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

[Steve Jones]

Ooh that's nice Jim. Lovin the photos. Great stuff

[shovelhead 1977]

Raymond and Peter - thanks guys.
I'm going to try to get some primer on the parts I've done I think. I'm worried that if I go too far with the construction I'll make painting very difficult.
Jim

your doing well jim, I used halfords grey plastic primer aerosol, worked ok for me

[Jim R]

Hi all
Steve - it is a nice, well detailed kit for 1/48. Just very fiddly.
Ray - cheers. I have used that Halfords primer and I know it is well thought of. With this being so small and intricate I think I'll need the control that the airbrush gives.

I have finished dealing with all the gun parts. I mixed up a dark grey primer - Stynylrez grey + black. Tried to get full coverage without risking runs. Not bad but as you can see in the second photo I'll have to sort a few areas. I'll leave it to dry completely and then deal with those bits I missed.




Thanks for your support.
Jim

[scottie3158]

Jim,
Coming on nicely.

[shovelhead 1977]

looking good

[Peter Gillson]

Coming along nicely - great work

peter

[Road of Bones]

Very tidy work as usual Jimbo!
I tend to use black primer on very fiddly builds these days, because it’s easier to see where you’ve missed a bit, and it also acts as preshading when you spray your top coat over it. At this scale, the shadows will accentuate the details that you’re being so careful to maintain.

[Jim R]

Hi all
Scottie, Raymond and Peter - thanks guys :thumb2:
Alistair - spraying fiddly areas is awkward and a dark primer does make good shadows when the top coat goes on.

I have been building up the two carriages. Both identical apart from the front one having a tow bar. Small parts, a lot of clean up, a few PE parts and some small discs, bolt heads and handles replaced. The large marks under the mudguards will not show and be covered in mud :smiling:





A few more bits to add including the seats and reels for communication cables. Thanks to advice from Mr T and Mr bones I have ordered some embossing tools to shape the PE seats :tongue-out3:
Jim

[shovelhead 1977]

looking good, excellent work ! I thought that big lever was a handbrake, but apparently its to release the bogies from where they couple to the cruciform

[Steve Jones]

Thats some very tidy work there Jim. Some lovely detail on such a small scale. Great stuff

[Jim R]

Raymond - to be honest I don't know what most of the controls do. I really admire (and I'm rather envious of) those guys who really know their stuff.
Steve - thanks. It is a nicely detailed kit although this Italeri part needs a fair bit of clean up.

Both trailers have been completed apart from the reels and the seats.








As Steve noted it is very small.


Stynylrez dark grey primer. Difficult to get complete coverage so some touch up maybe needed.






I mentioned the parts needed a lot of clean up. I thought I'd been pretty thorough but under primer you can see the mould line down the nearest spring :sad: I'll probably leave it as it won't be seen and I hope to put this on a dio with mud :thinking:


Jim

[shovelhead 1977]

coming along very nicely, that's the best thing with dios, you can cover up any problems or mistakes !

[Steven000]

I always like the look of stuff in primer, everything blends together and turns out very detailed :thumb2:
Don't mind the mould-line
Steven

[Guest]

Raymond - to be honest I don't know what most of the controls do. I really admire (and I'm rather envious of) those guys who really know their stuff.

Here you go: US Army Technical Manual E9-369A for captured German 88 mm anti-aircraft guns (I’ve got a real one, makes interesting reading IMHO, as it’s focused mostly on how to use the gun instead of how to maintain it like most American TMs.)

[Lee Drennen]

Jim
I’ve had my eye on this kit for months glad you got it watching and learning great progress