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Final test print of the KV-40, have thickened the tilt frame to 1mm, the fenders and front wheels, it’s now quite sturdy while still looking in scale, both tilt frame up and down files are included, and are Available here at my Wargaming3D store “gunners tank and tractor factory” the first pic below is the store header until I can get the samples painted. For physical prints, please contact me on my email with the title “Hungarian” Dan.dunbar@hotmail.com
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A good friend and client of mine sent me an early birthday present, a PMA sdkfz 8 DB 9 flak 18, it’s a very nice little pre built model, I was surprised to find the cab and bonnet armour can be removed, it’s a pretty cool little vehicle, I’m not going to do to much to it, I might replace the tools as they are soft rubber and a little warped out of shape, and do a little more weathering then add a crew, probably AB, or maybe Simons Soldiers, a good little addition to my early war Germans, thanks Ray.
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2nd test print of the Hungarian KV-40 Artillery tractor, the first test print was far to fragile, (I’ll be using those for battlefield wrecks) the tilt frame broke especially, but the whole thing was to fragile and broke when removing from the supports, they are on the left in the first picture, and the last 3 pictures, so I thickened the frame from .5mm to .8mm and gave all the wheels more support, I think they still look pretty good, not to thick but much sturdier, however I will need to now go back and and strengthen the rear superstructure, as 2 broke off, and the others are a little flimsy, they will get tougher after curing, but I want the final version of the tractors to be able to survive the clean up process, once I’ve strengthened the superstructure I think I will have that as the “display” model version, I then intend to thicken the frame again to 1mm to produce a “wargaming” version to avoid damage on the tabletop. I will cure and clean these up, undercoat in grey and take more pics so as to really see the details, even as I go through this process I have started on the next design, the German Lanz Bulldog D8506 1937 tractor, after that I’ll be searching for a WWII French tractor to build, my Wargaming3D shop isn’t up yet, limited time is delaying that, will sit down and work that out this week hopefully.
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A test print of the Hungarian HSCS KV-40 artillery tractor at 1/72 scale, whilst it actually looks pretty good, I’m proceeding with caution, as the canvas cover frame looks pretty fragile, and I’m anticipating them not surviving the clean up process, however there’s proof of life at least. I’ve got a pretty busy day ahead, so won’t be able to clean them up until tomorrow, once done I will do another post. I’m in the process of creating a shop on wargaming3D where I will eventually release these STLs. In the digital pic below, the figure is 25mm tall for size comparison. As I am a former Australian soldier I have used a Simons Soldiers Aussie soldier as a physical size comparison. In the digital pic below the tractor on the right looks smaller than the one on the left, this is an optical illusion, they are the same size.
