Monday, 24 December 2012

A barrage of good wishes!

Merry Christmas one and all!
Following on from my most recent 'history of Airfix' post I rounded up all of the Soviet guns which began life as unsuspecting 5.5s.  
The whole sorry collection is above.  That's seven 122mm guns which could spoil a few Germans' days.
These two are my originals.  Both have the characteristic double wheels and one has a shield.  The tractors are Majorette toy bulldozers.
On tow is my third effort, pulled by a lightly modified ROCO M5 tractor.  Along with the two above it is on the strength of 18 Artillery Penetration Division.
Chris Willey provided this similar creation.  I'm not sure how he made the imposing tractor.

These three were built by Chris Kemp and are towed by Majorette Ford A trucks. Together with Chris W's gun they serve in the Wellingrad Artillery Division.
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18 comments:

  1. Conrad Kinch24 December 2012 at 23:58

    Merry Christmas old chap.

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  2. Paul25 December 2012 at 07:13

    Its a Xmas cracker of a post Tim, great conversion and use of the tractors who are the real stars here.

    Merry Christmas.

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  3. David Crook25 December 2012 at 09:53

    Merry Xmas Tim - all the best for 2013!

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  4. Broeders25 December 2012 at 11:16

    Have a lovely Xmas Tim

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  5. Mosstrooper25 December 2012 at 12:30

    A Merry Christmas to you and yours

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  6. Paul´s Bods25 December 2012 at 13:37

    Merry X-mas and a Happy New Year to you and yours

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  7. Martin Rapier25 December 2012 at 19:32

    Merry Christmas Tim

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  8. Don M25 December 2012 at 21:14

    All my best for you and yours this season !

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  9. Tim Gow25 December 2012 at 23:00

    Conrad Kinch
    Thanks - best wishes to you.

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  10. Tim Gow25 December 2012 at 23:00

    Paul
    I just knew you'd enjoy this post! The tractors are certainly a mixed bunch.

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  11. Tim Gow25 December 2012 at 23:01

    David Crook
    Best wishes to you too. Still more to come in 2012...

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  12. Tim Gow25 December 2012 at 23:02

    Phil Broeders
    It's certainly going well so far. Best wishes.

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  13. Tim Gow25 December 2012 at 23:03

    Mosstrooper
    Best wishes to you too.

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  14. Tim Gow25 December 2012 at 23:03

    Paul's Bods
    Merry Christmas from my bods to yours!

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  15. Tim Gow25 December 2012 at 23:04

    Martin Rapier
    Thanks - I'm looking forward to our games day on Friday!

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  16. Tim Gow25 December 2012 at 23:04

    Don M
    A salvo of salutations back at you!

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  17. Chris Kemp26 December 2012 at 16:51

    Merry Christmas, Tim. Nice to see the the Wellinggrad Millitia on parade. Quantity has a quality all of its own :O)

    Regards, Chris

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  18. Tim Gow26 December 2012 at 18:51

    Chris Kemp
    The Wellingrad Militia Rifle Corps did well at the Kharkov game in June. These chaps belong to their sister formation, the Wellingrad Artillery Division.

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