On Saturday, 25 February 2012 our good friend Tim Gow shared a
Soviet 152mm Howitzer he knocked together out of an old Matchbox gun:
http://megablitzandmore.blogspot.com/2012/02/soviet-152mm-howitzer.html
I recalled having the frame for the very same Matchbox Gun but
I'd removed the tube to put on something else. Well I decided to
bodge up something, using a German gun tube, American wheels
and base plate (a steal washer) and an Italian crew (old Atlantic
figures) thus making my version of the international gun,. I
painted these up for a small African imaginary nation that
I'll do as the mood strikes me.
The post-war Daring-class destroyers
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7 comments:
Despite its origins the resulting gun does not look like a 'lash up'; it actually looks like it would work!
Well done for producing something so realistic from such humble and diverse origins.
All the best,
Bob
Glad i've inspired you - good work!
Thanks Bob, nice to know my efforts are appreciated!
Thanks Tim I'll take inspiration anywhere I can find it ...)
This is very awesome!
Thanks Brian, the rest of the Army is coming along.
Nice work old man!
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