"RSO Pak-40 WIP" Topic
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AJ Wright | 24 Jan 2017 11:19 a.m. PST |
In making my Flakpanzer 38 (t) conversion, I ended up with an extra Pak-40 gun barrel – a very unique and useful piece. After thinking long and hard about what to do with it, I settled on using it to make the RSO Pak-40 per the Jacob Lotz article on the Warlord Games site. The original cabin was removed and the AFV cabin scratch built per Jacob's excellent instructions. I added some spare tracks on the front and some small additional details on the sides, but other than that it's exactly as Jacob shows. Like Jacob I also magnetized my cabins for dual use. My gun was a bit more difficult since I wasn't starting with a whole Pak-40, just a barrel. I looked at photos of the original and emulated them with a cruciform base plate followed by a rotary platform made from two Warlord figure bases. The two bases are also magnetized to allow the gun to rotate 360 degrees. The figure bases just happened to be the perfect size. From there a proper mount for the Pak-40 was scratch built on top of the platform. The only thing left was fabricating a gun shield. This was by far the most tricky part. I ended up making a wooden template and then heating and bending/folding the shield over this form. From there cutting it out and shaping was a matter of sanding it to shape. Final addition of some rivets and it was ready for paint. As you see it here it has its base coat of cammo, but is still waiting on finish painting, decals and weathering. More photos to come when that's done, but probably a few weeks out. Thanks again to Jacob Lotz for the inspiration. High-res photos available on my blog here: link
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Gen Custer | 24 Jan 2017 3:36 p.m. PST |
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