The OD quest continues, Hobby Boss GMC CCKW 353 with 40MM Bofors AA gun

Dear all,

Thank you for your time and for your kind comments

A couple of notes for those who are about to start this kit;

Assembly of step 3 is fiddly since each of the wheel axes comprise of 4 parts that need to aligned carefully without any support in this step.

I allowed each sub assembly to set for a couple of days between step 3 and 4.

I opted not to glue the rear springs (2 x C8) in place in step 3:1 since there are no alignment tabs.

They are in fact positioned by the the rocker arms (A3 + A39) that are assembled in stage 4:2.

The exhaust (A54) and its support bracket (A7) are designed in a way that allows you to press fit them together, fit the 2 in place with glue applied only to the bracket and then later take them apart again when the bracket has set. The exhaust pipe can now be painted and weathered separately.

Again, thanks for stopping by 

With Kind Regards

Utoshita

looking good Hobby Boss does make some nice stuff but you have to watch some of there aircraft

Nice to see this one moving forward once again, some good progress there.

very fine start Utoshita  i've always wanted to work on one of those. but i'm buried up to my neck in sherman's

Clay 

Dear all,

I have finally had the chance to spend some time on this, here is this weeks progress;

The wheels are sitting on poly-caps and are assembled simply to allow the wheel axes to be aligned.

The flat-bed is on its way to and the gun is starting to take shape but I am aiming to complete the undercarriage next week.

With Kind Regards

Utoshita