Tuesday 16 February 2016

More mortar mangling

Needing another 120mm mortar for a Motor Rifle Battalion, I set about this 82mm(?) from a cheap Chinese-made set.  Having removed the bipod I 'sharpened' the end of the barrel and added a length of plastic tube.
 A new bipod was made by bending a bit of brass tube which was then drilled into the mdf base.
Behold the ensemble - and indeed the tools which were used in it's creation!  I know the barrel is way too long for a 120mm, but as they say in the Forbodian Peoples' Army "if you're going to have a mortar, have a big 'un!"  That probably sounds better in the original Forbodian.

6 comments:

tradgardmastare said...

Excellent looking mortar so far Tim,really look forward to seeing the completed work.
Alan

Archduke Piccolo said...

The 'make it a big 'un' gag in the original Forbodian:
"Yesli vam nuzhen 120mm minomet, sdelat' yego bol'shim!"
I find those trianglar paper clips make good bipods for mortars...

Hugh Walter said...

Ours were only two-inches so Ivor Bigun had a small'un! Lovely little conversion! Gonna' give him a No.2? Somebody has to carry the other end of that thing!

H

Tim Gow said...

Tradgardmastare
Thanks Alan. It's coming along nicely.

Tim Gow said...

Archduke Piccolo
That's easy for you to say! Paper clips may be ok for smaller mortars but I felt the mighty 120 needed something more substantial.

Tim Gow said...

Hugh Walter
Fear not - he'll have two other comrades to help him carry stuff. And a BTR....