Landships II

Just finished this well designed and easy to build model. The overall impression I get is that it looks almost too big for 1/35. Details a little bit on the rough side but it is certainly an impressive model when finished. Compliments to TAKOM to deliver such an excotic WW1 model.

The problem for me is the lack of good reference photographs and although I do have a few detailed books and original photographs their use to determine actual details and sizes are very limited. Most pictures I looked at are far too dark and hide the details. Photographs of the Dicke Bertha in the field has in many situations  the limitation that they were well camouflaged( with bushes and branches and the  breech cover with a sheet of cloth??). Best reference soo far is a movie shot in 1943 where a Dicke Bertha is cut in pieces to be used a scrap metal for the war effort.(Aberdeen Proving Ground)

 

The chains were impossible to attach so I changed them to poles made of steel with at the top a small drop of Micro Crystal Klear, after a few minutes the droplet becomes more solid and still tacky. I gently attached the chain over the poles and slide them in the droplet of Klear. Fine adjustments were made with a small tweezer, sliding  the fixationpoint to the appropiate position.

 

metal wire between spade and foundation platform made of Evergreen profile, piece of string and loose parts i.e Panzer IV towhooks

 

 

The "shoes"of the Radgurtel were first glued together and sanded smooth, after curing they can click in position.

 

Thank you for watching.

 

Harry van Baal

The Netherlands

 

-- Edited by Haverba on Sunday 14th of February 2016 04:06:09 PM