Assembly of WW2 German 88

[Jerboa]

Can this be put together without a lot of trimming or adding spacers? It's not obvious for me. There's insufficient space to fit the shield under the two spring equalizers.
Jerboa

[Orcs]

Hi.Jerboa
You need to do some filing of the shield if I remember rightly.

[Jerboa]

The internet is my friend. It's a known issue. A little bending and filing required.

http://secondsquadonme.blogspot.com/2010/11/pendraken-88-mm-flak-36.html

Jerboa

[Steve J]

I couldn't get the damned thing to fit so just left it off!

[FierceKitty]

Das ist aber schreckliche Schlamperei!

[Ithoriel]

A little gentle bending of the two prongs (whatever they are) under the barrel was enough to get the shield to fit in my case.

[petercooman]

A little gentle bending of the two prongs (whatever they are) under the barrel was enough to get the shield to fit in my case.

Same here, just bend untill they fit through

[Raider4]

Just leave it off (from Wikipedia):

[Ithoriel]

Flak guns seem to regularly be missing the shield, those used in an AT role tend to have them, presumably being in more need.

[Raider4]

Flak guns seem to regularly be missing the shield, those used in an AT role tend to have them, presumably being in more need.

Aye, could be (Wikipedia again):



Note the kill rings

[fred.]

I do think this model could do with some reworking - Leon?

I had problems getting it to fit - the recoil pieces seem to have become misaligned perhaps when the master mould was made?

[howayman]

i had the same problem a while ago.
Made one fit the other was left off.

[Leon]

It's on the list to get redone at some point.