear view mirrors and headlights off until after the weathering. Today it was modelling on the patio cutting, sanding and fitting the rungs to the side of the Meillerwagen and used superglue as they're so fine. The locating holes weren't very deep so I drilled them out a little bit. Not up to Haddock's standard but I'm working on it.
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The launch support was fiddly even on the 1/35 ones, so yours will be even worse to do.
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Neat that!
Haddock.
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Excellent detail Chris.
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What time is take off ???????
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I've got you booked the first post Covid flight, so you've plenty of time to prepare, but don't forget your mask!!
This is the second painting of the A4 as I wasn't happy with the first attempt. Originally it was going to be two greens and sand but one of the greens just didn't look right so I overpainted that with more Schwarzgrun. One thing you have to be VERY careful with when building the A4 is that there are 4 very, very fine pieces sticking out from the rear of the fins which after looking online I found to be aerial leads. Several online photos show the Meillerwagen being towed from what is normally the rear end so I thought I'd go with this for something different. Once I get the A-Stoffanhanger and Vidalwagen built I'll revisit this diorama.
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Nice, I have a soft spot for V2 related things.
You will need a launch control vehicle and all the other stuff - tankers and so on, generator trucks rtc.
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Excellent models Chris.
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Thanks everyone. I've got the A-Stoffanhanger to build and will scratchbuild the generator trailer (eventually!!). I can use the Opel Blitz tanker, as seen in a previous build, and also have the Control Post half track, but it is the Eidai 1/76 rendition so will have to go at the back. Various other vehicles will come from my 'Dark Side' collection.
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A few more vehicles sourced for the launch site and which must be 30 to 40 years old. On the left is the Eidai Feuerleitpanzerfahrzeug (armoured launch control post vehicle), based on the Sd.Kfz 7/3 halftrack. A new hatch was made to replace the one lost and windscreen glazing was made using a combination of clear plastic, from a stawberry punnet lid, and Glue and Glaze. Prior to the latter a coat of Dunklegelb was applied with the original green and red-brown allowed to show through.
In the centre is the Eidai SS-100 Gigant next to the Revell offering, this also having been repainted and a windscreen fitted. Both this and the above are to 1/76 scale with the difference not being that obvious and both are a combination of click and/or glue together.
Lastly on the right is one of my first attempts at vehicle converting. Based on the Airfix Opel Blitz it will now represent a Sd.Kfz 305 Fernrakete Ersatzsteile (spare parts for the V2).
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You be able to build a full launch site soon.
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Hey Chris with the speed and also what you have been making --- will we have to call you "Zak 2" in the future ????????
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Hey Chris with the speed and also what you have been making --- will we have to call you "Zak 2" in the future ????????
I agree!
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I'm still recuperating from my op, which was a success I've been told, so can't lift anything heavier than a kettle!!! This has given me lots of time to attack my stash with gusto.
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Just carry on recuperating and get lots of modelling done.
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That's the plan, lol!!!
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Keep going Chris. Its looking good1
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Very impressive.
Well done.
Andy.
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Inbetween waiting for the etch brass to behave during the Vidalwagen build the parts for the 2nd SS-100 Gigant were cleaned, up and painted and a start has been made in building. This time I'll build it knowing where the pitfalls are.
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Looking good.
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A bit more work done on the Gigant today.
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I have just come across the build of one of these in your scale, it was in a magaxine from Martin.
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Gigant painted and weathered with just the 'little bits' to add which would have broken off when weathering. Also in the photo are older kits which I'm resurrecting. The Opel Blitz has had a bit more work done on it, the Krupp Protze needs glazing and a few bits adding and the SdKfz 11 half track is having it's chassis and drive train repaired. The second photo is my attempt at converting the trailer from the Airfix M3 half track into a Grosser Druckluftzeuger 34 (liquid oxygen pump trailer). Searches online and in my references show varying types so I can get away with a bit of 'artistic license' here. The wheels will be correct, lol!!!
The photos are a bit grainy as the light was fading.
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Nice to see you keeping 'Busy'
Bigkev
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Trailer finished and weathered, as are the rest of the vehicles. I now think I should have used 5 thou card instead of 10 as the doors seem a bit thick. Handles are from Evergreen strip and the exhaust and whatever it is hanging at the back are from scrap sprue. The wheels are spares from Roden and Esci builds. I've noticed on this and a couple of other builds that if you let the Vallejo Bronze Green primer show through it gives an interesting camouflague effect.
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Good detail for 1/72nd.
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Thanks Chris. I think I'll envoke the 6ft rule on it, lol!!!
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Thanks Chris. I think I'll envoke the 6ft rule on it, lol!!!
Can't get too close eh?