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Re: Uwe's 88

Posted: Mon Nov 11, 2013 7:22 pm
by Paul Wills
Uwe, ist diese erstklassige, fantastisch. 8) :wink:

Paul. :wink:

Re: Uwe's 88

Posted: Fri Nov 15, 2013 11:38 pm
by Uwe Gerstenmayer
Hello Stephen,

thank you :!: :oops:
There is a wide range of work( just the normal rework I think) on the KIT content, plus my individual changes and add on's. That is what makes the fun on the build, isn't it ?

Today I've finished vs. added again some bits and pieces on the recoil tube and breechblock and I'm happy for now with the result ..
The quite little insert on the "Spanner" blocker has been flown away three time, so I'm fed up for now and it is time to go for some bigger parts of the Flak :roll: :lol:

Cheers,

Uwe

Re: Uwe's 88

Posted: Fri Nov 15, 2013 11:55 pm
by Leon Benjamins
Beautiful work so far! Wish I had the craftmanship to do this work.

Re: Uwe's 88

Posted: Sat Nov 16, 2013 7:11 am
by Iacopo Di Giampietro
You're doing a really amazing job, congratulations!

Re: Uwe's 88

Posted: Sun Nov 17, 2013 9:21 pm
by Uwe Gerstenmayer
Hello and thanks to all interested in my build :) :D

Made a bit of progress and finished so far the cruziform.
For now the cruziform is just as it is out of the KIT to get the fit & functions along..
With some "obstacles" I managed finally to get the gun on the base and the leveling working smoothly :wink:
A million treads made ok, I found the only one helicoil insert :shock: :lol:
Maybe I should play Lotterie :lol:

cheers so far,

Uwe

Re: Uwe's 88

Posted: Sun Nov 17, 2013 10:12 pm
by Adrian Harris
I'm loving all the little details on this 88 Uwe :D

Adrian.

Re: Uwe's 88

Posted: Mon Nov 18, 2013 4:36 pm
by Paul Wills
Hi Uwe,

Looking better and better my friend. I think you will have yours finished before me :shock: :D

Paul. :wink:

Re: Uwe's 88

Posted: Mon Nov 18, 2013 9:34 pm
by Uwe Gerstenmayer
Hi Paul,

I'm getting really curious to see your fantastic Flak in real ! 8)
So many great details on it, wow :!:

Don't worry about your "electric connector", its original just the power air connector for the boogie power brakes :roll: :lol: Just kidding
The connector looks great allready 8)


cheers ,

Uwe :wink:

Re: Uwe's 88

Posted: Fri Nov 22, 2013 9:40 pm
by Uwe Gerstenmayer
still busy with the cleaning up and preparations on all the cast parts for the next steps. Not much time left at the moment for the FLAK :(

I've had a look at the "Trilex" wheel components and had to do "some" corrections :shock: :wink:

Today I've finshed at least the first step, centering and shape corrections on the inner stars.
Next step to get the surface mods blasted to align the appearance :)


cheers so far,

Uwe

Re: Uwe's 88

Posted: Sat Nov 23, 2013 12:23 am
by Tim Bowman
Hello Uwe

Amazing! :shock: :shock: :shock:

Enjoying your 88 project very much. Incredible detailing Uwe.

Best regards from California
Tim

Re: Uwe's 88

Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2013 9:36 pm
by Uwe Gerstenmayer
Hello Tim,

thanks a lot :D :!:

In between business and family demands I made at least some progress on the Trilex Wheels.
The blasting op has to wait a bit, so I made some other mods on the "wheels-story".
Up 'till now I'm quite happy with the results and can finalize it once the missing bits and pieces are in place :wink: Anybody an idea what will be realized :roll: :wink:

Attached are some pics of the progress so far,

cheers,

Uwe :wink:

Re: Uwe's 88

Posted: Mon Dec 02, 2013 7:56 pm
by Paul Wills
Hi Uwe,

Very nice 8) 8) and no I have no idea :!: :oops:

Paul. :wink:

Re: Uwe's 88

Posted: Thu Dec 05, 2013 10:36 pm
by Uwe Gerstenmayer
Just have made a new leveling bolt to sort out my "Helicoil" win :shock: :wink: :lol:
Working again on the cruciform I started with the first mods....

Hi Paul,
it works quite nice :idea: :wink:

cheers,

Uwe

Re: Uwe's 88

Posted: Sun Dec 08, 2013 8:30 pm
by Paul Wills
Hi Uwe,

Looking really nice now 8) Did you have to move the main spindle hole :?: or have you been lucky and the housing just spins round :) :wink:

Not had time to do anything on mine this week, too much to do at work :cry:

Paul.

Re: Uwe's 88

Posted: Mon Dec 09, 2013 9:35 pm
by Uwe Gerstenmayer
Some small progress on the base.

I couldn't find ready ones so I made the thicker washers and nuts myself.
Busy with the bolts for the movable cruciform legs and some shaping on the small bits and pieces for the cruciform..

Hi Paul :)

it took a bit more than just spinning around, but it's not that complicate :wink:

cheers ,

Uwe