The Gotha

[krow113]

Thanks Rick.
 The Becker mount looks to be enough:

I went over the cannon as well, the 2 rings at the front looked a little too 'ray gun' and needed thinning down.
 And a 1 x 1 x 12 mm strip goes in to cover the inside seam:

[krow113]

Nail sight begins. WNW's AEG offering to the right:




And I finish the day with the flare rack from WNW's German accy set, backsawed to curve:

[RAGIII]

The cannon looks terrific in place and I am sure the sight will turn out Fantastic!
RAGIII

[krow113]

Thanks Rick.
Check my back posts as I add pics to show a little progression.

[dr 1 ace]

Marvelous work !

Ed

[lcarroll]

    Some great additions and very nice work here, Steve. I'm going to have to follow a little more diligently, lots to be learned here!
Cheers,
Lance

[krow113]

Ed & Lance;
Thank you.
 And no worries its good to see an AEG going on , there are a lot more details available for that aircraft and the engines are the same as the Gotha so I will need to reference the thread and pics of the real aircraft.

 As far as the different engines equipment , I go to my standby comment that things were progressing at an alarming rate as far as engines armament , gauges etc at that period in aviation. You may not be right in some small inconsequential details, but no-one can prove otherwise.

Here are the latest details along with some prior work , I was painting the cannon mount and bombsight today:

[RAGIII]

Looking terrific!
RAGIII

[Juan]

Those parts are looking fantastic.  They will add a lot of detail.

[GB]

Looking terrific!
RAGIII

What he said 

Gary

[Borsos]

Hello, welcome back!
You made an impressive progress on your Gotha. I am keen on seeing her painted with your interesting masking method.
Best regards
Borsos

[krow113]

Rick , Juan  , Gary , Borsos ;
Thank you!

 My problem is that I cant paint anything with a wood stove in the same room. I did not know that wood stoves throw an immense amount of dust everywhere. And I mean EVERYWHERE!
LOL
So I am loading up the paint shop with as many models as I can , parking them all at paints door. The menagerie includes a 1/35 LVTA , a 200mm nazi chick with a machine gun (!) , the Gotha , a 1/6 Tamiya Fat Boy Lo (in red metalflake ).
Here's the chick , since alla your ears perked up on that one:

Her MP 40 came with the end busted off so I fabbed up a suppressor:


 My point is that I will get these kits to paint and then do a huge cleanup , blowing out the whole house and cleaning the paint area up.
Thanks for watching and your patience.

[lcarroll]

Steve,
    Wrt wood stoves and dust you'll notice they describe them as "air tight", not "ash tight"! I've supplemented with wood heat for decades, and thus have all my models in closed cabinets, the dust/ash problem is unbelievable! Good luck with that, and the Gotha continues to impress!
Cheers,
Lance

[krow113]

Thanks Lance.
I'm looking into a dust collection system like in woodwork shops.
 Smallish update as I work through a number of on the go kits.
Masking strips were cut to cover the walkways during the plywood work to come :

[krow113]

Some cool AM from Gaspatch , always well done and never any probs, Good stuff!
Vane sights:

And machine guns:

I've never heard of these guns , anyone have a link or more info ?
I'll also be going to see an older German gent on the island today and get some translation done for the engine work upcoming.