abufletcher Posted November 14, 2019 Share #1 Posted November 14, 2019 (edited) I'm not a ship modeler so I don't know if this is the right forum for me. But here goes...and bear with me. I'm an experienced builder of scale WWI RC airplanes (see second photo below). So here's the connection. A friend asked me to scratch-build a 1/3.3 scale Russian ShKas light machine gun for a Polikarpov Po2 biplane model he is building. He was so pleased with the result that he has now asked if I'd be willing to build the 37mm flak cannon and M42 mount for a huge 1/5 scale DKM Schnellboot S200. At 1/5 scale the model will be some 22 feet long! The deck cannon will also be huge. The first photo below shows the (yet unpainted) Shkas gun relative to the size of the new project. This will be a large undertaking in several senses of the word "large" though, in principle, not much different from the other scratch-building I have done. So I'm not sure if a build documenting JUST the flak cannon for the S200 would be welcome here. I'm sure someone here has built an S200 and may have knowledge and advice on on how to do the cannon. Edited November 14, 2019 by abufletcher Old Collingwood, Landlubber Mike, Baker and 6 others 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted November 14, 2019 Share #2 Posted November 14, 2019 Welcome! I have built the Po-2 in 1/33 in card, along with its gun (what a chore that was!). Yours looks excellent. We have a section here for uncategorized non-ship builds, and I'm sure our members would enjoy watching your progress. Cheers! mikegr, Baker, mtaylor and 2 others 5 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Hawker Hurricane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtaylor Posted November 15, 2019 Share #3 Posted November 15, 2019 Welcome to MSW. What Chris said will work. If your friend is up to it, have him post a log of the Schnellboot. JeffT and Old Collingwood 2 Quote Mark "The shipwright is slow, but the wood is patient." - me Current Build: Past Builds: La Belle Poule 1765 - French Frigate from ANCRE plans - ON HOLD Triton Cross-Section NRG Hallf Hull Planking Kit HMS Sphinx 1775 - Vanguard Models - 1:64 Non-Ship Model: On hold, maybe forever: CH-53 Sikorsky - 1:48 - Revell - Completed Licorne - 1755 from Hahn Plans (Scratch) Version 2.0 (Abandoned) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Lad Posted November 15, 2019 Share #4 Posted November 15, 2019 Hello, and welcome to MSW. John JeffT, Old Collingwood and mtaylor 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baker Posted November 15, 2019 Share #5 Posted November 15, 2019 Great models mtaylor, Old Collingwood and JeffT 3 Quote Regards, Patrick Finished : Soleil Royal Heller 1/100 Wasa Billing Boats Bounty Revell 1/110 plastic (semi scratch) Pelican / Golden Hind 1/45 scratch Current build : Mary Rose 1/50 scratch Gallery : Revell Bounty Pelican/Golden hind 1/45 scratch To do : Prins Willem Corel, Le Tonnant Corel, Yacht d'Oro Corel, Thermopylae Sergal Shore leave, non ship models build logs : ADGZ M35 funkwagen 1/72 Einhets Pkw. Kfz.2 and 4 1/72 Autoblinda AB40 1/72 122mm A-19 & 152mm ML-20 & 12.8cm Pak.44 {K8 1/2} 1/72 10.5cm Howitzer 16 on Mark. VI(e) Centurion Mk.1 conversion M29 Weasel 1/72 SAM6 1/72 T26 Finland T26 TN 1/72 Autoprotetto S37 1/72 Opel Blitz buses 1/72 Boxer and MAN trucks 1/72 Hetzer38(t) Starr 1/72 Si vis pacem, para bellum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abufletcher Posted November 16, 2019 Author Share #6 Posted November 16, 2019 Thanks for the warm welcome. I've scratch-built a couple of other guns in the past for my WWI models, such as a Danish Madsen to go onto a 1/6 scale Albatros CI (almost finished after 7 years), but nothing even vaguely this big. (Though the scratch-built Benz BzIII dummy engine did have over 300 hand-made parts.) Anyway, doing the 37mm flak cannon will be a wonderful challenge...which is what scale modeling is all about. Where should I post the build? I saw a section on "discussing deck furniture, etc." but I looked there and it didn't seem quite right. As for my friend, he's not a forum kind of guy. **BTW, congratulations on getting the site up and running so quickly again. EricWilliamMarshall, ccoyle, GrandpaPhil and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted November 16, 2019 Share #7 Posted November 16, 2019 Post your build here. I look forward to seeing it. mtaylor and Old Collingwood 2 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Hawker Hurricane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffT Posted November 17, 2019 Share #8 Posted November 17, 2019 Welcome to MSW mtaylor and Old Collingwood 2 Quote Jeff In progress: Medway Longboat 1742 - Syren Ship Model Company -1/2" scale USS Constitution - Model Shipways - Scale 1:76 HMS Granado - CAF Model - 1:48 HMS Sphinx - Vanguard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Collingwood Posted November 17, 2019 Share #9 Posted November 17, 2019 Welcome aboard - deffo space for you and your work in here - looking forward to seeing more. OC. mtaylor 1 Quote Current builds 28mm Battle of Waterloo attack on La Haye Saint Diorama. 1/700 HMS Hood Flyhawk with PE, Resin and Wood Decking. Completed works. Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic. HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts. HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine plastic. Black Pearl 1/72 Revell with pirate crew. Revell 1/48 Mosquito B IV Eduard 1/48 Spitfire IX ICM 1/48 Seafire Mk.III Special Conversion 1/48 Kinetic Sea Harrier FRS1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abufletcher Posted November 17, 2019 Author Share #10 Posted November 17, 2019 This new "smaller" project suits me at the moment since the university that I work for is moving all the on-campus professors off-campus. This means that my workshop area will be significantly reduced. I'll still have a space about 5.5m x 3m to build in (and keep all my building supplies and power tools in) but the rest of the house is a traditional Japanese house with tatami floors so no building inside (unlike my current "house" which is really more like a factory). So even though this will be a large object, it's nothing like a 3 meter wingspan RC model. mtaylor and Old Collingwood 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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