Bob's Tamiya 1/35 Das Reich Hummel. Normandy front (AAGB)

[BattleshipBob]

With the Me 109 drying I returned to building the gun and a work of art it is :thumb2:

Its a tad heavy with the metal barrel hence my mits to hold it up, note clean nails

It can be moved allowing up or down and with recoil if ness as the gun carrage slides, excellent engineering Tamiya




both the hydraulic cylinders which control the up/down come with a jig to ensure they stay round, the seam you can see is sanded so no lip, so should not show under paint :rolling:

That's all folks

[Jim R]

Hi Bob
The gun does indeed look very nice. The metal barrel will stay nice and straight :thumb2:
Jim

[BattleshipBob]

Afternoon Jim

Always use a metal barell as every time i made one in 2 parts it ended up being square or oval:flushed: easy to build thanks to excellent plans and parts fit:thumb2:

Might prime and paint the complete gun assembly on its own

Bob

[Wouter]

Thats a nice gun assembly bob. And Im thesame: can t manage to sand a two part plastic barrel round

Cheers

[papa 695]

Nice work

[scottie3158]

Bob,
That's a nice looking build mate.

[BattleshipBob]

Bet theres a lot who have nightmares sanding the barell round !

Thanks papa and Scottie, so far, so good.

[BattleshipBob]

Finally got some mojo back so back to the bench for a few hours today :thumb2:

added side panels and more work on the gun (lots of bits)




Bit surprised at a lot of injector marks on the inside of the side panels and other bits, took a while to sand and tidy up, but back at it chaps

hope its ok:thinking:

bob

[Guest]

Coming along well Bob :smiling3:.

[BattleshipBob]

Hi Ralph

Many thanks, very slow!

[scottie3158]

Bob,
Good to see this back on the go.

[Guest]

Hi Bob very clean work indeed but more importantly good to see you back at the bench :thumb2::thumb2::thumb2:.
Pete

[Si Benson]

Glad you’ve found some mojo to continue on with this Bob....lovely neat building :thumb2:

[BattleshipBob]

Thanks both, planning another bash in the morning. Do not want a manic bench, oppss to late!

[Guest]

Looks fine Bob, glad you are getting back into the swing.