Dragon 1/35 60cm Morser wip (COMPLETED)

rooster513

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September 2014

Posted by rooster513 on Wednesday, March 13, 2019 9:39 AM

Looking forward to seeing the paint PJ!

-Andy

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Tojo72

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March 2003
From: Western North Carolina

Posted by Tojo72 on Wednesday, March 13, 2019 8:59 AM

Thats a big project,and it's looking good.

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Greg

Member since
May 2013
From: Indiana, USA

Posted by Greg on Wednesday, March 13, 2019 8:46 AM

Wow, that's a big tank! Never saw one of those before.

Project looking good so far, Ernie.

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hogfanfs

Member since
May 2013
From: From the Mit, but live in Mason, O high ho

Posted by hogfanfs on Wednesday, March 13, 2019 8:39 AM

Wow! It's going together fast! And that projectile is massive!

Bruce

On the bench: 1/48 Eduard MiG-21MF

1/35 Takom Merkava Mk.I

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plasticjunkie

Member since
November 2008
From: Central Florida

Posted by plasticjunkie on Wednesday, March 13, 2019 7:59 AM

Looks like painting will be next. Don't know which scheme to go with, either boring Panzer Grey or the brighter tri color.

I used up some of those junk plastic advertisement cards we get in the mail to fill in the area Dragon left vacant. In reality it would have gone further down into the hull but for simplicity's sake this will do. This area is barely visible anyway.

The kit includes a metal 60cm projectile.

The tracks, mufflers and road wheels will get painted soon.

The beast is ready for paint.

The driver's cabin.

The seat bottom and instruments will be attached later on after painting.

The loading sled will get the hairspray weathering trick.

Too many models to build, not enough time in a lifetime!!

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plasticjunkie

Member since
November 2008
From: Central Florida

Posted by plasticjunkie on Friday, March 8, 2019 8:43 AM

I have run into a questionable area just below the gun mechanism where Dragon left it as one big empty cavity. The gun would recoil into this area once elevated and fired.

I suspect this area was boxed in. I finally found something online showing this detail that needs to be built from plastic sheet.

Too many models to build, not enough time in a lifetime!!

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plasticjunkie

Member since
November 2008
From: Central Florida

Posted by plasticjunkie on Thursday, March 7, 2019 7:14 AM

hogfanfs

PJ,

Thanks for posting, I'll be following along. Looks like a huge kit!

Thanks for taking the time to post your comment. It sure looks a lot bigger than the usual 1/35 scale armor kit. Can you picture this thing in 1/24 scale ? Indifferent

Too many models to build, not enough time in a lifetime!!

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hogfanfs

Member since
May 2013
From: From the Mit, but live in Mason, O high ho

Posted by hogfanfs on Wednesday, March 6, 2019 1:06 PM

PJ,

Thanks for posting, I'll be following along. Looks like a huge kit!

Bruce

On the bench: 1/48 Eduard MiG-21MF

1/35 Takom Merkava Mk.I

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plasticjunkie

Member since
November 2008
From: Central Florida

Dragon 1/35 60cm Morser wip (COMPLETED)

Posted by plasticjunkie on Wednesday, March 6, 2019 8:24 AM

This is the old Dragon 60cm Morser. Posting here for those not following the Armor GB.

I took all the running gear from the trees and cleaned them up and separated them for assembly. Lots of parts!

Parts cleaned up and sorted

The hull is a tad long.

The beast is taking shape....

Have most of the major components on the superstructure assembled and glued.

This is the usual Dragon "where in the heck does this go?" build since the instructions are vague here and there. One has to do some dry fitting first to determine how the parts go on. One of the bolts had to be thinned down cause it would not fit against a particular part, usual Dragon oops moment but easily corrected.

The top is ready for the smaller details yet to come.

Even tough the punch out marks are under the platforms, they can still be seen since they attach very high up on the superstructure. A little PPP will fill them very easily.