Monday 10 June 2019

Type 96 15cm howitzer. sort of...

Or is it? Once again my perceived need for artillery for my 54mm Japanese has led to the adoption of desperate measures. This time what began life as an Italeri 1/72 kit of an Italian 149mm gun has fallen victim to my savage bodging. The crew are adapted from the Tamiya Japanese infantry set and the emplacement is the one donated by Brian at the Plastic Warrior show last month. I’m pretty sure the sandbags look better in beige than the original green-blue plastic...


4 comments:

Pete. said...

Looks good to me that Tim.

Cheers,

Pete.

Ross Mac rmacfa@gmail.com said...

I'm sold. But have you drilled out the barrel and inserted a firing mechanism yet?

Tim Gow said...

Pete
Thanks. I always thought you had higher standards!

Tim Gow said...

Ross Mac
Nurse! Mr Macfarlane’s medication please!