V2 - Vengeance From Above

[Steve Jones]

Allen
I have restarted my blog on the Italeri Kfz 305 Opel Blitz with Tamiya 20mm Flak 38 MIT Sd.Ah.51. Being the idiot that I am I have listed it on the wrong section but hopefully they will let me off this time:smiling:. Its in the Military Vehicles - Armoured Vehicles Under Construction:thumb2:
Steve

[Guest]

Nice progress Allen ! How long you recom until this dio finish ? It wonderful project to undertake! Looking forward for updates! Regards Danny

[Jim R]

Hi Allen
Good to see both you and this have arrived. Following progress.
Jim

[BigGreg]

And u are here too... cool

[Allen Dewire]

Thanks Guys.
It really is appreciated. I'm surprised that so many of us are here now.
This project will probably take a good 6 months to do. The biggest problem I have is a 4 letter word...WORK. The second problem is there are not enough hours in the day....
BTW, MM is still on line as of right now!
Prost
Allen

[Allen Dewire]

Good Evening Rockerteers and Children Of All Ages Too,
As yesterday was a holiday. I figured table (don't have a bench) time was in order. I wanted to continue with the pump trailer by (faking) building the pumps and motors. I spent hours going through all my spares boxes and such to find pieces to use...
It is hard to believe how many unbuilt kits I found in the boxes too. Scary!!!

What you see below, besides lots of pieces, tells the story. Top left is 3 pieces of resin that come with the Tankwagen from Azimut. The bottom piece on the sprue is the manual pump for refueling the V2. I need at least 2 - 3 for this project. Using a differential from a 38T, I sawed off the two wafer thin ends to use as the basis. The saw blade is almost through the second one in the pic. The yellow pieces are the air filter holder from the old Nitto Sd. Kfz. 251 from the 70's. The 2 pieces on the right will be modified as the back plate of the pump. Some solder or wire for the hose and other tidbits to complete it. Should work....
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Above is the resin gas engine (between the 2 cylinder heads) and the resin pump (on the sprue) that will be created by the surrounding parts. It will take a little time to do this and of course working everyday sure doesn't help the cause....Below is what we are trying to create. Manual pump on the ground and gas powered pump in the truck...
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(For Discussion Purposes Only)
Thanks for looking in and I hope to get more table time soon!
Prost
Allen

[Allen Dewire]

I can't believe that another weekend is gone and it feels like I haven't accomplished a darn thing. I started scratching the manual pump. The manual pump was capable of pumping 16 gallons per minute to fuel the V2. Below is the start of the pump with the back plate glued on and the two mounting brackets made from the piece of plastic sitting over them...
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The back of the pump is shown below along with the stand it was mounted on..........
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(For Discussion Purposes Only)
Here is my cheap best attempt at re-creating it. It still needs refinement to bring it up to speed. Below it is the side frame pieces that the pump will sit on......
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This is the end result of a full Sunday's work. After punching out 16 rivets @ 1.2 millimeter and gluing them, I realised they were too big. I should have gone with the 1 millimeter punch. The pump mount is made from 14 pieces itself and includes the catch tray for spills underneath. The pump pipe is made from solder and the little plastic piece on it is the junction for the pipe going down under the pump. This was the output pipe. The pipe end at the top was the input pipe from the fuel source. I have learned a bit about using solder for piping. Be careful as the solder is rather soft and prone to denting when using a fingernail to bend it...
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The backside of the pump is still rough and needs some love to clean it up and look the part. The pump is not glued to the base frame so I can sand it down to size. Damn those rivets are huge!!! Live and learn they say.............
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Not a whole lot to show for a day's work. Waiting for the glue to dry does put a damper on progress though. Thanks for looking and have a great week all!
Prost
Allen

[scottie3158]

Hi Mate,

Quality doesn't happen quickly mate enjoying this build.

Scottie

[papa 695]

Just seen this one Allen, what a great idea for the build, and a fantastic start, some fine scratch building and spares usage. Looking forward to more updates.

[yak face]

Great project allen , its going to look mighty impressive when its all together. I love a bit of scratching too , top work on the pump assembly. Keep up the good work , cheers tony

[Ian M]

OOPs, it looks like one pic came out as an attachment. Three very important pieces in the build too!
Prost
Allen learning as I go.

Fixed that for you Allen.

[Allen Dewire]

Evening Rocketeers,

Sorry for the late reply folks as I don't normally have table time during the week due to work. So........

Paul - Thanks for the vote of confidence my friend and we will have to chat about quality sometime. Hackery maybe....

Ian - Thanks too Sir! It is amazing what you accumulate over the years and then use it later...

Tony - A big Thank you also. I love scratching stuff, if I can or must. I looked again at the pump and was very dissatisfied with it. Please see below...

Ian M - Super Sir! I do appreciate that very much...

Well came to find out I had off yesterday due to a holiday here in the Fatherland (it was Father's day) so I sat my happy butt at the table and decided to redo the shabby pump as It didn't look right. And this is what I got. A big difference on the back, and....................
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This is where it stood as of last night. I think my iPad has lost it's mind as the pic has changed the color of the plastic to tan from gray. I think the one on the right looks a bit more like the pictures I posted above of the real thing..................
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I also made the connecter flanges for the piping. These were the 4 best out of many attempts. The small handle is for the direction control valve (bottom) and the stretched sprue is for the bolts holding the flanges together. The 2 disks are spacers for between the flanges and the middle drilled holes are to give a better gluing point to the solder wire with CA............

While waiting for the various glues to dry on the pump, I started cleaning up the resin road and front wheels from the up-grade kit for the Maultier. The Royal Models kit is cleanly molded and has a nice fret of etch to improve the Italeri kit. (see latest acquisitions post for more details) Again the iPad had a brain cramp and made the gray resin a tan color in the pic. Honestly, I think it's the old lamp on my table, not the iPad.........
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I have 2 of these sets and the other one (un-cleaned, left) is for my Opel Nebelwerfer I hope to finish one year! I hope to get more done this weekend. Thanks for looking in and enjoy your weekend!!!...
Prost
Allen

[Guest]

This is great, I look forward to seeing it come together.

[scottie3158]

Allen.
Some great scratchery looking good.
Scottie

[minitnkr]

Glad to see the mojo's still burning bright. PaulE