Morning all - couldn't resist starting this one yesterday evening
Pig Models 1:1 88mm Pzgr.39 (APCBC) L/56 bought from the Mig Ammo web shop direct
No box shot as it arrived in a brown square tube plastered in Ammo branded tape
The contents:
base plate in ABS and the percussion cap also in ABS
the shell and cartridge case in some kind of vinyl
a set of cardboard stencil masks
and the highly informative instruction sheet complete spelling mistakes and a really poor colour chart in shades of grey
the base plate and percussion cap both suffer from slight sinkage
I suspect this mark should also have a swastika but has been censored
started sanding using a glass file (another great modelling item from the lasses makeup arsenal) to keep things flat - you can see the sinkage much easier now
the shell has some rather deep mould line recesses so they got filled with nitro 1k stopper filler intended for car repairs
the nitro cellulose base is quite aggressive stuff so I am hoping it will bite into the plastic - it should also sand to a good finish
the whole thing is very similar to prepping a car panel
a couple of years ago on a dark wet night I caught the front of my car on the garden wall and did this
after a lot of prep work I got it to look as good as new again
I am hoping that if I follow the same process I may get a good finish on the ammo although painting it will be a challenge
the vinyl casing is not the easiest to sand
I have been using a mix of gentle scraping with sharp blade edge initially followed by sanding with a Wilkos foam emery board and polishing with a green Scotch pad
it is slow going and you have to remember to sand with the curve shape to avoid creating flat spots
eventually the line does start to disappear
it will be a slow process - sand, fill, sand, polish, repeat until happy - but the prep work will be all important to get a good finish with it being such a large expanse of brass as the slightest imperfection will show up
I have also decided that this needs to be weighted
To that end I have purchased a large bag of builders sharp sand with which to fill the innards
I have some ideas for a few tweaks to help keep the sand inside
Need to decide on the weight of the shell and casing - so far various sites have thrown up different values
I have a book on ammo somewhere - need to look that out
Pig Models 1:1 88mm Pzgr.39 (APCBC) L/56 bought from the Mig Ammo web shop direct
No box shot as it arrived in a brown square tube plastered in Ammo branded tape
The contents:
base plate in ABS and the percussion cap also in ABS
the shell and cartridge case in some kind of vinyl
a set of cardboard stencil masks
and the highly informative instruction sheet complete spelling mistakes and a really poor colour chart in shades of grey
the base plate and percussion cap both suffer from slight sinkage
I suspect this mark should also have a swastika but has been censored
started sanding using a glass file (another great modelling item from the lasses makeup arsenal) to keep things flat - you can see the sinkage much easier now
the shell has some rather deep mould line recesses so they got filled with nitro 1k stopper filler intended for car repairs
the nitro cellulose base is quite aggressive stuff so I am hoping it will bite into the plastic - it should also sand to a good finish
the whole thing is very similar to prepping a car panel
a couple of years ago on a dark wet night I caught the front of my car on the garden wall and did this
after a lot of prep work I got it to look as good as new again
I am hoping that if I follow the same process I may get a good finish on the ammo although painting it will be a challenge
the vinyl casing is not the easiest to sand
I have been using a mix of gentle scraping with sharp blade edge initially followed by sanding with a Wilkos foam emery board and polishing with a green Scotch pad
it is slow going and you have to remember to sand with the curve shape to avoid creating flat spots
eventually the line does start to disappear
it will be a slow process - sand, fill, sand, polish, repeat until happy - but the prep work will be all important to get a good finish with it being such a large expanse of brass as the slightest imperfection will show up
I have also decided that this needs to be weighted
To that end I have purchased a large bag of builders sharp sand with which to fill the innards
I have some ideas for a few tweaks to help keep the sand inside
Need to decide on the weight of the shell and casing - so far various sites have thrown up different values
I have a book on ammo somewhere - need to look that out
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