Dave Ward's 1/35 Krupp L3H163 Early war Heavy Truck

[Lee Drennen]

Great job Dave that’s sure is a weird suspension

[Dave Ward]

Lee,
I was puzzling over where I had seen a similar rear suspension with the horizontal spring, then I remembered - the Krupp Protze - I have a Tamiya one in the stash.
Dave

[Gern]

I've had some success using a heated blade to remove fiddly parts from sprues. I don't cut the part itself, I just release the sprue runners from the main sprue frame. Using a heated blade means you don't put any pressure on the parts and it also leaves you free to manipulate whatever cutters you are using to cut the part itself free.

[Dave Ward]

I'm afraid this one is going back into the box for the time being. I've made several attempts to go on with the build, but I've lost interest, and forcing myself to finish this will end up with something I'm not happy with. I will return to this, just not yet.
I'm going to start another build, but not blog it. I joined the forum in April, and I've blogged every build I've done since then, so time to miss one or two out. I'm still going to haunt the site, though........................
Dave

[Mini Me]

Sorry to hear that Dave. I've always enjoyed following your WIPs.
Cheers, Rick H.:sleeping2:

[Tim Marlow]

Hi Dave
Just had a catch up on this, shame your canning it for now, it was coming on a treat. I understand why though, you need to be engaged to give your best.....
That rear axle equalising beam arrangement is interesting....if you replace the differentials with plain axles you could almost be looking at a railway coach bogie, complete with guard irons and brake cranks....
Cheers
Tim

[Dave Ward]

Tim,
Krupp was ( and is ) a diverse company, so no doubt railway bogies were part of their catalogue, somewhere!
I will be returning to this build, and I will be blogging future builds, I'm just taking a break from the routine, I'm going to do a few builds 'off camera'
Dave