discussion HobbyBoss 1/72 German 80cm K(E) Railway Gun 'Dora' (82911) - Demo Build

[Jim R]

Hi Dave
An amazing amount of progress. I don't reckon you have much time left for such mundane stuff as eating and sleeping :hungry:
Looking really good.
Jim

 

[boatman]

Well Chris, you did say " id love to build that big scale gun if i could afford it an had the space " !
You seem to have the space, although I doubt if you have much space or money left after your investment in the Tiger.
Pete

HI Pete no more space or dosh but its a great gun

 

[davecov]

Now for my final build post of this year.

A shot of the parts that still need painting and fitting, safely stored away. So far I have lost just one piece out of a total of over 1760 pieces and that pinged off into the distance somewhere. Luckily, I can scratchbuild a replacement easily enough:

I have started to fit the frames to the tops of the bogies. I can't fit the other frames until the wheels have been painted and fitted:

I found a problem with the ammunition hoists. They would not fit to the loading ramp arms so I had to perform some drastic surgery.:

Having removed the plastic from the ammunition hoists I had to glue plastic card to ensure that they would fit at the right height. They will be trimmed once the glue has dried hard:

Next it was time to fit guardrails, starting with the hoists and a couple of platforms:

The intermediate carriers got their guardrails too:

It may be a mistake doing the guardrails for the mounts so early. We will see:

Guardrails were also fitted to the loading ramps:

That is all until 2022 now. Hope you all have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Dave

 

[davecov]

Hi Dave
I don't reckon you have much time left for such mundane stuff as eating and sleeping :hungry:

What are they, then?

Dave

 

[Tim Marlow]

Have a good break from it Dave, then continue to wow us with your magnificent obsession in the new year :thumb2:

 

[The Smythe Meister]

Just caught up with this one Dave,
WOW!! What a kit ... A rather large amount of staying power required for such a build I'd say!!
Progress is pretty phenomenal so far Sir... I'm hooked
Don't let such a trivial thing as Christmas get in the way mind!!
Andy

 

[JayCee]

I can't wait for the new year !! This is a superb build. All the best.
John.

 

[davecov]

I had planned to resume this build on 15th January but, unfortunately, real-life has got in the way of things and I may not be resuming this build for a while, at least not quickly as before Christmas.

Less than two weeks ago, my elderly mother (91) was diagnosed as having a 16cm tumour on her ovaries. Thankfully, it is benign and self-contained. An operation is planned for 10th February but there is a snag. At her pre-op last week it was discovered that she has a weak heart - too weak to stand the tumour operation. As a consequence of that discovery, she will be undergoing heart surgery tomorrow (18th January). I can't go down just yet as she can't risk catching Covid before either operation but I am prepared for a dash down to Essex for an undetermined length of time.

Don't worry though - this build is much too big to be bunged on the Shelf of Doom!

Dave

 

[stillp]

Fingers crossed for her Dave.
Pete

 

[adt70hk]

I had planned to resume this build on 15th January but, unfortunately, real-life has got in the way of things and I may not be resuming this build for a while, at least not quickly as before Christmas.

Less than two weeks ago, my elderly mother (91) was diagnosed as having a 16cm tumour on her ovaries. Thankfully, it is benign and self-contained. An operation is planned for 10th February but there is a snag. At her pre-op last week it was discovered that she has a weak heart - too weak to stand the tumour operation. As a consequence of that discovery, she will be undergoing heart surgery tomorrow (18th January). I can't go down just yet as she can't risk catching Covid before either operation but I am prepared for a dash down to Essex for an undetermined length of time.

Don't worry though - this build is much too big to be bunged on the Shelf of Doom!

Dave

Dave

Sorry to hear about your mother. I hope the heart op goes ok.

ATB.

Andrew

 

[Ian M]

Hope all goes well.
Dont worry about the build. It will be there when you are good and ready.

 

[Tim Marlow]

Hope it turns out well Dave. Some things are more important than plastic….

 

[boatman]

HI Dave wishing all the best for your mum an hope things go ok
Chris an jen

 

[Mark1]

All the best mate.

 

[Jim R]

Hi Dave
I hope all goes well. A worrying time for you.
Jim

 

[scottie3158]

Dave,

Hope all goes well.

 

[davecov]

Having spent quite a bit of time down in England seeing my mother, I can report that she is in good form all things considered. Now I am back home I can finally restart this build.

Supports for the edges of the loading ramps have been glued in place:

Remember these wheels? Time to do something about them otherwise they will hold up further progress on this build:

The forty pairs of wheels were primed with gloss black base:

That is all for now

Dave

 

[RonGlass]

Having spent quite a bit of time down in England seeing my mother, I can report that she is in good form all things considered. Now I am back home I can finally restart this build.

Supports for the edges of the loading ramps have been glued in place:

Remember these wheels? Time to do something about them otherwise they will hold up further progress on this build:

The forty pairs of wheels were primed with gloss black base:

That is all for now

Dave

Glad your Mom's doing okay Dave

 

[Ian M]

Glad all is well with your mother.
Great to see you back on this epic build.

 

[scottie3158]

Glad all is well with your mother.
Great to see you back on this epic build.

Glad to know your mum is OK. Looking forward to seeing this build continue.