Dora 1/35 - Page 12

Fledermaus · #**111** 09-04-2018, 06:28 PM

thanks Andrey

Fledermaus · #**112** 09-10-2018, 06:20 PM

Hi my friends, detail and correction work continues, the bases for the generator room are cut
And moved closer to the edge of the main platform to allow a little more space for the front
Catwalk of the generator and a reinforcement for that area

Here the photo of the reinforcement

Using .90 styrene sheet the pieces are constructed

Now the bases that holds the generator room are cut and moved, this are glued 7mm
From the edge of the main platform

the elevators are next. The elevators Rails on Dora have hinges that allows the rails to separate so that the elevator platform can be Detached and Swing and move so it can be aligned with the ammo cars if the gun is on a curve.

Here the elevator rail are assembled and ready to be cut

First the details are removed

The cut is made at 126mm from the bottom of the rail

The four rails are cut, now the hinges are constructed

Here the original hinges can be seen, also what I think is a lifting eye above the
Hinges

Here are the measurements for the hinges parts
First the bases are constructed from 1.5mm styrene sheet

You need to cut 16 10mm x 6mm rectangles of 1.5 styrene sheet

Next I marked a line at 6mm on each piece

A diagonal cut is made from the corner at the 4mm half

Fledermaus · #**113** 09-10-2018, 06:24 PM

4 pieces are glued to each rail

The styrene pieces are glued flush to the flat side of the rail

This are the measurements for the hinges pieces made again from
1.5 styrene sheet

You need 24 3mm x 7mm pieces for the 4 rails

One of the ends of each piece is sanded round

2 pieces are glued to each side of the short rail

Next this are sanded at an angle to look like this

one piece is glued to each side of the long rail to form the hinge
pivot area

The hinge pin is made with a .80 brass rod

Now the lift eye is made with the 1.5mm styrene sheet

4 pieces measuring 10mm x 12mm are cut

Now I marked 5mm on the 12mm side and 2mm on the 10mm side
And draw a line from point to point

After the cut it looks like this

The edge is then sanded round

A 9/64 hole is drilled on each and the piece is glued in place

Here you can see the movement of the hinge to the outside to allow the
Elevator to disengage and be aligned with the ammo car

More drawings with all the measurements

Fledermaus · #**114** 09-10-2018, 06:25 PM

The final modification to the elevators rails is the end looking bar, this holds
The two rails in place, when removed it allows the rails to be opened to disengage
the elevator platform.

16mm are cut from the bottom of Each rail

This is the rail locking bar hook, it’s on the end of the rail

Here are the measurements for it

The four pieces are made and glued 10mm from the bottom edge of the rail

Finally the bars are constructed using a 56mm long x 1.75mm dia. styrene rod
With one .40 x 4mm dia. styrene disk at each end

Here a couple of photos showing the finished rails

On this photos you can see the elevator disengaged form the rail
And being aligned with the ammo car

On this photo the elevator is aligned with the elevator rail and the men
Are placing the looking bar in place before moving the elevator up

Many details missing from the kit and many simplifications
That’s it for now, working on the elevator platforms for one last
Modification.

Thanks!

**MZsolt** · #**115** 09-21-2018, 02:52 AM

Hi,
This is still an awesome build! Though Planetarmor folks disappeared I really hope that you keep posting the progress as I'd like to see your finished Dora.
Cheers,
Zsolt

Fledermaus · #**116** 09-21-2018, 11:24 AM

Thanks zsolt! Yes it feels lonely here, but dont worry it will be posted to the end.

Abdin

Fledermaus · #**117** 10-27-2018, 06:55 AM

Hi to all, more work on the elevators area on Dora has being done. This time the elevator motors are fixed.
First the pulleys are made, here are the half’s of the pulleys in and out sides

I started by removing the molded wheel on both halves

Here you can see the removed area, the inside must be completely flat for the replacement wheel to work

After removing the molded wheels I sanded all the molded on bolts on both sides

Here are the measurements for the new wheels, 8 disks of .80 x 15.5mm in diameter
And 4 .80 x 12.3mm disks

You just glue one of the smaller disks between two of the bigger disks to form a wheel

Side view of one of the new wheels

The shaft for the wheels is made with a piece of 1.7 x 14.1mm long styrene tube

To keep the right distance between the wheels I made 6 spacers with a 4mm diameter rod
.60mm wide

Here is the sequence of the parts, after making the .60 dia hole on each halve the rod is push through, a spacer first then a wheel another spacer etc.

The wheels in place

With that step done I removed the original hook on each pulley

The new hook is made with 1.6mm styrene sheet, the hook is 14mm long x 8.8mm wide

Here the drawing says 18mm long but I changed it to 14mm after checking the measurements

Fledermaus · #**118** 10-27-2018, 06:56 AM

Comparison of the new and original hooks

The front part of the hook is sanded to an angle to make the hook look like this

After gluing the new hooks in place I used verlinden resin bolts to detail the sides of the pulleys

The last touch is the hook lock made with a .30 x 1.60 styrene strip 10mm long, when the strip is glued in place the excess is cut to fit
Here the finished pulley

Now I moved to the motor base, the base is cut so the pulley cables can pass through
It, the square hole is marked and cut 18mm from the sides and 3mm front and back

The hole is marked and cut

The motors are next, I started by cutting the center base on each motor

The area to be removed is marked using masking tape as a guide the area between the
Tapes is to be removed

It should look like this

Now the center of the motor is marked to make the hole for the pulleys shaft

A 4mm hole is made just in this side of the motor

Fledermaus · #**119** 10-27-2018, 06:57 AM

The motor pulleys are constructed using 3 flat washers, 12.8mm x 5.6mm inside
A piece of 5.5mm x 13mm styrene tube and a piece of 4mm x 70mm long tube
This will be cut to the correct size when the pulleys are glued in place

The 3 washers are glued to the 5.6mm tube equally spaced

This is how it will be when the tube is passed through the motor

The tube with the washers goes in and the 4mm tube is pushed into the motor and through the washer’s tube

It should look like this

Side view

The motor and motor base ready to install

The cables will be installed when all the parts and the elevators are in place

Hope you like it more work coming soon

Thanks
Abdin