Hello all!
I'm starting the build of the Kübelwagen.
The book contains 30 pages, where 14 pages are instructions.There are 138 construction points.The print is wery good, and I'm looking forward to this one. The book I have is in 1:25 but I have ordered the 1:16 book from Modelik.And in the meantime I have tried my best to scale it to 1:16
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So my first report comes here. I started with the wheels this time, since I have found out that wheels are not the most funny part to do, so I'll take that first.
Here are the drawing of the wheels.
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I started by cutting the tiresides out first. The frame is glued to 1mm karton.With the Olfa circle cutter there are no problems cutting out the centerparts.The major problem as I see it with making of tires are to get the sides bent the right way.The way I do it is as follows.First I use the score tool tol score along the line.Then I use a small tweezer to bend the sides to the right angle as shown on the second picture.
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Making of the tireframe goes as follows.The two kartonparts are mounted together with the base for the tracks.I glue this parts bit by bit to assure that they are aligned correctly.When the outside is done, it's time to mount the inner part of the tire.I do this the same way.Glue it bit by bit, so it's not getting messed up.....(as I have done before). The finished result seems rather good.
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Mounting of the sides are quite easy.I put glue on the outer and inner part and place the side on place.It doest fit at once, but as i use a knitting needle and my fingers to force the side into place, it fits in the end.
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Time for the pattern.This is not the most enjoyable part.....cutting out the tiny pieces can be rather intense.....When the job is done, I put some glue to the center part of the track, and alighn it to the center of the frame.When it is dry, I put glue to the "flips" 5 by 5 and bend them down the side
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Time to make the center part of the wheel.The parts are cutted out and are ready for mounting.I paint the edges here(not sure if It's done on the first pic) The parts has a good fit so far. The tire is ready painted and soon some chalkdust to make the final finish.Now I just have to get the hexagon punch set.....
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