Good morning all,
Today I shall start posting the pictures of the main radar station, which formed part of the range finder station as well.
Basically the station is made from five parts, namely:
1) The armoured observation post, on which the range finder is located.
2) the main forward 10mtr range finder.
3) The fore top open observation post, fitted in 1942.
4) The FUMO 27 Radar.
5) The FuMB 4 SAMOS Radar.
The whole assembly is made up of over 900 pieces, and is logged with over a hundred pictures, in order to share the construction proceedures with you all.
I shall start off with the FuMB 4 SAMOS Radar.
The main radar frame made from polystyrene rods.
0.3mm diameter copper wire to form the di-poles.
A sample di-pole made from 7 pieces.
The other pieces awaiting assembly.
Two di-pole assemblies ready.
The thire di-ple being assembled.
Placing the di-poles on to the main frame.
The other di-poles, ready for assembly. As you can see, each dipole is made up of 10 pieces and await another three pieces. So, in all each di-pole shall be made up from 13 pieces when ready.
The eight main di-poles are attached to the main frame.
Another view of the main di-poles.
The othr four smaller di-poles, which shall be installed horizontally.
The seven small poles, which shall also be installed horizontally.
The main frame with the seven small poles.
The main frame with all the required parts.
The final assembly.