I had a sdKfz. 7/1 since forever on my shelf. The Twenot challenge made me go through my possible options for building an old kit. A KM11 in the basic form, the sdKfz. 7 artillery prime mover seemed posible, and an armoured 7/2 with the 3.7 anti aircraft gun apealled to me. after this is finished, I have a trumpeter wooden bodied final version to make. (Yes I compaired the details on these vintage Tamiya workhorses and that one.)
December 2019 |
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The last pictures show my progress upto the start of december. The Challenge ended on March 8, the last fair of 2020 in the museum in Overloon. By than I got the fenders and the 8 tracks finnished. I started on the 8 drive sprockets. After that it would have gone fast, but other things came up. I'm going to split the build over the 3 different subjects: An armoured 7/2 the 2 KM11 sd.Kfz.7's and the Breda tipo 61. 
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November 2019 |
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In November I finally give up on the sheets of aluminium foil. I clean the plastic again and I put lead foil from a wine bottle in it. 
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October 16 2019 |
 
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The first of the sets nylon tracks got their 6x47 holes. Each hole takes a couple of passages with a 0.8mm dril. 282 holes in each track. First test paint on the dented fender. (See the whole story on the Twenot Forum ) |
September 22 2019 |
 
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The basic kit is very basic. Here is the parts that I can use and the sprocket cleaned. The biggest challenge is the track. I decided to make a set of them. One with a dented structure. First obstacle: how to make a 2 mm thick fender seem wrinkeld. (See the whole story on the Twenot Forum ) |
September 16 2019 |
 
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First test if it can we done. This kit is from 1972. Basicaly that would mean a lot of sanding and adding some detail. |
September 1 2019 |
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A challenge of the Twenot, the Dutch Military modelling club. Take an old kit and fix it's shortcommings. No PE, no update sets, just low budget and skills. And I choose before I got the whole picture...(See the whole story on the Twenot Forum ). |
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