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1/35 dragon 88mm
ludwig113
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Posted: Saturday, September 20, 2014 - 07:54 AM UTC
hi all,

I havn't built any armour for a long long...err....long time but I got the dragon 88mm as an impulse buy...

the story so far, I've really enjoyed the build , quite straight forward, so now its time to get the paints out.



I'm going to do the scheme on the box top, just one question, was the whole gun undercoated in red oxide ?

cheers paul
MickJaggdpanther
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Posted: Saturday, September 20, 2014 - 12:02 PM UTC
Germans used black lacquer coat for gun tubes on the majority if not all of their tanks. The rest was coated in red oxide (turret, hull, tools, everything). I imagine the same goes for the FLAK and PAK AA/AT guns. Everything in red oxide besides the barrel.
GeraldOwens
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Posted: Saturday, September 20, 2014 - 02:26 PM UTC

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Germans used black lacquer coat for gun tubes on the majority if not all of their tanks. The rest was coated in red oxide (turret, hull, tools, everything). I imagine the same goes for the FLAK and PAK AA/AT guns. Everything in red oxide besides the barrel.


Yes, the dark lacquer was heat resistant. Normal finishes would blister off after prolonged firing.
ludwig113
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Posted: Saturday, September 20, 2014 - 07:34 PM UTC
that's great, thanks for the quick answers chaps.
MickJaggdpanther
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Posted: Sunday, September 21, 2014 - 09:00 AM UTC
with that being said, i am not sure whether just the inner barrel (part that recoils inwards) is coated in dark lacquer, or the entire barrel structure...
chumpo
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Posted: Sunday, September 21, 2014 - 02:41 PM UTC
I take it the kit did not include a shield for the gun . Nor the transport Dolly's ?
griffontech
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Posted: Sunday, September 21, 2014 - 03:47 PM UTC
What are the little nubbly (it's a word....) bits in a pile.
ludwig113
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Posted: Monday, September 22, 2014 - 04:46 AM UTC

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I take it the kit did not include a shield for the gun . Nor the transport Dolly's ?


there is a shield but I prefer it without, there are loads of parts leftover including wheels but no fenders.
ludwig113
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Posted: Monday, September 22, 2014 - 04:48 AM UTC

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What are the little nubbly (it's a word....) bits in a pile.


they were just the nubblies (?) left over from the build, I'm used to aircraft and don't get anywhere near that many
ludwig113
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Posted: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 - 03:50 AM UTC
I'm getting there...



paul
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