I have been working intermittently on a project that involves kit bashing a pair of 1/35th scale Tamiya kits. One of these is the
FlaK 38 2cm in the single mount and the other is the
3.7cm PaK. Both kits have their good points as well as bad but for my purposes they are quite adequate.
The idea was to create a towed or vehicle mounted 20mm infantry support weapon that was similar in function and purpose to the
Wiesel Airborne Weapons Carrier or the
Kraka (also known as the Lkw 0,75 t gl Typ 640 Kraftkarren) both of which were armed with the
Mk 20 (Rheinmetall Rh202) 20mm cannon.
My goal or objective is to bash the two Tamiya kits and come up with a towed 20mm cannon that will use the mount and carriage of the 3.7cm PaK 36 and the 2cm FlaK 38. My prototype attempts have so far succeeded in modifying the PaK 36 mount to remove the 37mm cannon parts and modifying a 20mm cannon to fit this mount. The carriage has been constructed without the wheels as they are not necessary at this point and the mount with cannon has been test fitted to determine if there are any movement issues with traverse and elevation.
The PaK 36 splinter shield has been modified by cutting it down in height and removing the rivet details. The Tamiya PaK kit also includes a vehicle mount for the PaK 36 to mount it on the SdKfz 251 series which I find appealing as this could be used to mount my creation on an M113 or HMMWV when I get a little further along in the project.
Using the FlaK 38 2cm cannon with the magazine feed system was deemed practical as this would keep the rates of fire down and prevent overheating the weapon. Anyway, that is my story and I am sticking to it :^)