Small Scale Military Headquarters

Small update. Got the basic gun cradle and ramp built minus details. Working 2 jobs doesn't leave me much time to work on models. Looking forward to building the breech guard out of brass and the detail parts. http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk190/smittyrob/12-1.jpg http://i280.photobucket.com/al...

Beautiful, it looks fantastic.

Those all look great, You do camouflage very well. I really like the KT.

They look pretty good, They look like former WSN/Trumpeter Rc tanks with the RC parts removed. There were people here asking why Heng Long or other brands don't make static versions of their RC tanks. Here they are.

Do they have working suspension, or are the swingarms glued into position?

Looking good, can't wait to see more.

flyboy_fx wrote:Cowling is a really easy mod on the 21st FW. It only took me a half hour!

So did you just cut each cowl piece and reglue in the open position?

I buy small scale hardware from Scale Hardware http://www.scalehardware.com/ and http://modelmotorcars.com/store/store_hrdwr.htm#hrdwrindex I buy tiny hinges and 6" piano hinges from Phoenix models in the UK, then you just cut them to desired length. http://www.phoenixmodeldevelopments.com/acatalog/...

Thanks for sharing, it's an sdkfz 251/10 ausf C with 37mm pak36.

Just remove the travel lock to the other side.
I don't think it matters, the travel lock could be positioned on either side, so the gun would either face those wheels or away from them.

Thanks Jnewboy, I was thinking this:

Thanks for the comments guys.

grunt1, I pm'd you back and thanks for the offer.

Jnewboy, I remember when you first showed your late version, very nice work.

Thanks for the comments guys. I'm hoping to finish this one up and paint it soon.
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Looks great, I like the work on the mantlet and front glacis.

Almost finished working on the gun and mount for my sdkfz 251/17 with Schwebelafette. Introduced in 1944 in an attempt to combat increasing enemy air attacks. They replaced the version with the drop down sides which were costly to produce. The schwebelafette, "floating mount" could be fitted to stan...

Nothing wrong with cheating in model building. Interesting method to converting the hanomag wheels, they turned out great. I will probably have to try using a paper models method as I don't have any spares to convert.
Thanks for the info.

Thanks Pickelhaube, I use that method too, soldering brass bits together and turning them in a drill chuck. I made things like the hanomag crank caps, wheel caps and anything small and round this way. and your barrels always look great, I'd still like a set of those stuka cannon's. How do you make t...

Thanks,
I don't have one of those. I made the barrel parts on the lathe but I have to redo the end part, I'll just make it out of Aluminum.

Some pics of my sdkfz 251/9 Kanonewagen or Stummel. Started this a few years ago and lost interest working on it. I thought I would take another crack at it. Here's what I have so far. http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk190/smittyrob/1.jpg http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk190/smittyrob/2.jpg h...

Very nice job, I also like the subtle weathering.

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Yes, I should have said, in Photoshop type in 194% to increase to 194% instead of increase 194% by it's original size.

The words 'by' and 'to' have a big difference in meaning, when talking about percentages

Again I was talking about scaling measurments and you were talking about photocopiers.

Yeah I guess, you put 194% in the box and I guess it scales it up accordingly. And I see what you are saying in regards to scaling with a photocopier, I was still talking about scaling from measurements. Like i said, dealing in percentages can get a bit confusing. That's why I dont use a copier meth...

As I said I don't know the way you do it on a photocopier, and I didn't think he said anything about that. He just asked for the conversion rate, I assumed for taking his own measurments. So if he takes a measurment from a 1/35 scale model and mutiplies that measurment by 1.944 OR 194% he will get 1...

No it is 194% 1/18 is more than twice the size of 1/35, and the results of multiplying by 1.944 or 194% are exactly the same.

5mm x 1.944 = 9.72mm
now
5mm x 194% = 9.7mm
the same.

I don't know about photocopiers but if you increase 1/35 scale plans in photoshop by 194% you get 1/18 scale plans.

Enlarge 1/35 to 1/18,......divide 35x18 = 1.944/194%
Reduce 1/18 to 1/35,..... divide 18x35 = .514/51.4%