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Call to Arms: The Duke's Leopold Rail Gun in 1/72

Duke Maddog

Duke Maddog

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Here is my other submission for this campaign here. I'll be building the old Hasegawa 1/72 scale Leopold Rail Gun so I can complete my collection of German Rail Guns.

Here is the box top with date:

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Contents still in pristine condition:

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And here is the progress I was able to make on this at Hobby Day:

I didn't do much to this one; I only cemented the two halves of the barrel together:

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That's all I got done on that so far. Stay tuned for more as I hope to make further progress on this soon. Thanks for looking in.
 
Sweet.

Unfortunately I tossed mine a month or so back when I was doing a shop clean/purge. I started the kit when it first came out then boxed it up (probably waiting for the PE set to come out). Instructions and pieces were missing and I couldn't find them online so away it went...

Looking forward to your build, I've wanted to build one since seeing the real thing at Aberdeen way back.
 
Thanks guys! I appreciate the comments!

Dave this is cool. Once I get it done, I'll have every 1/72 scale rail gun ever issued.

Ausf, I'm sorry to hear that. If I'd known, I would have bought it from you. I have a parts only kit of this that I picked up that probably would have allowed me to finish it. I do remember that pic of you at Aberdeen.

Thanks Mike!
 
Okay, here's my latest progress on this CTA submission.

I'll start with when I assembled the lifting apparatus inside the hull of the thing as shown here:

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Later, I also assembled the main ammo box/crane system with the little ammo cart:

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I know, I'm kinda working backwards on this, but I wanted to get the simpler things done first before I had to build and line up all the wheels for this.

Finally I decided it was time to get the wheel/axle assemblies finished. I put them all together; making sure they were all lined up straight, then I installed them on the trucks:

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Later I finished the trucks up, adding all the bits and bobs needed:

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After that, I finished up the ammo crane/generator box, except for the railings:

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I know the shell on the top looks crooked, but it’s an optical illusion from the angle. I checked it.
I left the railings off this and the trucks because I know I’d break them if I added them now. I’ll put them all on last. I did the same with the Dora and it worked.

Finally, I also got the main gun installed on the main gun carriage and finished the basic construction on it. It works:

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That’s all I have for now.

Thanks for looking in, comments are welcome.
 
Thanks guys! I appreciate the great compliments.

Helios, you think this is big? You should have seen my Dora!
 
This does turn into a real nice build. Still have the one I built years ago and yours is looking good Mark! What color scheme you going to paint it? Grey or sand/brown?
 
Thanks Paul! Yeah, this is quite the gun alright! I plan on doing the sand/brown combo on it for more interest. I have a grey gun (Dora) and a couple Morser Karls in three-tone so this will make a nice variation to the collection.
 
Yes, well enough. I can function again, but every now and then the metal fragments remind me they are still in there. Nothing I can't handle. I do hope to get more done on the workbench soon.
 
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