my order came in with a second low side gondola and the VALLEJO RR paint set (35% off and free shipping) at Colorado Springs cutthroat Christmas party and ordered gun crew and 2 sets of ammo. think the RR gun is a go though i am also looking at doing something bizarre with a 1/72 one. still haven’t decided on color.
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trumpeter needs a 1/35 boxcar. i saw a blurb trumpeter is coming out with a 1/35 soviet armored rail car
boy i have been in a slump. gondola looks nice. probably a quick build, the low sides are removable. i will paint the wood a slightly different color and distress it. couplers need to be functional and the air hoses would have to be redone to connect to other cars if creating a train…
my gun crew and AM 280mm ammo came in today., also ordered a high side gondola. i looks like i can do a crew loading ammo from a flat car or truck. i actually have a picture of that. i am really getting jazzed for this and we have a regional here in june.
Do you have a thought what you’re going to enter, you have a lot going. A 1/35 diorama would be awesome but also would take up a lot of space, but you could always peel off a car or loco for an individual entry. These builds are going to be fun to follow.
still thinking the diorama thing. a lot of work for one entry. i can set it up to have separate entries. OTOH i have done bases and adding a figure or 2 would be a vignette. haven’t done figues so a new challenge. BUT a big diorama would be cool. this is going to be fun.
might i suggest we post our in progress in the ARMOR forum too. it has been noted sometimes builds in GBs don’t show up in the more specific category. plus it would give our GB more visibility.
the gondolas look like quick builds. just finished this puzzle in preparation.
i have 2 low sides, just ordered a high side. everybody seems to like mounting the FLAK 38(4) on things, flat cars, tenders, u-boats, s-boats. these things were crew intensive and took up more space than was really available. might i suggest a FLAK 38 single barrel OR have it in front on the locomotives with a sand bags and an MG-42 crew for partisan protection or setting off mines.
want to get really crazy have a crater with the gondola tipped inside, twisted rails wood ties
I have an idea for pushing a car after seeing “The Train” the other day. I’m working on a few ideas that I’ll run by you before we actually get started.
I find myself strangely interested…! I have recently had the stirring of a plan to build a locomotive from scratch in large scale, but that’s not on this year’s agenda. Maybe a classic loco kit, though!
“This kit can be built as a road version or railroad version. An unpainted train track base is also included for optimal display of the railroad version!”
SWEET! i have one of those in my stash too. and a HOBBYBOSS one. and the 1/35 mortar but no rail carrier. in fact i have a lot of RR stuff. i think they are breeding on the shelf.
Steve it looks like we all have that same kit. I had it down the other day going through the box and I think it’ll build into a really nice kit. The parts were crisp with a lot of detail and the instructions fairly easy to follow. Its nice getting the rail carriers with the gun, and track too. Can’t wait to get started, I’m finishing up an M88 and then I’ll be jumping clean. Steve once thats completed you could add a German locomotive in front of it for an awesome display.
Yeah, that would be awesome. I would have to add some track to allow the length of a loco though.
This build and the 1/350 Indianapolis I’m doing for the 1945 GB are going to be a kick. [:P]
lay your own 1/72 track. it’s easy. i told JIBBER i would do a tutorial so i best be about it. all you need is HO scale rails, some HO scale spikes, HO ballast, the correct size basswood strips, a basswood base and some terrain. i use cheap modeling clay. the only hard part is getting the second rail EXACTLY parallel and the correct distance.
