IBG Autocannone 3RO with 90/53 90mm Anti-Aircraft Gun

[outrunner]

Great job there Scottie, you must do a tutorial on making hinges for amateurs like me. :smiling:

Andy.

[Mr Bowcat]

Your usual magic on display Paul, top job mate.

[scottie3158]

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[scottie3158]

Hi Scottie
Impressive as always. Not only have you gone the extra mile but you've done it so neatly.
Jim

Thanks Jim very kind.

The extra details are making a difference Paul, as usual!:thumb2:

Cheers Graeme, Not a lot of detail available for reference so it may be right or wrong but as you know I was never a slave to accuracy lol.

Looks great Paul, very neat work :thumb2:

Thanks Gary, I try lol.

Weird, weird, weird - but damned good Old Chap! Spiffing work!
Steve

Steve, Thanks awfully old boy.

Great job there Scottie, you must do a tutorial on making hinges for amateurs like me. :smiling:

Andy.

Andy, thanks fella ok mate I will try and sort something out.

Your usual magic on display Paul, top job mate.

Bob, to kind mate.

[scottie3158]

The slow work continues. I scratched a crew step from strips of plate and PE deck plate to replace the kit one which was broken and again soft on detail.



The ground anchors have also been done. I may take a few out later and use them on the feet.



cheers
Scottie

[RonGlass]

Paul would you.please elaborate a bit on those strips of plate for your crew step ? And did you solder that or was CA glue sufficient ? What I have are rolls of burnishing sheet (brass , aluminum, copper) but they're all basically thick foil and very malleable. Is that plate a more rigid material, and can you possibly recommend a tutorial to work with that type of material ?

[scottie3158]

Paul would you.please elaborate a bit on those strips of plate for your crew step ? And did you solder that or was CA glue sufficient ? What I have are rolls of burnishing sheet (brass , aluminum, copper) but they're all basically thick foil and very malleable. Is that plate a more rigid material, and can you possibly recommend a tutorial to work with that type of material ?

Hi Ron,
The step plates are cut from sheets of PE tread plate and folded to suit. The arms of the steps are made from strips of sheet ally just cut and folded. All glued together with normal CA glue. The only thing I do as do a few other modellers is to score the glue points with the tip if a hobby knife to give a rough surface to help the glue bond better. The only other thing to add is if you want the brass easier to bend you can anneal it by heating to a dull to bright red and quenching in water. HTH

[scottie3158]

The gun platform is now done. The construction was pretty straight forward with only a little flash in places.



The retractable stabilisers had a retaining pin. But I added a lock pin and chain to these.



Next a cable for the rear number plate light



Finally the etch mud guards



The keen eyed amongst you will notice the piece of white plastic which I forgot to take out this was used to support the etch as I bent it to shape.

Next the ordnance.

Cheers
Scottie

[RonGlass]

Hi Ron,
The step plates are cut from sheets of PE tread plate and folded to suit. The arms of the steps are made from strips of sheet ally just cut and folded. All glued together with normal CA glue. The only thing I do as do a few other modellers is to score the glue points with the tip if a hobby knife to give a rough surface to help the glue bond better. The only other thing to add is if you want the brass easier to bend you can anneal it by heating to a dull to bright red and quenching in water. HTH

Thank you Paul , good looking out !

[scottie3158]

The assembly of the ordnance went well with no fit issues. The barrel halves married up well with only a gnats amount of filler required.




Next the gun shield. I decided to have a go at scratching a new one as the kit one all though well detailed is a bit over scale on thickness. This was fun to do with the compound angles of the plates and the internal bracing. It will all be cleaned up when totally dry. Then about 4 million rivets lol.



cheers
Scottie

[Tim Marlow]

Just had a catch up Paul. Looking rather splendid bud. The extra work is lifting this to the stratosphere :thumb2:

[JR]

There an't enough words in the thesaurus !
However the committee were last seen dancing and partying while looking at the build Paul.:smiling3::thumb2::thumb2::thumb2::thumb2::th umb2:

[Tworrs]

Looks amazing, the detail is out of this world.

[Neil Merryweather]

I'm glad to see you are restraining yourself from going overboard...

[yak face]

Totally amazing work paul as always , your scratching skills of tiny items and attention to detail is unparalleled . Cheers tony