V2 - Vengeance From Above

[Steve Jones]

Allen
Who's been a busy boy! Looks like you are having a lot of fun mate. Keep up the quality work:thumb2:
Steve

[JR]

Dude 1 .
I see what you meant ! That buddy is dedication , keep it up.

Dude 2

[Si Benson]

Morning Allen,
Seems I’m not the only one playing catch up. Happy to see your still rolling along nicely with the massive project!
Great additions mate:thumb2:
Si

[Jim R]

Hi Allen
As John says - this is true dedication. This sort of work will always take hours and hours but there is no other way to achieve the level of detail and accuracy.
Jim

[Allen Dewire]

Norman, Paul S, Paul E, Stevie Wonder, Dude 2, Mr. Benson and Jim(bo) - Thank you all so much for the positive comments and for looking in. You guys are the best and keep me going!!! And going is the word of the day I'm afraid. If my Mojovation gets any higher, I'll end up with nose bleeds or something.........

Time to put all the tiny pieces together and finish the plumbing on this manual pump. I sorted some of the waste pieces and made some fittings and caps for the pipes. I cut a tiny piece of solder for the top pipe, then nipped and bent solder for the bottom pipe and CA'd the whole thing together........................
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You can also see how the stretched sprue was used to represent the flange bolts along with punched disks for the pipe caps. Now I was going to refine the back side of the pump, but in the end, you won't see it (ok, I was lazy)...............
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While letting the glue dry fully on the pump, I once again turned my attention to something I could see without going blind with the optivisor.
The Steyr 2000A was actually a 1500A that was re-classed as a 2 tonner in '44. This vehicle was the electric backbone for all the pretests, checks and for firing the V2. It had a 6KVA generator powered by a Zundapp 2 cylinder, horizontally opposed, 750 cc motorcycle engine. It had back up batteries if the generator failed, It also had a constant voltage transformer and a switch station for all the connections. It also carried 5 reels of cables and looks like this...........
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(For Discussion Purposes Only)
As you can see it is a later model of the Steyr that didn't have the fenders over the rear wheels. The externally/internally mounted spare tire was moved to the front bumper to make space for the 6KVA gen in the vehicle. The side semi round plate was vented to cool the motor. The black dot (almost in the middle) is the hole for the starting crank for the Zundapp. The bike looking wheel is for the cable reel hand cart mounted on the back of the Steyr. More later on.
We had to modify the the 1500A into a later model so the following needed to be done to the Tamiya kit................
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I had to saw off the spare tire holder from the inside so the gen motor will sit next to the cooling vents and the starter crank hole. Next up was losing the rear fenders to make this late model of the Steyr. The wheel wells will be filled with thin sheet styrene as we go along. Later, I will post a photo of just how busy this interior will be. Only the front two seats were used as the rest was filled with electrical stuff.
Finally, Being afraid to handle the pump with my fingers and the tweezers, I glued it to the stand.....................
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Now I can attempt to paint it without knocking all the plumbing off while handling it. That's all for today Rocketeers. Thanks for looking and have a fantastic evening!!! Till tomorrow......
Prost
Allen

[Jim R]

Hi Allen
Gives me a headache just looking at it :smiling:
Jim

[Guest]

Fantastic work Allen. You're definitely on a roll.

[scottie3158]

Allen,
Your just showing off now:smiling:
Scottie

[papa 695]

Outstanding work

[kcole4001]

Very nice work, sir!
I agree with Jim, those flanges would give me headaches!

Happy to see you're still marching steadily forward.

[Fernando N]

Practice makes perfect Allen.:thumb2:
Fantastic scratch-building, keep it up!

Fernando

[Tim Marlow]

Innit loverly....
Cracking stuff mate
Cheers
Tim

[Guest]

Lovely work, and your extensive research on the subjects and attention to detail is fabulous.

[Steve Jones]

Terrific update mate! Wonderful work on the small stuff. This is turning into a real gem and its good to hear your mojo is high. Prost
Steve

[minitnkr]

Ah yes, scratchery is so gratifying. Top stuff. PaulE