MY Pakwagen

[smittyrob64]

Not too much progress to report on this. Having just moved I haven't set up an area for airbrushing yet. I tend to flit from one project to another as well.

The only thing I've done was to make an axe out of styrene to fit in the holder.


I have been working on making a 1/18 sdkfz 251/17 schwebelafette.


So far I have the 2cm kwk. built, but I have to redo the magazine.


Also working on my Panzer III ausf F conversion

[smittyrob64]

Oh yeah, I need decals for that pakwagen. Anyone have any suggestions?

[grunt1]

Here are some 1:18 251 decals:
http://www.peddinghaus-decals.de/index. ... t&Itemid=1

Ernst is great to work with and is open to resizing any of the other sets you see if you need them in 1:18. He has a ton in 1:16.

Oh and how did you glue the brass to the styrene. I'm trying to glue some hinges to my pickle 222 top hatches and haven't fared so well.

[flyboy_fx]

How do you cut the brass shapes so well? Particularly the mag well.

[smittyrob64]

Thanks for the link. Never dealt with Peddinghaus before. Good to know he can resize different decals.

Gluing brass to ABS plastic on the panzer III diamond plate I used epoxy. You have to clamp it really tight unitl it sets. On the styrene to brass on the 20 mm kwk I used CA glue. Once it dries it's a real bugger to remove the part.

For hinges, hatches, or hinged fenders you should use a pin vise to drill tiny holes through the hinge and into the plastic, then glue pins, rivits or small bolts with CA glue to lock the part in.

[smittyrob64]

HoHow do you cut the brass shapes so well?

Draw the part up in a program like Adobe Illustrator or photoshop, print it out (multiple times in case you make a mistake).

Cut the part out with a sharp Xacto knife. Glue it to a a small piece of sheet brass (or styrene) with a glue stick or white glue. Then start cutting and filing. Use cutters to get the part close, then use needle files to work the shape to the exact size of the glued template.

This also works great if you need to make multiple identical pieces. Just sandwich the number of sheets and solder them together, glue the template to the top piece. It works with styrene to. You just have to slice the layered pieces apart later with a knife.