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Post by pt109 on Sept 22, 2013 13:58:51 GMT -5
Another update.... Inner gun shield complete, wheels and lower chassis: Next up...trailing arms. photos: The gun shield is actually a lot thinner than it appears in the photo. A little blurry...gun shield. I added a plastic strip to the gun slide to hide the seam, I sanded the outer seam. This photo shows the hand brakes added to the wheels, gun shield details. Sorry I had to squeeze the photo space as my cat was enjoying the show with me..... Cheers, Paul
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Post by deafpanzer on Sept 22, 2013 15:13:57 GMT -5
Gun looking great so far... more please? At least its bigger than the bazooka... LOL
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2013 15:31:48 GMT -5
Looks like a great kit!
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Post by wbill76 on Sept 22, 2013 20:22:08 GMT -5
Very nice progress Paul, keep it up!
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Post by bullardino on Sept 23, 2013 15:32:40 GMT -5
Very clean build
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Post by Leon on Sept 23, 2013 16:15:50 GMT -5
Making great progress Paul.Looking really good.
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Post by pt109 on Sept 28, 2013 0:39:00 GMT -5
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Post by bullardino on Sept 28, 2013 2:19:08 GMT -5
Really nice What's wrong with the crew?
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Post by Leon on Sept 28, 2013 6:48:46 GMT -5
Looking really good Paul.A lot of nice detail on this.
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Post by vlpbruce on Sept 28, 2013 9:52:45 GMT -5
Very nice work.
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Post by Deano on Sept 28, 2013 10:26:47 GMT -5
Nice clean build there , look forward to the painting .
Deano
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Post by wbill76 on Sept 28, 2013 19:49:46 GMT -5
Nice progress and glad to hear the transplant surgery on the crew's fingers was a success!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2013 20:29:56 GMT -5
Agreed , nice clean build ,
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Post by pt109 on Sept 29, 2013 9:09:46 GMT -5
Really nice What's wrong with the crew? Actually nothing Luigi... I was just pointing out about the figure I had to remove detail from....just extra work. You can tell the figures are from another set, they just didn't include the weapons sprue. Paul
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Post by pt109 on Sept 29, 2013 9:11:32 GMT -5
Thanks for the comments guys.... Definitely one of the nicer gun kits I've built. Paul
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Post by redleg12 on Sept 29, 2013 20:31:15 GMT -5
Pt 109 - Sorry I am late to the fire mission. Looking good so far. The weapon is looking good thus far. what I will say is the figures for this kit are not quite right. At and around the weapon you would see 4 members of the 7 man crew. The section chief (with his hand in the air) would be to the rear between the trails. The Asst Gunner would be on the right side and operate the quadrent sight and elevate or depress the weapon. The gunner on the left side operating the panoramic telescope (tall sight that sticks up) and would traverse the weapon. The number 1 man would be between the trails, on the gunners side to load ammunition.
Overall the figures are wrong as artillery soldiers would not ever ware their web gear with canteen, pouches etc around the weapon. They should have uniform shirt and pants and a helmet. You cannot control what Dragon is giving you.
Keep on working....looking good
Rounds Complete!!
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Post by pt109 on Oct 1, 2013 9:00:54 GMT -5
Pt 109 - Sorry I am late to the fire mission. Looking good so far. The weapon is looking good thus far. what I will say is the figures for this kit are not quite right. At and around the weapon you would see 4 members of the 7 man crew. The section chief (with his hand in the air) would be to the rear between the trails. The Asst Gunner would be on the right side and operate the quadrent sight and elevate or depress the weapon. The gunner on the left side operating the panoramic telescope (tall sight that sticks up) and would traverse the weapon. The number 1 man would be between the trails, on the gunners side to load ammunition. Overall the figures are wrong as artillery soldiers would not ever ware their web gear with canteen, pouches etc around the weapon. They should have uniform shirt and pants and a helmet. You cannot control what Dragon is giving you. Keep on working....looking good Rounds Complete!! I agree redleg but I thought maybe they set up a hasty position and were pressed to fire as soon as possible? Thanks for the tips and observations....much appreciated! Paul
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Post by pt109 on Oct 1, 2013 9:07:22 GMT -5
A little under the weather lately so hopefully I can get an update before the week-end....
The tires are just placed on the axles not glued, I usually paint these by hand (old school).
I still have to clean up the heads and helmets...
Thanks for following!
Paul
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Post by pt109 on Oct 30, 2013 9:32:33 GMT -5
Hi Guys, I hope I haven't lost any interest since it's been a long break but......small update! Primer is on gun and figgies except the flesh portion of the figures....I will post images of the figures later tonight hopefully. Photos: The gun is actually a lighter green color....primer coat and first camo color. next will be olive green coat. All comments welcome ! Cheers, Paul
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Post by Teabone on Oct 30, 2013 12:45:59 GMT -5
Paul
Very nice work and the paint really starts to set it off.
Bones
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Post by danb on Oct 30, 2013 13:00:07 GMT -5
Nice work Paul the kit looks like a corker the figs aint too shabby either Dan B
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Post by sturmbird on Oct 30, 2013 13:44:05 GMT -5
Is this kit new? Never seen it before gary
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Post by sturmbird on Oct 30, 2013 14:03:39 GMT -5
correct!
on a 105, there are a max of three crew members between the trails and often just two. The rest of the crew will be back out of the way. Also like you said they are not dressed right. In the PTO, they'd been in tee shirts or even no shirt! A lot of loaders wore one black leather glove on their right hand to help keep the skin on their knuckles. There should be one crew member back in the rear of the gun (or just outside the trails and behind the gunner) cutting charges. 105's in the PTO shot a lot of light charges as the ranges were almost always short. That seven mile range was usually unusable on a three mile wide island! Expect to shoot a lot of HE and WP over there.
Looking at the art work on the box, I thought that was a recipe for a disaster! The gun must set level! and have the trails dug in with the tires on the ground. Otherwise you loose the three point suspension, and have no idea where the next round will fall. If you do a diorama, the gun will use the same aiming stakes that the 155 howitzer used (with the lights, I'm not sure). There is no rammer staff used (or swab), but there will be the sections for the bore cleaning rod. Not sure if they used radios or field telephones, but would guess the latter. gary
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2013 14:38:22 GMT -5
looks a great kit and you've certainly got the best from it
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Post by deafpanzer on Oct 30, 2013 14:52:03 GMT -5
I have to agree with guys here... the gun looks pretty good... great details too. I think I should buy the kit one day. Thanks!
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Post by bullardino on Oct 30, 2013 15:32:55 GMT -5
Nice to see some progress on this one
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Post by wbill76 on Oct 30, 2013 16:44:03 GMT -5
Looking good with some paint on Paul, moving along nicely!
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Post by Leon on Oct 30, 2013 21:17:10 GMT -5
Making really great progress Paul.Keep it up buddy.
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Post by pt109 on Oct 31, 2013 8:36:00 GMT -5
correct! on a 105, there are a max of three crew members between the trails and often just two. The rest of the crew will be back out of the way. Also like you said they are not dressed right. In the PTO, they'd been in tee shirts or even no shirt! A lot of loaders wore one black leather glove on their right hand to help keep the skin on their knuckles. There should be one crew member back in the rear of the gun (or just outside the trails and behind the gunner) cutting charges. 105's in the PTO shot a lot of light charges as the ranges were almost always short. That seven mile range was usually unusable on a three mile wide island! Expect to shoot a lot of HE and WP over there. Looking at the art work on the box, I thought that was a recipe for a disaster! The gun must set level! and have the trails dug in with the tires on the ground. Otherwise you loose the three point suspension, and have no idea where the next round will fall. If you do a diorama, the gun will use the same aiming stakes that the 155 howitzer used (with the lights, I'm not sure). There is no rammer staff used (or swab), but there will be the sections for the bore cleaning rod. Not sure if they used radios or field telephones, but would guess the latter. gary Hi Gary, Thanks for the comment but I'm just going for the included crew which I suppose in the end isn't correct? Maybe a hastily prepared position? Thanks to everyone else that responded! As I look at the box art...Dragon recommends a tan/olive green/drab camo, anyone have any reference pics for a Marine Corps camo scheme? Paul Cheers, Paul
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Post by sturmbird on Nov 1, 2013 12:44:45 GMT -5
correct! on a 105, there are a max of three crew members between the trails and often just two. The rest of the crew will be back out of the way. Also like you said they are not dressed right. In the PTO, they'd been in tee shirts or even no shirt! A lot of loaders wore one black leather glove on their right hand to help keep the skin on their knuckles. There should be one crew member back in the rear of the gun (or just outside the trails and behind the gunner) cutting charges. 105's in the PTO shot a lot of light charges as the ranges were almost always short. That seven mile range was usually unusable on a three mile wide island! Expect to shoot a lot of HE and WP over there. Looking at the art work on the box, I thought that was a recipe for a disaster! The gun must set level! and have the trails dug in with the tires on the ground. Otherwise you loose the three point suspension, and have no idea where the next round will fall. If you do a diorama, the gun will use the same aiming stakes that the 155 howitzer used (with the lights, I'm not sure). There is no rammer staff used (or swab), but there will be the sections for the bore cleaning rod. Not sure if they used radios or field telephones, but would guess the latter. gary Hi Gary, Thanks for the comment but I'm just going for the included crew which I suppose in the end isn't correct? Maybe a hastily prepared position? Thanks to everyone else that responded! As I look at the box art...Dragon recommends a tan/olive green/drab camo, anyone have any reference pics for a Marine Corps camo scheme? Paul Cheers, Paul I never spent a lot of time on 105's, but actually trained on one nearly identical to what your building. Think it was a left over from Korea! It was a common sight to see the AG on a 105 straddling the trail, and of course inside the trails. Been kind of awkward standing all the way outside. The reason why the loader usually wore the glove was because of the sliding block in the breech. It scraped your knuckles everytime. The loader never holds the round once he starts the loading process. He pushes it in with a fist. Good way to loose your fingers! One nice thing about WWII & Korea is that they only shot in one direction! I'd imagine the Marines would have their aiming stakes posted in the rear of the gun, instead of out front. The enemy was out there! Plus a lot of their fire was direct fire. Probably 90% of the rounds they had on hand would have been HE, and the rest would be WP. Yet there might be a handful of smoke for registering. Keep in mind that more than likely most all their shooting was well under 4000 yards, and maybe as close as 300 yards. There'll be a lot of loose powder charges laying in a pile. I would imagine that they shot 250 rounds a day, so there's going to be a huge pile of brass somewhere close by. Let alone a huge trash pile. If you have photos, look closely to see if the fuses are black or a bronze color. The black ones are time fuses, and they would make a lot of sense in that area. Some howitzers have to top of the breech block left in machined bare metal. This was so they could lay a level/protractor on top. I do know they used the level a lot in WWII and Korea as it was quicker. gary
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