Opel Maultier w/ Flak 38 WIP GUN MOUNTED 03-31-10

Tom,

Your killing me with these tiny pieces. Please tell me you use a magnifier?

Most importantly can you post a pic of the tool/s you use to get these pieces in place.

I am working on an F-16 with PE and some these parts are so small that I will spend an hour using what I have available to get 1 or 2 steps done.

Looks great!

Bill & Guney,

Thanks for stopping by.

Just keep checking in, it'll get crazier!!!

Tom

ronkoby wrote:

Hey Tom!  Wow it's looking great!  Cant wait to see it in "person"!   Ron

Hey, Ron!

Welcome to the forum!

Ya never know who you'll find lurking around here!

Thanks for chiming in.

When do ya think you'll be up in the great north woods again??

Tom

57thSquadron wrote:

Thats looking awesome! ;)

Thnks man!!

Tom

PANZERJAGER wrote:

Bill & Guney, Thanks for stopping by. Just keep checking in, it'll get crazier!!! Tom

Good stuff... 

IBuild148 wrote:

Tom, Your killing me with these tiny pieces. Please tell me you use a magnifier? Most importantly can you post a pic of the tool/s you use to get these pieces in place. I am working on an F-16 with PE and some these parts are so small that I will spend an hour using what I have available to get 1 or 2 steps done. Looks great!

IBuild148,

1st thing I would recommend is to buy an Optivisor with the DA-10 lens plate (4x magnification).

Then get a big heavy block of steel to do your small work on and afix a small piece of double sided carpet tape to the center of it to act as a third hand.

Tom

Tom,

Thanks for the pics! For the most part with the exception of the steel block I have everything in some shape, manner or form.

I guess it just comes down to patience, practice and persistence.

Stay sane and I'll keep watching this build.

Bodge,

Thanks bud, stay tooned.

It's deer season here now but, I am also going to have more time to work on this beast because of it.

IBuild 148,

Your welcome,

And stick with it, but remember to take plenty of breaks to keep your sanity!

Stay tooned...

Tom

Thanks Schnobs!

Now for an update;

After finally getting the drivers door done, I got the wind sheald and back window in.

Then some the camo.

Now back to the cargo bed tomarrow.

Tom

Awesome Squared Tom!!

Nice paint job!!!

Thanks for the compliment Schnobs!

Happy Thanks Giving everyone!!!!!!

Now for an update;

PE done on the cargo bed.

Track on, cargo bed painted and on and the cab is now mounted.

Next comes the final detailing of the cab and weathering, then on to the flak gun!

Tom

Outstanding Tom. I'm here in the shadows watching this one.

Tony Lee

Tony, Wild Bill, Dave & Bodge,

Thanks for checking in with all the great compliments!

I will be posting more pics soon.

Havin' some hard times with the gun shields on the flak gun, Dragon realy dropped the ball here!

Tom

1st, let me wish everyone a belated Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year!

Sorry that I dropped of the radar for a few weeks...

Christmas shopping was very lean this year for us (as it probably was for most).

So my wife Marie and I made many of our gifts this year.

As my wife was knitting some stuff, I was building things.

One of the "things" was an AMT D8H Cat bulldozer for my Father.

For those of you who are not familiar with this kit, "IT SUCKS!!!".

Also the kit I had was missing some parts.

Here are some WIP shots;

I also scratched up a canopy/ROPS;

Next I wanted to try that new fanged "Hair Spray Technique", so I weathered everything with Floquil paint and artist oils:

Next I painted it with Model Master Acryl Chrome Yellow, and continued weathering.  I then mounted it on a base made from 100 year old oak that I planed and my step-dad and I routed;

Also of note, I replaced the hydraulic cylinder rods with drill rod, made the lines from led core fly fishing line and bolted the ROPS on with 00-90 brass hex bolts and nuts.

When my Father opened his peasant, he sat with it on his lap for about 45 minutes reminiscing about operating one of these "Old Man Killers" and telling stories about the old days.  It was very gratifying!

There were many other things made in my work shop such as some oak frames for some of Marie's mosaic pictures and a Hand built AR-15 target rifle for my step-brother Rich, that were big hits too.

It would have been a great holiday season, but the day after my father received his gift ( December 27th) I came down with a terrible Flue.  A few days later I found out that my Grand mother's kidneys took a turn for the worst and Marie's sister  lost the battle to take over the mortgage of there Father's house who passed away this time last year.

This week I am going to be assisting in moving Marie's sister and helping to care for my Grand mother.

I hope to be back at things soon, with updates on the Opel Maltier project as well as other things on or about the bench.

As for now I am going to be treading water to keep from drowning from all the stuff put on us at this point.

Sorry for the long post, enjoy the photos and here's wishes for a better new year for everyone!

For more on this ;

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I want to thank Andy and Kentucky Colonel for chiming in!

With any luck I will be back to posting WIP shots this weekend.

Stay tuned!

Tom F (PANZERJAGER)

Awesome Tom simply awesome!   If that's what you can do with a "bad" kit God Help Us when you make a 'good" kit.

My best to you and yous in these challenging days!

Loved that dozer! The Maultier is looking splendid.

Thanks Shcnobs and Tigerman!.

Now for an update.

I am finally getting back in the saddle!

I got in a few good hours of photo-etch on the flak gun this weekend.

Here are some photos of the progress and a photo of the resin flak sled that I purchased too.

More to come soon!

Tom F.