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88mm Flak Bunker

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  • From: CANADA
Posted by Kelly_Zak on Tuesday, January 18, 2005 9:11 AM
Thanks Vonryan, as I stated before, I just got in FSM's Great Scale Modelling 2005 (From the show in Calgary that I went to last year) Gotta get pics of that dio in here as well! LOL
"There you go with those negative waves again!"
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Posted by tigerman on Monday, January 17, 2005 1:03 PM
You need to post some of your work in the Readers Gallery. Great stuff.

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 Eric 

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Posted by Kelly_Zak on Saturday, January 15, 2005 9:53 PM
Seb,
where I get the cheesecloth is pretty much any supermarket. I go into the section where items like boxed stuffing would be (maybe in the spices area too) I buy what is called Poultry Stuffing Bags. Super cheap. You could also use medical gauze to get netting, but I prefer the cheese cloth.
Russ taught me this, when you want to lay your netting, here's a quick and easy (although messy) way. Take a cup, add what every color paint you want...here I used just brown acryllic paint, add some water and white glue. Thoughouly mix, and add your netting. Mix it well with your hands until the netting has been "stained" with the paint. Now, take the netting, and wring it out with your hands, but leave some moisture. Place where desired, and let dry. Boom, the netting will stay in place when dry, hard as a rock, and then I just drybrush some cammo patterns and I'm done.
"There you go with those negative waves again!"
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, January 15, 2005 4:18 PM
Very nice indeed. And there was me thinking that kit should've burned in hell decades ago. I wouldn't have even noticed about the gun shield unless you'd told me though. By the way, cheese cloth is a rarity wherever I look, where do you guys get it from (other than cheese)?

Seb
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  • From: Buffalo NY
Posted by Thehannaman2 on Saturday, January 15, 2005 2:28 PM
Love the concrete. I will definatelty be trying that stuff in the near future. Great work!

Justen

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  • From: CANADA
Posted by Kelly_Zak on Thursday, January 13, 2005 9:07 AM
Thanks again guys!
I dunno, I kinda like my halftrack dio...LOL
Just uploading some more pics here, and yes another halftrack dio! ;)
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  • From: The cornfields of Ohio
Posted by crockett on Thursday, January 13, 2005 8:19 AM
Kelly,

Well you've certainly made the best of that 88 kit!. I guess the tools are getting a little worn out since I built that baby back in the 80's. Again, stunning work my friend.

Steve
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  • From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Posted by zokissima on Thursday, January 13, 2005 6:01 AM
Kazak, even better than the halftrack dio. Excellent job!
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Posted by vonryan on Wednesday, January 12, 2005 6:42 PM
out standingThumbs Up [tup]Wow!! [wow]!!! thats all i can say!!
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Posted by Kelly_Zak on Wednesday, January 12, 2005 1:43 PM
Hi Steve,
LOL well, maybe I exagerated a bit, it was an ok build, but my kit had alot of flash, and ejection pin marks to fill, everything was going ok with the build, but when that gun didn't go on right, that's when I was all like "man, this sucks!" haha
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, January 12, 2005 1:42 PM
I have the kit on my shelf and an aftermarket barrel. This is inspiring me to put it together,

Thanks,

Ted
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  • From: The cornfields of Ohio
Posted by crockett on Wednesday, January 12, 2005 1:19 PM
Kelly,

Great dio, but I have to ask.....what do you find so painful about the 88 kit? I built this kit years ago and enjoyed every minute of it. Again, great job on the Flak bunker !

Steve
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  • From: East Stroudsburg, PA
Posted by TigerII on Wednesday, January 12, 2005 12:18 AM
Very nice build. The bunker looks great and the weathering on the 88 gun looks very good. We have something in common; we both use cheesecloth for camo netting...Smile [:)].
I recognized 2 of the Tamiya figures from the Pak 40 kit. They fit in perfectly. Good job.

TigerII
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, January 11, 2005 11:24 PM
It looks great, I'm always amazed at how y'all can breathe new life into the older kits. Great work on the bunker as well.
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  • From: CANADA
Posted by Kelly_Zak on Tuesday, January 11, 2005 10:15 PM
Thanks again gang, and thanks to Russ for getting me onto the site, I have so many "homes", some of which there isn't much activity, but here, whoa! LOL Yah, the foam board is lovely stuff, my "Last Days" dio, the entire base is the foam board, just painted up...and man, it's nice and light, and super strong too!
D-D, I know your sentiments exactly, when I installed the barrel, no matter how hard I tried, the whole barrel sits a few degrees off of centre, when you look at it from top down, it sits a bit to the right. I wasn't planning on using the shield, but with out it, it's very noticable, so I had to use it to hide it up a bit.
Oh, I forgot to mention how I did the paint for this build. The whole gun was spraybombed with dark grey Auto Primer (a very good substitute for Panzer Grey it's so close it ain't funny) then I airbrushed on Dark Yellow. Took a knife and started scraping here and there to reveal the grey underneath, to give it a severe chipped look.
"There you go with those negative waves again!"
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  • From: Canada
Posted by sasd on Tuesday, January 11, 2005 9:58 PM
That construction foamboard is excellent stuff to work with,besides all of the usual
plus` this type of foam offers to modelers it also makes an otherwise heavy dio much lighter but doesn`t lack in strength. Lovely work Kelly.
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, January 11, 2005 9:44 PM
i built that same kit, it seemed alright, the figs were pretty good, but i hated the fit of the gun to the mount and the little thing on top and around the barrel, i have to redo it cuz it lost some pieces.... it was in my first dio but it turned out really bad....now its a "orphanage" if u will for all the figs i have with out homes....its just a big pile of figs, guns and in the middle of it all is the 88!
Great build!!! Everything i saw from you so far is outstanding!!!
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  • From: The flat lands of the Southeast
Posted by styrene on Tuesday, January 11, 2005 9:20 PM
Nice!

Gip Winecoff

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, January 11, 2005 8:50 PM
Well done, thanks for the pics...
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, January 11, 2005 8:38 PM
great build..... i LOVE the dio
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, January 11, 2005 7:55 PM
very nice, your dio inspires me to build an 88 now.
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, January 11, 2005 6:50 PM
That is some nice detail.
Great Job!
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Posted by lizardqing on Tuesday, January 11, 2005 6:38 PM
Looks great.
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Posted by Kelly_Zak on Tuesday, January 11, 2005 5:42 PM
Thanks Mike!
I really love showing and letting others know how I achieve these little scenes, any ways of achieving effects, etc. We all learn from each other on how we do things, and in the end it makes all better at our craft. That's why if I find a way of doing something, or find a cool little product I'll share it. Like with Russ and the wedding cake columns for his FAMO, he phoned me, told me about them, I went the next day and picked up some for myself!
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Posted by yw18mc on Tuesday, January 11, 2005 4:02 PM
kelly it was your work that I was looking at when I went to bed this morning at 12:30AM. It's now I:55PM in the afternoon,and lo and behold, I'm looking at your work? Just incredible workmanship, and very generous tips on how it all happens. Thanks for sharing your work and secrets with us. Semper Fi, mike
mike
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, January 11, 2005 3:51 PM
I like the gun emplacement dio. We need to do/see more of them.

Cheers!

Mike
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, January 11, 2005 12:51 PM
That's amzingly simple with super results.

I have a piece on my book shelf. Need to try it out.

Thanks,

Ted
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Posted by Kelly_Zak on Tuesday, January 11, 2005 12:11 PM
Thanks guys for the comments!
tediam, didn't do anything to the foam except lightly sanded the edges. The saw blades smoothed everything out when I was cutting it, and the sandpaper smoothed it out more. That's it.
When I was cutting out the stairs and separating the cutout, some areas actually chipped, but it was for the better, 'cause then it looked like broken concrete!
"There you go with those negative waves again!"
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  • From: Humble
Posted by rrmmodeler on Tuesday, January 11, 2005 12:01 PM
Cool. Very nice.

Hope to do one of these kits up myself one of these days and I doubt mine will be as good as yours.

Great job
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