No matter how many times I do operations like this I still get nervous. One of the concerns is how to mount the large casting securely
with just enough force without distorting it. Cutting a large hole like this with a boring head is a somewhat rigorous operation that
has the potential to do violence to a casting such as this.

• cutting the hole
• setting the alignment key
• the mg mount trial fit

The ball mg mount is from das Geisswerk in Germany. I plan to nickel plate the larger surface of the assembly although it isn't really necessary.



Jerry

I bought a metal mg ball mount from ETO, I was most impressed with the quality of the product, the only bad thing is, it makes the rest of the build look very second rate shaun

Jerry, is this a 1/10th scratch build or ? I have followed most all of your post as I am caught up in an odd scale myself (1/8) and it is always nice to learn from others. Paul

Paul the basis of this model is a hull and other parts from Franz Pracht that I bought a very long time ago, as much as 20 years ago. I work on a series of 6-7 models when the mood strikes me these days, so it takes me a really long time to get to a finished state. I mean what is finished mean anyway?

It is 1/10 scale. It's funny you say "odd scale"; perhaps at this time they are. When I entered this hobby in the 1970s if it wasn't 1/15 (or the emerging 1/16 scale)
it was certainly 1/10 scale and to a degree 1/8. 1/6th didn't exist but 1/7 did mostly in Germany because of the use of bicycle chain for the track basis.


But to answer your question properly; I can't consider the model as a whole a scratch built because I didn't make the foundation however I have made or added everything else. It is day and night different than the model I bought all those years ago.

Jerry

Just in case anyone want to see how a boring head works here's a short video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCX-wuAIFvE&feature=youtu.be Jerry

Glad that wasn't longer, I was getting dizzy.

Herman

Boring isn't it...?

Jerry, you make me laugh long time!!!! "Boring isn't it...?" You are a funny guy!!!

I decided to throw on a thin nickel plate to the mg mount to allow the base color to blend in with the aluminum better. It will all be painted but with the inevitable
paint chipping I thought it would be better to have a non bronze color below.

Jerry

Jerry .....

Stop messing with scale models. Start building the real thing.

Did you get a blood transfusion or organ transplant from Jacques Littlefield ????
Rex

Yeah we had an interesting conversation one afternoon long ago on the relative nature of what he and I did.

Jerry