fledermaus
Master at Arms
Hi to all, here is my next project, the massive Dora kit. I always wanted one since I saw the add on the pages of finescale modeler, but the price was too high. Then it got even more expensive due to its shipping weight. Finally after 8 years my dream came true, I Got it for $560 including shipping from Germany and Here it is, 35+ pounds of plastic, 3200+ parts including PH and aluminum rails.
I’m a happy modeler
Compared to a tiger box
Also have the excellent book by Mr. Taube for reference, the decals from peddinghaus
And the aluminum shells from Mr. Schatton
Here the giant shell compared to a trumpeter figure body
Opening the big box you encounter the instruction book and five boxes numbered 2-6.
Each box has its number and the information of the bags inside and the parts inside each bag
Here are some of the boxes and its parts, all the boxes are full to the top
And the bag of screws
Each bag has all the info on its contents and the box it belongs to
So the work started by fixing one of the mayor problems on the kit, the cars, they did 4
Long cars instead of the 8 smaller cars that Dora had. It will be impossible to turn in a real radius with the cars as they come. So to fix it you have to cut the cars in half ending
With 8 five axle cars, two for each end of the main mount.
Here the sides and top parts of one of the cars ready to be cut
After all the parts are cut it looks like this
First you cut in the center, then cut again each side to approximate 2-3mm to compensate
For movement.
Then I removed what is left of the ring from each half and sanded the area smooth
Next is the assembly of the brake system and wheels, its a million parts for this area
All the sprues for the brakes and wheels
80 wheels and 40 axles
And all the parts cleaned and ready to install
That’s all for now as soon as the cars are ready I will post the photos
Thanks for watching
I’m a happy modeler
Compared to a tiger box
Also have the excellent book by Mr. Taube for reference, the decals from peddinghaus
And the aluminum shells from Mr. Schatton
Here the giant shell compared to a trumpeter figure body
Opening the big box you encounter the instruction book and five boxes numbered 2-6.
Each box has its number and the information of the bags inside and the parts inside each bag
Here are some of the boxes and its parts, all the boxes are full to the top
And the bag of screws
Each bag has all the info on its contents and the box it belongs to
So the work started by fixing one of the mayor problems on the kit, the cars, they did 4
Long cars instead of the 8 smaller cars that Dora had. It will be impossible to turn in a real radius with the cars as they come. So to fix it you have to cut the cars in half ending
With 8 five axle cars, two for each end of the main mount.
Here the sides and top parts of one of the cars ready to be cut
After all the parts are cut it looks like this
First you cut in the center, then cut again each side to approximate 2-3mm to compensate
For movement.
Then I removed what is left of the ring from each half and sanded the area smooth
Next is the assembly of the brake system and wheels, its a million parts for this area
All the sprues for the brakes and wheels
80 wheels and 40 axles
And all the parts cleaned and ready to install
That’s all for now as soon as the cars are ready I will post the photos
Thanks for watching