LeFH 18/40 1:16 DrafModel

[Johnny]

Continuing with the adjustment construction ( man who knows all the names for theese parts??)
It's the frame where the barrel will be added later....

First a couple of drawings.


Parts are glued to 0,5mm karton. Each part will be laminated out of 3 parts X 0,5mm.


Parts ready for assemble.


Here I have glued the parts together and the main frame is ready to come together.


Next parts was the vertical adjustment gear.


Inserted to the casing


And some metalwork


And some unnamed parts

[Johnny]

Now I was to make the gears and wheel for the horizontal movement adjustment gears.

First a couple of drawings.


Parts for the lower gearbox


Assembled


And inserted together with the adjustment wheel


Next was the outside gearbox for the vertival adjustment.


Part done and mounted

[GreMir]

You are trully an outstanding modeler!

[Johnny]

Thanks for the compliment Michael!!

An Idea came floating along when I was making adjustment wheels.
O-Rings!! Comes in a lot of different sizes.


After mounting rest of the gear transmissions the part was done.

[gareyfong]

Johnny the pictures that you provide and the help you provide new members to this hobby are a big help. It is so much easier to follow your builds. They clear up a lot of the gray areas in the instuctions that come with the kits. Thanks for the help
Garey

[Don Boose]

Johnny -- It is fascinating to see the parts of the gun displayed alongside photos of the prototype from the actual manuals. The fidelity of all your models to the actual weapons and vehicles makes them valuable historical resources. In this case, I think you have reached a new level. Don

[Zathros]

I have a box full of o-rings that were for drive wheels on old VCR's (I used to repair that kind of stuff). I never thought about using them for wheels. Some have round profiles when cut others are square.

[birder]

Very nice work Johnny!

[Johnny]

SOOOOO the build continues after a "little" break

Continued with making the legs.

The drawing of the inner skeleton


The parts and the finished skeleton



Rolling and shaping such long and coned cylinders isn't always the easyest thing to do...but with some patience and careful shaping its not that bad to make.


Parts to be cut out, and the finished tubes



The end plate
Drawing


Not very difficult to make this part.Just a few metal parts missing.



To be continued

[Gil]

Hi Johnny,

Time constraints do not apply.

Great build at a scale where no squinting is required...,

-Gil