Bofors 40mm 1/16 gpm

[josve]

Hello guys!

Summer is over and autumn and some indoors activities is to begin
I came across this 1/16 all lasercut model, and just could not resist....
So I just had to start it at once it arrived in the mail

 

[zathros]

When you star a model, and produce a part as well as the wheel you just posted, you know your in for a treat!!

 

[josve]

Put the wheel together and added some paint

 

[zathros]

That easy eh!

 

[josve]

Another part is ready...this build is actually a lot harder than i first thought...

First some drawings


Part finished but unpainted


Then I added the paint...will do some weathering later on

 

[zathros]

Wow, I almost let this one slip by me. That part does look difficult to make, but you nailed it. Anything you can take such a close up picture of and see no errors is a testament to a great modeler.

 

[josve]

Hello guys
Had a long vacation...but now Im back into modelling.
Continued the work on the bofors this week, and made the cannon.



stay tuned...I will be back

 

[bigpetr]

Paint of is excelent, great work.

 

[zathros]

X2, that paint, and the ability to give the texture is a desirable skill, TEACH US!!

 

[josve]

this is not the finished result...just kind of a first layer. the paint acted kind of strange and did this spotted look.
I will paint it again to make the paint cover it all

 

[josve]

Hello guys!

Did some progress this week



Made the seats...not very hard but they turned out ok.



Finished the paint on the cannon. And made the frame for the seats and footholds



Gunsights, and the finished frame

 

[Rhaven Blaack]

I am ABSOLUTELY AMAZED by your work!!!
It is truly inspirational!!!

 

[Gandolf50]

Very Nice!! Don't You just LOVE Laser cut Parts!!
Wish I could I could play with some ! Too hard to obtain or too expensive to ship to this neck of the woods. One thing I do know dealing with laser and card..it will leave a residue on the surface, from the lamination process and then burning through it.....a light sanding with 1200 > wet/dry or something similar will take care of most of that.

 

[josve]

Thanks a lot for your nice words guys!!

Made one of the adjusters today

The drawing


Parts on the go...


Done


And painted


Stay tuned..I'll be back

 

[Rhaven Blaack]

WOW!
Once it is painted, it no longer looks like paper!

 

[zathros]

You are in your game!! Excellent!!

 

[Gandolf50]

Was looking in my stack of models I will get to one-of-these-days and I actually have the GPM Bofors 40mm but it is in that NASTY GPM coloration they tend to do..and of course it is not laser-cut..so I moved it to the BOTTOM of the stack... That way if I ever get to it..maybe people won't remember this excellent version!

 

[zathros]

Hah, that's funny. I'll post a picture of this one if you ever start yours!!!

 

[josve]

Finished the second adjuster

The drawing


Parts to be used


Finished white part


Painted


The used shell slide


Beginning to pile up with finished parts now


More to come

 

[zathros]

To see this go from paper, to the "white model" then painted, is quite a treat. The scale of this gun is also excellent!!