Flyboyf18 Posted December 8, 2010 Share Posted December 8, 2010 (edited) Yep, finally got this Bad Boy, oops, Bad Girl I guess!?! It was stuck in Customs for almost 2 weeks; I was scared the buggers were building it!!!!! All neatly pack in the box are over 1700 bits and pieces!! Got started on it and will post updates as I go!! Edited December 8, 2010 by Flyboyf18 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Shawn M Posted December 8, 2010 Share Posted December 8, 2010 what a beast! Looking forward to following along on this...I commend your dedication to even start such a task! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shinai Posted December 8, 2010 Share Posted December 8, 2010 I saw this on Spruce Brothers and man I think this would be a fun fit . . . please post update pics as this thing has to be massive Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChernayaAkula Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 Good thing that beast doesn't come with a metal barrel. Because if it did you'd probably have to register it at the local gun club! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HOLMES Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 what a GORGEOUS Beast at that too! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Karaya-1 Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 Good thing that beast doesn't come with a metal barrel. Because if it did you'd probably have to register it at the local gun club! 80cm caliber / 72nd scale = a bore of 11.1mm, or to put it in American, roughly .44 Caliber. Now, the truly unbelievable beast - the 35th scale Dora - the bore of that scale barrel comes to 22.86mm. Got any spare rounds from a Soviet 23mm cannon handy? GREAT GOOGLY MOOGLY!!!!! -Kevin in Indy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Flyboyf18 Posted December 9, 2010 Author Share Posted December 9, 2010 Got the barrel pretty well assembled, will have pics later today, and now studying the parts for sub assemblies to build. OK question for you AC/DC fans; what song was I playing when I applied the first swipe of glue to Dora? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wege Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 Thunder... (da da da dauuuuh duh) ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Charlie Cheetah Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 (edited) Hells Bells Looking forward to seeing this built. I wouldnt mind getting one of these myself. I play an online team based FPS called Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory, its a WW2 base2 game, Axis and Allies. One of the maps is called railway, where the Allies have to keep the Axis from loading the Dora and firing it, one of my favorite maps... I bougfht my first AFV kit because its one of the other vehicles featured on some of the maps, a Jagpanther. Edited December 9, 2010 by Charlie Cheetah Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wege Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 That sounds awfully similar to a couple of old (pre-steam) Day of Defeat games. Anyways.. back to massive shells falling.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
smithery Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 OK question for you AC/DC fans; what song was I playing when I applied the first swipe of glue to Dora? Big Gun Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Charlie Cheetah Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 Big Gun Good guess... Im thinking "For those about to rock" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChernayaAkula Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 (edited) 80cm caliber / 72nd scale = a bore of 11.1mm, or to put it in American, roughly .44 Caliber. <...> Or to paraphrase Harry Callahan of the SFPD: "But being this is a .44 Dora, the most powerful 72nd scale model railway gun in the world, and would blow your head clean off, you’ve got to ask yourself one question: “Do I feel lucky?” Well do ya, punk?" Edited December 9, 2010 by ChernayaAkula Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Flyboyf18 Posted December 10, 2010 Author Share Posted December 10, 2010 Or to paraphrase Harry Callahan of the SFPD:"But being this is a .44 Dora, the most powerful 72nd scale model railway gun in the world, and would blow your head clean off, you’ve got to ask yourself one question: “Do I feel lucky?†Well do ya, punk?" I love this, and Yes I feel lucky, since I can look at this beast from both ends. And yes 'Big Gun' was the most appropriate tune, although the others were good choices also. Got carried away with things last nite so some build pics will go up today. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Flyboyf18 Posted December 10, 2010 Author Share Posted December 10, 2010 WIP #1 Here's a pic of the breech, yeah I know it's not step #1, but I'm a Rebel when it comes to following instructions!! Next is the first improvement to the kit, added a strip of .010 card inside the breech to get rid of the plastic model look. Do you feel lucky? Is it loaded or not????? Got 3 nite shifts ahead of me so don't know how much will get done this weekend....... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Flyboyf18 Posted December 19, 2010 Author Share Posted December 19, 2010 OK got some more building done, but first couple of pics are recent armour builds used in Dora pics for size comparison. First Ace Grizzly then Trumpeter BTR 80 Now on to Dora stuff First I want to say to those considering buying this monster; if instructions that say build 4 or build 8 or build 40 of these scare you then this kit is not for you! If filing sprue attachment points off of 80 items that are the same scares you then this kit is not for you! If buying a 5 gallon can of paint to finish your model scares then this kit is not for you!!! For those of you who have not bought stocks in Tamiya (Extra Thin Glue) do so now I'm going thru it fast!! An over all shot of most assembled bits; More work planned on the breech, the hole is too large when the block is open so I'm adding plastic to get a more accurate look; This the breech block with the breech open and the round and charge beside it, the white bit is a thinned out piece of Evergreen styrene tube (1/2 inch) which will be captured by two circles of plastic glued into the front and back of the breech openings. I have assembled two pieces of the track bases the whole thing will be 40 inches long, I will need a bigger house!! They appeared a bit flimsy so I reinforced the bottom with some Evergreen styrene strip. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Flyboyf18 Posted January 17, 2011 Author Share Posted January 17, 2011 Next update installment; A bit slow after the annual festival, Modelus Buildus Interuptus; so here is a quick update got one of the rail subframes and it's bogies pretty well done; I added a bunch of frame work most probably just decorative but I would really recommend the two triangles at the center because there will be a lot of weight at this point and to me it appears a little flimsy. and on it;s rail trucks this is a view down one of the frames for the ammo loading deck, in the next update I will show how I modified it to IMHO look better. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Charlie Cheetah Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 Impressive work so far, not a bad idea to re-inforce where you can, there's a lot of plastic in that kit. What scale are the vehicles btw? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Flyboyf18 Posted January 17, 2011 Author Share Posted January 17, 2011 72nd, just like the 'Big Gun'!! One is an Ace Kit (Grizzly) and the other a Trumpeter kit. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Speedster Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm seachless Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shinai Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 WOW . . . .I hope you got room on the shelf for that bad boy!!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Don Dunn Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 Is there any updates on your Dora build? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
martin_sam_2000 Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 Is there any updates on your Dora build? ??? I would also like to see some updates on this one. Never saw the thread the first time around...I have always wanted to build the 35th version but lack the money and(most importantly) the space!! Sean Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Adam Baker Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 Haha, I opened this up, and at first I thought it was the 1/35 kit. A good friend of mine has the 1/35 kit, and I always keep poking fun w/ him that he needs to give it to me. Looks like you're off to an awesome start. Cant wait to see more. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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