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 Looks like your going to be a busy boy , nice choice of kits and Il look forward to seeing it all come together  Current builds:-C57,Zero, Lamborghini Countach, Caldercraft HMS Agamemnon,Robi,R2-D2, MFH Cobra .
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So here we are with the next "Whats in the Box" for the dio. The Leopold railway gun. This is a massive box with 1140 parts!  Again it comes with a lenght of track, and all the parts in the same light grey plastic. Nice molding and very crisp with no flash or sink marks.  Usual booklet of instructions, very well printed and easy to follow. I have gone with the Archer transfers as the kit ones are not accurate and also misspelled!! Ally turned shells are also alot better then the kit items.  And finally a superb turned metal barrel!!   There is a full crew to go with all this. I have also ordered the PE set for the Leo, which is detailed walk ways and various other parts, plus I have found a full 4 man crew for the BR-52, result!! Next up will be the gondola and the flak gun.
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Hi, looking forward to seeing this one as I was intending the same thing a few years ago with either the Leopold or Karl morser and did start to build all 3 until we moved house and they got moth-balled. i would be interested to know were to get the Br-52 crew from as it was one item I hadn't sourced.
Graeme
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pemberg wrote:Hi, looking forward to seeing this one as I was intending the same thing a few years ago with either the Leopold or Karl morser and did start to build all 3 until we moved house and they got moth-balled. i would be interested to know were to get the Br-52 crew from as it was one item I hadn't sourced.
Graeme Hi Graeme and thanks for looking in. I found the figures on ebay, made by CMK. Nice detail, but a tenner each! Oh well, needs must!! 
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Thanks for that, i'll take a look.
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So here is the last of the "Whats in the box" for the dio. The Gondola and Flak 38.     Photo etch included in this kit.   Replacement barrels for the Flak 38. Crew is the only thing missing and that has been ordered! So the only thing left to do now is stick some plastic together!
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Come on then Daran, get going .... there's a VERY long way to go tha' knows!!
Kev
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They have arrived!! Very detailed crew for the BR-52 loco, in resin!! Lets hope I can do them justice!! Well no excuses now, I had better make a start!! 
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Hi Nem, There`s a lot of plastic to be getting on with there. I`ve just cleaned my local shop out of plastic glue before you cause a national shortage. Good luck with this build/builds. Regards delboy271155 (Derek) COME BACK GUY FAWKES "YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOU"
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delboy271155 wrote:Hi Nem, There`s a lot of plastic to be getting on with there. I`ve just cleaned my local shop out of plastic glue before you cause a national shortage. Good luck with this build/builds. Regards delboy271155 (Derek) Thanks for looking in Derek, your ok on the glue front, I bought a tanker load and a storage tank in the garden!!
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Those figures look very good quality Daran and for 1:35 scale they are very well detailed.
Don't forget the 1:35 scale bacon and eggs to go on the hot coal shovel!!  
Kev
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CMK do really good qulity resin so really looking forward tonseeing what you do with this. Putting me in the mood for geting my Famo tank transporter out😯😇 “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
-Mark Twain
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Hi Nem . I had the Leopold a couple of years back, and it is a fantastic kit. Do you plan on having the barrel elevating or not ? if so you may have to do a little tweaking on the barrel. I say had as the shelf it was on decided to meet company with the wall   , But I will be getting another in the future . I very much am looking forward to your build. At The moment I am building this https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/TU00209
I have the Edward etch set and the friul metal tracks which look superb. I hope you don't mind me showing the pics. Best regards. Mark mark 2 attached the following image(s):
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Hi Mark and thanks for your comments and looking in. I would have turned the air blue if it had fallen!! I have a turned metal barrel so its a mod that you need ballast to counter balance the weight of it, should be fun!! No worries about your pics, I have the same Morser kit, again a dio subject with a loco and Opel truck, I also have the Morser on the battle field with a munitionschelpper, friuls and metal barrels and pe are a must!!! Will get round to building them one day! So many models to build, so many to buy, no time to do it in , bigger house to put them in!!
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Hi Nem . The reason I ask if you are using the elevation is in kit form the rear part of gun catches on the sides on the bottom and on can only elevate a little amount. To over come this the rear metal bar that holds the gun assembly and elevation piston can be ground down by around 4mm, If my memory serves me well, To get the full elevation on the gun. Will send you a pm. Best regards. Mark
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Thanks Mark, that would be most helpful!!
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Well I had some time this evening, so I made a start on the BR-52. IT gonna be huge!! The chassis on it own is 36cm long, thats without cab and boiler or the tender!! So here is the result of 2 hours work. 
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