I decided that my West German forces for Little Cold Wars needed some up to date (for the late 1970s...) AT weapons. The interwebnet was duly scoured for decent photos of the Milan AT missile and I set to building a couple in roughly 1/32 scale. The 'gunner' in the photos is an Airfix figure with his MG-3 carefully carved away.
Most of the thing is made from plastic - tube and girder sections with a few bits from the spares box, while the troublesome tripod is copper wire. This came from an offcut of the rather chunky cable used to connect a new cooker a couple of years back. There was a length of 8 inches or so spare so I cut off the plastic outer and that gave me several lengths of useful looking wire.
The tripods were adjusted for height until they fitted the figure and then the ensemble was PVA'd to an MDF base. More when they're painted.
They really do look the part. Well done.
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to see 'em in action.
That's really clever Tim.
ReplyDeleteCheers,
Pete.
They really look ace! Smashing!
ReplyDeleteGreat Work Tim. Something from nothing. That's good scratch building!
ReplyDeleteCheers
Col
Very nice indeed! :O)
ReplyDeleteI like the use of the Airfix Ammo lockers from the Morris and Bofors gun kit Tim.
ReplyDeleteOutstanding work.
Duc de Gobin
ReplyDeleteThanks - hopefully they'll be in action over the next few weeks.
Pete
ReplyDeleteCheap. That's what it is.
Stephen Beat
ReplyDeleteI confess to being rather pleased with them...
Col
ReplyDeleteAs I said above - cheap!
davidcrawford19
ReplyDeletethanks
Paul Foster
ReplyDeleteIt is really quite tragic that you spotted those parts. But have 50 bonus points.
These MILAN launchers are very well done even unpainted. Impressive!
ReplyDeleteArchduke Piccolo
ReplyDeleteI'm sure the painting will make them look a lot worse!