Undis
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Joined: October 24, 2006
Posts: 1444
Location: Riga, Latvia & Sydney, Australia
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| das20v wrote: |
Happy New Years everyone. A few minutes ago, I discovered that Revell is making a T1 Samba in 1/16 scale, to be released in September 2015. I don't know if it's a Barndoor, but it probably is. They released a new 1/24 Barndoor model recently.
Disapointing, because that was the goal of this project exactly, in 1/16th scale, before they even released a 1/24th version. If I had more time to work on this project, I could have completed this much sooner. I will carry on with finishing the engine at least, and go into making some of these available. I am sure the engine will be way more accurate than Revell's version, unless their designer has been following this forum!
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I have built the 1/16 Revell Samba and I also have their panel van. The engine detail in this kit is disappointing. Also the kits are based on 1963(ish) model so not much of BD there. In my opinion the absolute best kit to use if you want a nicely detailed early engine and transmission is the Tamiya 1/16 Kubelwagen. I built the Kubel recently and took lots of silicon molds of the engine/transmission. I'm planning to do a 1949 BD prototype in the near future so the molds will come in handy.
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bally
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Joined: April 29, 2006
Posts: 1194
Location: Melbourne, Australia
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| Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2025 1:10 am Post subject: Re: Rear engine lid |
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| das20v wrote: |
This is a sample of the rear engine lid. I did this in Solidworks, and the output will be 1:16 scale. The sheet metal thickness is thick (0.320" in real life size), but will end up being about .020" thick in 1:16 scale due to model building materials and strength required. I appreciate any help I can get, this forum is a wealth of info for this project already, so I'll try not to bother everyone with questions too often.
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What a great thread! I don't know how I missed it first time round. I stumbled on it whilst looking for dimensions of a barndoor engine lid (fur building a full sized one in steel). These appear to have been supplied for this thread, but I cannot locate them anywhere - can anyone help me out with a copy please? Did this model ever get finished?
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