German 8.8 CM Flak 18 Anti-Aircraft Gun

[keavdog]

I've never done an AFVClub kit - I have one in the stash and you're making me nervous

[BlackSheep214]

I dare you to take a peek at their sprue trees. LOL! This one is my first AFV Club kit too.

[BlackSheep214]

Main gun complete. All 15 parts on the metal barrel.

[BlackSheep214]

Main gun carriage still being worked on. Letting parts on Step 5 dry til tomorrow before moving on to Step 9 for final part to main gun.

To give you a breakdown why this is slow going. Remember, this has a high number of tiny parts.

Step 1 - 12 parts in all, 7 of them tiny

Step 2 - 9 parts in all, 5 are tiny parts, PE plate, metal tube.
Part A12 snapped and repaired

Step 3 - 2 parts, tiny part A34 snapped and repaired

Step 4 - 3 parts in all, 1 tiny part

Step 5 - 5 parts in all, 2 tiny parts

Step 9 - 1 part

Grand total of parts to assemble this carriage:

32 parts in all including PE plate and metal tube.

[Stikpusher]

AFV Club kits are NOT for the feint of heart modeler.

Nicely done so far Tom!

[BlackSheep214]

That’s an understatement….

[speedgraflex]

Wow! Incredible!

[Stuart]

That barrel looks excellent Tom!

[BlackSheep214]

Feeling miserable today. Called into work this morning with a headache and stuffy/runny nose. Slept downstairs on the recliner last night. Thought about heading down to the bench but don’t feel up to it. Might head down later tonight to stay away from the family so they won’t catch my cold.

[Stuart]

That sucks - get well soon Tom!