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| Creosotewind | Rogers 40mm Bofors AA cannon | Parked | 04-May-10 15:21 |  | | Views : 731 | | First time trying this. I got a really good mold. I used the Alumilite starter kit. About $30, with enough rubber to make one mold, and enough resin to make several small castings. |
| Creosotewind | Rogers 40mm Bofors AA cannon | Parked | 04-May-10 15:19 |  | | Views : 731 | | To mold the tire I used Legos to make a dam. |
| Creosotewind | Rogers 40mm Bofors AA cannon | Parked | 12-Apr-10 11:05 |  | | Views : 732 | | The gun, only awaiting it's new set of tires. |
| Creosotewind | Rogers 40mm Bofors AA cannon | Parked | 12-Apr-10 11:04 |  | | Views : 703 | | Primed and ready for casting. The tire on the right is what came in the kit, my starting point. |
| Creosotewind | Rogers 40mm Bofors AA cannon | Parked | 12-Apr-10 11:03 |  | | Views : 712 | | One down, three to go. Actually I bought a resin casting kit. This will be my first attempt at casting. The nuts are from Verlinden. The center nut is an actual nut with a paper cover to overlay the bolt hole. Wait, is that a dirty term? |
| Creosotewind | Rogers 40mm Bofors AA cannon | Parked | 12-Apr-10 11:01 |  | | Views : 667 | | One wheel with its grooves. The background is a pattern I made to show the bolt spacing. It took several tries to cut one out that would work on the wheel. Combination of a compas and hand work with an X-Acto blade. The notch is where the valve stem would be. |
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| Creosotewind | Rogers 40mm Bofors AA cannon | Parked | 12-Apr-10 10:59 |  | | Views : 711 | | Added the sites. Not shown, but the crosshairs are light sewing thread that was run through glue to keep from getting fuzzy. |
| Creosotewind | Rogers 40mm Bofors AA cannon | Parked | 16-Mar-10 17:09 |  | | Views : 667 | | I've been watching the BBC series "World At War" on the Military Channel. Except for the fact that MC cuts out about 10 minutes per episode to fit in commercials, it is still the best doc I've seen on WW2. I've seen the Bofors being used by the British, Germans, Russians and the US. This gun was everywhere. |
| Creosotewind | Rogers 40mm Bofors AA cannon | Parked | 16-Mar-10 17:07 |  | | Views : 676 | | The left side. Again more paper details. I'm leary of the elevation handles breaking. I'll have to be careful. On the next one I may use soldered brass. |
| Creosotewind | Rogers 40mm Bofors AA cannon | Parked | 16-Mar-10 17:06 |  | | Views : 647 | | I really like this pose: Ready for action. |
| Creosotewind | Rogers 40mm Bofors AA cannon | Parked | 16-Mar-10 17:05 |  | | Views : 664 | | The little details, like the handle and that switch by the barrel are cut and folded paper. |
| Creosotewind | Rogers 40mm Bofors AA cannon | Parked | 16-Mar-10 17:04 |  | | Views : 683 | | Close up of where the action is. |
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