Horch 1a / Modelik / 1:25 [FERTIG]

The Auto Union/Horch 108 was classed as a universal heavy cross-country car (schwere geländdegängige Einheitspersonenkraftwagen) and was quite often found performing in both the Kfz 15 (field car) and Kfz 70 (troop carrier) roles.
It appeared in two main variations; the first model was the 108 1a (the Battlefront Model) with all wheel steering and external spare, the late version, the type 40, had internal spare wheels and only front wheel steering.
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As a cross-country car it is four-wheel-drive.

As well as Auto Union/Horch 3.8 litre V8, it was also made by Ford Köln who built it using their own 3.8 litre V8 engine.

A number of Horchs were converted to mount the 2cm FlaK38 gun on their rear compartment.

A total of 8135 Horch 108s were built between 1937 and 1945.

I might build the Flak38 from Halinski to drag behind the Horch.

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I'm starting with the wheels today.

Starting with the wheels.And since the pattern looks kind of flat, I decided to try to improve it a bit.

Parts for the wheels are cutted out.The strip is devided in separate parts.One of the sides is already glued in place.
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First strip under construction
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One strip done, started on the second one
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Last side to go
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Tire done
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And when it's painted we can see the pattern stands out quite nicely
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So now on to make the rest of the wheel....

The assembly of the wheel.
The wheel contains several pieces.
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Also on this build I have used nuts from DrafModel.Theese are in size 1,2mm
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The parts ready for assembly.I also used 0,6mm nuts for the center piece 45K
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The wheel is ready and on its way to the paintbox....
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Painted and chalkdusted.
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Only 5 more wheels to go......and a wheel pr day.....if I'm lucky.....makes.....5-10 days.....and I have a life besides....so this is going to take a while

I see now that the summer season isn't the right time for indoors activities
But since I'm off work today and the temperature outside reminds me of wintertime....10degC....cloudy with rain in the air....I guess it's time for some paperbuilding.
I continue with the frame and the different parts belonging to the underside of the construction.
Par nr 12 belongs to the rear end of the frame,and it's the part that will hold the hook in the end.
The drawing of the part
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Parts cutted out and are ready for assembly.The parts is glued to 1mm karton exept for 12g and 12d that are glued to 0,5mm
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Finished and covered by part 12f.The part is not paited yet because I'm not sure what colour to put on the underside of the vehicle.
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The frame.
The frame is built up of the parts 2a which is glued to 1mm karton and laminated into 2mm.The pieces are then covered with part 2p and 2l
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The finished frames
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Here we have the underside glued to 1mm karton
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And the parts 2l,2p and 12 glued into place
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The upper part 1A is glued on top.
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Next part is a box of some kind....
The drawing
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And here we can see it in the center of the pic.It looks to me as it has something to do with the 4 wheel steering and the transmission to the front and rear axel.
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Parts cutted out and glued to the different sizes of karton .4c,4d and 4 is glued to 1mm,4b to 0,5mm and 4a is the front and back cover.
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The part is assembled and glued into the right place.
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Part 3 contains 6 parts.
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The parts 3L and 3P, 3al and 3ap are glued to 1mm karton

They are glued together 3L+3al and 3P+3ap and covered on top with the part 3b
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Making of the holder for the right spare tire.
The part is combined of the part 8 and 19.
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I'm starting to build part8.
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There was no drawing for this part.It was self explaining
here I have mounted it.The part 8a is glued to 0,5mm karton and is a support for the hole in front.
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the centerpart is rolled against a 2mm rod to make the support for the tire
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Mounted together with part 8 it looks like this.
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Part 39 contains the most tricky part here.Several strips is to be mounted together to mahe the surrounding for the tire.
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With some patiente....a little glue
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Got it done

Assemblet together with part 8 it looks like this.
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Placed in the right position to chect how it fitted.
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I have to wait to glue this part til I have made the sides of the car, just in case....

The instrument board.
I thought I wanted to have the instruments look more real, with some more depth in them.So I did a second print of the instruments on high gloss photopaper and glued it to 0,2mm karton.
I also glued the original panel to 0,5mm karton and cutted out the instruments and laminated theese two pieces together to be 1mm as it should be according to the drawings.
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I also painted the inside of the holes black.

And to simulate glassfronts on the instruments I dropped some gloss varnish into the holes.The instrument board still have to be painted and getting the respective knobs.
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This is not perfect....but it sure looks better than this
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Now on to the second spare tire and it's supporting parts

I have added some knobs and a lever to the left and one of the signs to the right.Panel also painted. Still some knobs to make according to real photos.
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The spare tires fenders done.
Still making wheels in between....
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Instrumentpanel also done.According to real photos it's pretty close.
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Fueltank
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Next will be details on the underside of the vehicle.

Working on details on the underside.
The part nr.7 was the first today.It contains 5 parts where only part7 is glued to 1mm karton.
Here we have an overview of the difefrent parts.
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The main part is glued together.And the bottom on 1mm karton waits to get in
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The part is assembled and put into place.
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Next out was part nr5.Painted and ready to be placed onboard.
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Made the front transmission today.
As we can see from the drawing is this part 37 to be connected to the steeringbox.
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The part is built up of part 37, 37a 37b and 37c.Where 37a is glued to 1mm karton and makes the shape of the part.
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Mounted together with 2mm holes in front and in the sides for axels to be mounted
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Axels is part 41 and is thin paper rolled on a 2mm base.
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And for the steering I have some doubts.....
On the real Horch the 4 wheel steering is managed from the steeringbox and goes back to an axel just behind the centerbox , and continues on the other side back to the rear axel.
According to this layout
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My problem is to make this function since there is no place to put the steering rods.The rear one goes back on top of the fueltank.
On the model the steering rods is placed on the bottom of the frame
As shown on pic below
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Any thoughts on the subject??

Thanks for yor kind words Heiner!
Don't worry, I'll always find time for some modelling.Either at work or home.And I'm not that fond of football.....so I doubt I'm going to watch at all.

I might have found a solution on the steering rods.I decided to try to make them as close to the real Horch I could, within the limitations of the model.
First I cut out the front steering and painted it and glued it into place, then I put on the main steering rod that comes from the steeringbox.The first error discovered was here.....as we can see on the pic the rods are not aligned.This could easyly be fixed if it's discovered in advance and the position of the rod on the steeringbox could be moved a bit to the right.
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I also had to make some kind of transmission of the front rod over to the rear one.I drilled a hole in the centerbox as it is on the real pics I have and let the front rod go through there into the transmission. The rear rod is to be connected later when the fueltank and rear kardan is mounted.
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The front kardan.
The front kardan is made of thin paper rolled around a 2mm base.For tis sort of action I have bougts a 2mm plastic tube with 1mm centerhole used for RC aircraft, but is very suitable for papermodelling The whiteglue sticks good to it and it's very easy to roll paper around it, and wirh the hole it can be used for a lot of purposes.
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The only small parts here are the ones used to make the link between the parts 38 and 39 and makes the "kross" on the kardan.
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Paint used are Humbrol 27003 polished steel colour.

The rear transmission are made of several small parts.

Drawing
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Parts cutted out and ready for assembly
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All parts fitted well and the part is ready for some paint
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Painted
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And put into place
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I'm sorry to dissapoint you Thomas, the steering is not going to work....it's simulated in straight forward position

Rear transmission,rear axel,rear steeringrod and the steering transmission was finished today.
Rear axel,gaz tank and the rear steeringpad are in place
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An overview of the build so far
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Closeup of the steering transmission
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Closeup of the rear transmission
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Last rod is in place.
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Overview of the finished axels transmission and steering
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Thanks a lot for your kind words Daniel!!
I'm planning to start with construction of the upper part of the vehicle tomorrow.

Making the front was on todays to do list
I have glued the parts to 1mm karton, and since there are no instructions in the book for this part I just followed the markings on the upper frame to see where the parts should go.
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The framework is assembled and the two last parts are ready to go inn
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And finished
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Here I have started to cover up the front.I wanted for a while to cut the airholes in the hood and sides, but decided to let that go......I tried on another part just to see how it looked, and it was very difficult to make it look good/real
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Not much work done since my last post....went on a fishing trip

But I got the front fenders in place.
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And a few fishing shots
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The salmon was 4,6 kilos.New record for me

Continues with the interior on the Horch.
The rear seat.
Drawing of the seat
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Straight forward assembly.The seat parts glued to 1mm karton, sanded to make the edges "round".The seats are sanded a bit on two places on the front edge to make them look kind of worn with the arseprint on the seats.
The back of the seat are also glued to 1mm karton,sanded and painted and glued to the "wall"
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The floor protection in place
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I also started to make the pedals.One glued in place
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The rear "wall" which is the base for the rear storage room
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The inside of the fenders was a bit tricky to get nicely done.....
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The construction report of the second back seat.
The seats and walls are almost identical , so I'm just posting one report on them.
The drawing is the same as for the first seat I made.
Here are the parts to be used.The seatparts and the one wall part is glued to 1mm karton.
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The parts are glued together and grinded to make the edges round.Here we also can see that I have grinded the seatmarks to make the seats look more used.
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The different parts are assembled, the wall, the back of the seat, the seatbase and the lower part of the seat.
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The seatback is glued to the wall, and the seat is glued to it's base and painted.
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The front wall and seat are glued into place.
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Here I have glued the spare tires fenders into place
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The 3 pedals are also glued together with the torpedo wall
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Some chalkdust have been applied
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Today i got the right side into place.
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Gearhandles and handbrake.
Drawings
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And I started on the rear end....
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Front seat.

The drawing of the seats.
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The frame is cutted out of 0,5mm karton, and seat and back is glued to 1mm karton.
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The seat assembled.
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Some chalkdust added to make it look more dirty
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And put inside the cabin
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Thanks for your kind words Heinz!

Here are the second front seat.
Parts cutted out and ready for assembly
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Here I have grinded the parts on the sides to make the round shape of the cushions.
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I used my score tool to make the "seams" in the "leather"
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Both seats in place
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Thanks for your kind words Igor!

Tonight I finished the other side and mounted the instrumentpanel.

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Todays report.

The transition between the dashboard and the hood is in place
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The finished back fender
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An overview over the underside with two of the supporters for the springs in place
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The original springs was made of paper, and I didn't think it looked good enough, so I made some springs of 1mm copperwire.To be sure the springs are placed correct and will stay there I had to make a centersupporter for tthem of some 3mm roundstick.
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So I started on the "arms" that will hold the wheels against the springs.

The drawing of the suspension.Plenty of parts....
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First I cutted out the parts from 0,5mm karton
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4 small rolled tubes was to be made for each arm....that makes 8 rolls for each wheel, and 32 stk totally....I used a 1mm drill to roll against.
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Here I have made the rolls for the two arms.
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Rolls glued in place
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Painted and ready for mounting
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The spring supporter.
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Today I finished the back right side with the suspension ,steeringrod, and the arms.
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With the wheel in place it doesn't look bad.
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And another overview of the underside so far
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Thanks for the Flowers Serge!!

I know that song very well I played it for years when I was playing in a band some years ago. I had the lead vocal and played the bass.

Finished up the rear suspension with steeringrod and springs.
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I also made the steps on both sides.Still some paint in the holes to be removed.
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The exhaust .Still missing the rear outlet, but I have to make that later when I have attached the rear bumper.
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And an overview at last....
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Back on the Horch again.
Making the rest of the wheels.....very timeconsuming job.....

Another wheel is done and placed beside one that is chalkdusted just to see the difference.
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Also finished the underside.The rear outlet of the exhaust is in place.I tried to simulate rust spots, but I'm not sure if the effect turned out the way it should...
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Side view of the new wheel, and the rear side steps
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The chalkdust effect was thought to me by a tip from Oto Bernreiter (bernie)
And it's really as simple as the word itselves...it's just chalkdust, drybrushed onto the part.So here is what I do.First I use some grindingpaper to get the dust from the chalk, I use a mix of brown and white chalk.So I just mix the dust together and apply to the wheels with a brush.

Now it's up on it's feet!

The main tires done
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One of the towing wires and the hooks are in place, also the licenceplate
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The rear splashguards
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And a showroompic.....
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The spare tires are done, and I'm going to continue with the windows and the canvas roof.
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