Dan Vadas
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from Duanelaker in Flat Bed Wagon by Dan Vadas - Modelik - 1:25 - CARD - FINISHED
The suspension in stages of construction :
The paper parts in this pic are the springs. I made my own from softened 0.5mm brass wire :
One of the finished suspensions :
Danny
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from pjofc4 in Flat Bed Wagon by Dan Vadas - Modelik - 1:25 - CARD - FINISHED
I haven't updated for a while but I've been busy building . Here's the main bed :
The start of the suspension. This was very tricky to work out as the instruction pics were rather vague. This is one of the 8 axle boxes :
The brackets that connect the left and right suspensions. The instructions said to paint the back side of each piece, but I printed out some thin paper with a matching pattern that I drew up in Paint. This was glued to the back of each piece after I'd cut and folded it. The edges were deliberately left long and I trimmed them after the glue dried :
Danny
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from BLACK VIKING in Flat Bed Wagon by Dan Vadas - Modelik - 1:25 - CARD - FINISHED
The suspension in stages of construction :
The paper parts in this pic are the springs. I made my own from softened 0.5mm brass wire :
One of the finished suspensions :
Danny
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from Landrotten Highlander in Flat Bed Wagon by Dan Vadas - Modelik - 1:25 - CARD - FINISHED
I haven't updated for a while but I've been busy building . Here's the main bed :
The start of the suspension. This was very tricky to work out as the instruction pics were rather vague. This is one of the 8 axle boxes :
The brackets that connect the left and right suspensions. The instructions said to paint the back side of each piece, but I printed out some thin paper with a matching pattern that I drew up in Paint. This was glued to the back of each piece after I'd cut and folded it. The edges were deliberately left long and I trimmed them after the glue dried :
Danny
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from pjofc4 in Flat Bed Wagon by Dan Vadas - Modelik - 1:25 - CARD - FINISHED
The suspension in stages of construction :
The paper parts in this pic are the springs. I made my own from softened 0.5mm brass wire :
One of the finished suspensions :
Danny
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from Landrotten Highlander in Flat Bed Wagon by Dan Vadas - Modelik - 1:25 - CARD - FINISHED
The suspension in stages of construction :
The paper parts in this pic are the springs. I made my own from softened 0.5mm brass wire :
One of the finished suspensions :
Danny
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from thibaultron in Flat Bed Wagon by Dan Vadas - Modelik - 1:25 - CARD - FINISHED
I haven't updated for a while but I've been busy building . Here's the main bed :
The start of the suspension. This was very tricky to work out as the instruction pics were rather vague. This is one of the 8 axle boxes :
The brackets that connect the left and right suspensions. The instructions said to paint the back side of each piece, but I printed out some thin paper with a matching pattern that I drew up in Paint. This was glued to the back of each piece after I'd cut and folded it. The edges were deliberately left long and I trimmed them after the glue dried :
Danny
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from popeye the sailor in Flat Bed Wagon by Dan Vadas - Modelik - 1:25 - CARD - FINISHED
They are all coming together, when they EVENTUALLY get here. I ordered them 2 months ago - coming by Snail Mail .
"When you receive the kit, can you give us some of the history? Fentens advertises it as a Polish machine, named Bulgar, sometimes it is referred to as a German machine"
Yep, I'll post that in the loco's build log. 20 of them were built in both Germany (8) and Poland (12) between 1931 and 1943. Some did indeed go to Bulgarian Railways.
BTW - nice picture. Thanks for that. .
"I assume this all will be finished by xmas..."
Maybe a bit longer - there are 32 A3 size pages of parts, plus all the laser-cut ones.
Danny
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from Canute in Flat Bed Wagon by Dan Vadas - Modelik - 1:25 - CARD - FINISHED
They are all coming together, when they EVENTUALLY get here. I ordered them 2 months ago - coming by Snail Mail .
"When you receive the kit, can you give us some of the history? Fentens advertises it as a Polish machine, named Bulgar, sometimes it is referred to as a German machine"
Yep, I'll post that in the loco's build log. 20 of them were built in both Germany (8) and Poland (12) between 1931 and 1943. Some did indeed go to Bulgarian Railways.
BTW - nice picture. Thanks for that. .
"I assume this all will be finished by xmas..."
Maybe a bit longer - there are 32 A3 size pages of parts, plus all the laser-cut ones.
Danny
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from thibaultron in Flat Bed Wagon by Dan Vadas - Modelik - 1:25 - CARD - FINISHED
They are all coming together, when they EVENTUALLY get here. I ordered them 2 months ago - coming by Snail Mail .
"When you receive the kit, can you give us some of the history? Fentens advertises it as a Polish machine, named Bulgar, sometimes it is referred to as a German machine"
Yep, I'll post that in the loco's build log. 20 of them were built in both Germany (8) and Poland (12) between 1931 and 1943. Some did indeed go to Bulgarian Railways.
BTW - nice picture. Thanks for that. .
"I assume this all will be finished by xmas..."
Maybe a bit longer - there are 32 A3 size pages of parts, plus all the laser-cut ones.
Danny
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from mtaylor in Flat Bed Wagon by Dan Vadas - Modelik - 1:25 - CARD - FINISHED
They are all coming together, when they EVENTUALLY get here. I ordered them 2 months ago - coming by Snail Mail .
"When you receive the kit, can you give us some of the history? Fentens advertises it as a Polish machine, named Bulgar, sometimes it is referred to as a German machine"
Yep, I'll post that in the loco's build log. 20 of them were built in both Germany (8) and Poland (12) between 1931 and 1943. Some did indeed go to Bulgarian Railways.
BTW - nice picture. Thanks for that. .
"I assume this all will be finished by xmas..."
Maybe a bit longer - there are 32 A3 size pages of parts, plus all the laser-cut ones.
Danny
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Dan Vadas reacted to maaaslo in Flat Bed Wagon by Dan Vadas - Modelik - 1:25 - CARD - FINISHED
So, what are you going to start building next? I assume this all will be finished by xmas...
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Dan Vadas reacted to pontiachedmark in Flat Bed Wagon by Dan Vadas - Modelik - 1:25 - CARD - FINISHED
Gidday Dan.
The size of this one is impressive.
I am looking forward to your progress.
Wishing you all the best.
Mark.
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Dan Vadas reacted to popeye the sailor in Flat Bed Wagon by Dan Vadas - Modelik - 1:25 - CARD - FINISHED
you'll be doing an entire tutorial just on the wheels!
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Dan Vadas reacted to amateur in Flat Bed Wagon by Dan Vadas - Modelik - 1:25 - CARD - FINISHED
When you receive the kit, can you give us some of the history?
Fentens advertises it as a Polish machine, named Bulgar, sometimes it is referred to as a German machine, but the pics in the internet suggest that it is a Bulgarian one (build in Poland, nicknamed 'Mother Bear')
(registration number 46.03)
(btw nice pattern for the rivetting :))
Jan
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Dan Vadas reacted to gjdale in Flat Bed Wagon by Dan Vadas - Modelik - 1:25 - CARD - FINISHED
I guess this officially makes you a “rivet counter” Danny! 😀
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from Baker in Flat Bed Wagon by Dan Vadas - Modelik - 1:25 - CARD - FINISHED
Hi all,
My next major model will be a German Steam Locomotive built between 1931 and 1943 designated "Bulgar". The model itself still hasn't arrived from MODELIK in Poland, so I bought a Modelik Flat Bed Wagon which will be displayed behind the loco along with two other wagons. I got this one from Fenten's Models in Brisbane to give me something to do while I'm waiting. It only took a few days to arrive, pity they didn't have the loco in stock .
Here's a pic of the cover art and another of several views of the completed model :
I started with the wheels. The construction of these is different to any other wheels I've made in the past. A good design, but some of the parts weren't a perfect fit (more about that below). Here are most of the parts for them, which I've already prepared :
The kit suggested building a jig to assemble them, another good idea which I've adopted :
To roll the rim edge I used a socket of the appropriate size :
Nearly all done. The parts that were a bit narrow were the outer rims, missed by about 0.5mm :
Danny
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from pontiachedmark in Flat Bed Wagon by Dan Vadas - Modelik - 1:25 - CARD - FINISHED
Sure did Jan. I usually always get any available laser-cut sets with every card model I buy. In addition to the wheels etc I also got laser-cut rivets and bolt heads - somewhere around 7,000 of them .
It's big all right - around 750mm long. Add to that the three carriages that are behind it and the display will be nearly 2 metres long .
Danny
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from coxswain in Flat Bed Wagon by Dan Vadas - Modelik - 1:25 - CARD - FINISHED
Hi all,
My next major model will be a German Steam Locomotive built between 1931 and 1943 designated "Bulgar". The model itself still hasn't arrived from MODELIK in Poland, so I bought a Modelik Flat Bed Wagon which will be displayed behind the loco along with two other wagons. I got this one from Fenten's Models in Brisbane to give me something to do while I'm waiting. It only took a few days to arrive, pity they didn't have the loco in stock .
Here's a pic of the cover art and another of several views of the completed model :
I started with the wheels. The construction of these is different to any other wheels I've made in the past. A good design, but some of the parts weren't a perfect fit (more about that below). Here are most of the parts for them, which I've already prepared :
The kit suggested building a jig to assemble them, another good idea which I've adopted :
To roll the rim edge I used a socket of the appropriate size :
Nearly all done. The parts that were a bit narrow were the outer rims, missed by about 0.5mm :
Danny
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from thibaultron in Flat Bed Wagon by Dan Vadas - Modelik - 1:25 - CARD - FINISHED
Sure did Jan. I usually always get any available laser-cut sets with every card model I buy. In addition to the wheels etc I also got laser-cut rivets and bolt heads - somewhere around 7,000 of them .
It's big all right - around 750mm long. Add to that the three carriages that are behind it and the display will be nearly 2 metres long .
Danny
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from thibaultron in Flat Bed Wagon by Dan Vadas - Modelik - 1:25 - CARD - FINISHED
Thanks Pav. I'd never heard of Angraf - a bit late now, but I'll see if I can find their site.
EDIT - Found one : ANSWER MODELS. I looked at some of the models and agree with your assessment.
Danny
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from Canute in Flat Bed Wagon by Dan Vadas - Modelik - 1:25 - CARD - FINISHED
Sure did Jan. I usually always get any available laser-cut sets with every card model I buy. In addition to the wheels etc I also got laser-cut rivets and bolt heads - somewhere around 7,000 of them .
It's big all right - around 750mm long. Add to that the three carriages that are behind it and the display will be nearly 2 metres long .
Danny
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from mtaylor in Flat Bed Wagon by Dan Vadas - Modelik - 1:25 - CARD - FINISHED
Sure did Jan. I usually always get any available laser-cut sets with every card model I buy. In addition to the wheels etc I also got laser-cut rivets and bolt heads - somewhere around 7,000 of them .
It's big all right - around 750mm long. Add to that the three carriages that are behind it and the display will be nearly 2 metres long .
Danny
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from popeye the sailor in Flat Bed Wagon by Dan Vadas - Modelik - 1:25 - CARD - FINISHED
Sure did Jan. I usually always get any available laser-cut sets with every card model I buy. In addition to the wheels etc I also got laser-cut rivets and bolt heads - somewhere around 7,000 of them .
It's big all right - around 750mm long. Add to that the three carriages that are behind it and the display will be nearly 2 metres long .
Danny
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Dan Vadas reacted to TOM G in Flat Bed Wagon by Dan Vadas - Modelik - 1:25 - CARD - FINISHED
Here's a site i just bounce'd across while looking up angraf.......... maybe i'll make one of these and hang it from the p-26🙂 https://www.ecardmodels.com/product/1-24-little-boy-atomic-bomb-paper-model/ i did'nt see this at first but they got this one also https://www.ecardmodels.com/product/1-24-fat-man-atomic-bomb-paper-model/
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