1/48 Tamiya SS-100 & 88mm Flak 37

[Guest]

Jim,
I second all the comments - a real credit to you.
Mike.

[Jim R]

Hi all
Thanks for all your supportive comments. As I have said on many occassions it is really special to get positive feedback from fellow modellers whose work I admire :thumb2:
Jim

[Jim R]

Hi all
Carriages are done and the gun fitted between them. Just dry fitted at the moment but still a nice tight fit. The figures and the communication cables still to add and also the wheels. I'll muddy up under the arches when I sort the base.




Jim

[Guest]

Lovely work Jim.

[scottie3158]

Jim,
That is looking the dogs danglers.

[SimonT]

Looking good Jim :thumb2:

(I have one of their old 35th 88’s sitting here for a rainy day, with a DAK crew)

[Steve Jones]

Looking good Jim :thumb2:

(I have one of their old 35th 88’s sitting here for a rainy day, with a DAK crew)

We have had 6 months of rainy days Mr T so whats stopping you?? :smiling5: :smiling5: :smiling2:

[Jim R]

Hi all
Peter, Scottie, Simon and Steve - thanks guys :thumb2: Your post, Steve, brought a smile to my face :smiling:

I finally got the cables onto the reels. The kit supplied cotton thread was way too thin so changed that for something thicker. I couldn't find any reference pictures of the cables. All the 88mm guns in collections have no cables and the war time photos are very unclear. Any way I made a connector for the end and wound it onto the reels. Very fiddly as the reels are small at this scale.




I have started the SS100. Being the Tamiya part of the kit the moulding is crisp and the fit excellent. Started with the chassis and mudguards. A few bits to remove and some filling to make ready for the PE.




Jim

[Allen Dewire]

Evening Jim,

Some really great work here and the Flak is tops!!! A word or two over the cable reels if I may.

88mm flaks were normally placed in a group or battery. Each battery had a Kommandogerät which was the trailer mounted instrument for ranging and estimating the altitude of the incoming bomber formations. The cables were used to connect each gun to the Kommandogerät so the gun crew could set the fuses of the shells according to the data/altitude measurements from the Gerät. 88mm guns used as Paks didn't need this as they shot HE or AT against ground targets and had no fuses to set. I hope this helps explain the reels a bit more Sir...

I can't wait to see how well the SS100 goes together too...….

Prost
Allen

[topgazza]

Nice and steady Jim. Looking very good

[Steven000]

Great work so far Jim, very nice :thumb2:
Steven

[Guest]

Lovely work Jim. The cable looks great.

[Steve Jones]

Maybe a little too late but these might help with the reel details Jim



Found some funny ones while I was looking as well. Thought the first one was quite apt for this time of year:smiling5::thumb2:

[Guest]

88mm flaks were normally placed in a group or battery. Each battery had a Kommandogerät which was the trailer mounted instrument for ranging and estimating the altitude of the incoming bomber formations. The cables were used to connect each gun to the Kommandogerät so the gun crew could set the fuses of the shells according to the data/altitude measurements from the Gerät.

I just checked the American TM (see earlier in this topic for a link to a PDF version), and it doesn’t really show or explain the cabling. It shows a 104-pole (!) connector on the rear trail, but pictures in the TM also show a smaller connector on the rear lower side of the fuze setter, without pointing it out or explaining what it’s for as far as I can tell on a quick browse.

As I’m typing this, I see Steve has posted photos of the kind I wanted to include but had to go search for first, to show the amount of cable on the reels and the HUGE connectors on the ends.

[Jim R]

Hi all
Thanks for your great comments. Steve - appreciate the reference photos. I wish I could find reference photos like you and Jakko and others. Must be the way I search :rolling:

First off I hope you and yours are all well and keeping safe. I have found some bench time although to be honest the mojo is low. Can't seem to settle despite having time to model now.

Tractor chassis is done.




I had to fit a 1mm filler piece. There was a gap. Being a Tamiya kit the problem is probably mine and not the kit's. The gap is not there on reference photos and everything else lines up and fits fine. Odd but sorted.


The tractor has double rear wheels. Tamiya made the inner wheels with hollow tyres. Probably wouldn't show but filled them anyway :tongue-out3:


Anyway keep safe and keep your distance and we'll all be able to "moggle on" The real tragedy is the missus is talking about how "You now have time to decorate the spare bedroom" !!!! :sad:

Jim