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Subject:

[Chapter] Chapter 12 - Howitzer Completion

Date:

Jan 29, 2005

From:

Alex Hill

Chapter 12 - Howitzer Completion

With just a couple more additions from the last chapter, the gun is completed. I’ve made a replacement travel lock, the kit item seemed to put the barrel at a slightly strange angle, a problem which I suspect stems from changing the wheel mounting points earlier on. I’ve also made a small addition to the sights. In most of the references I have, the 7.2’’s seem to have something similar to the dial sight from a 25pdr sticking out above the sighting gear that is included in the kit. I opted to scratch build something based on a No. 9 25pdr dial sight and add it to the existing equipment, but I can’t be 100% sure of the mounting arrangements- my reference photo’s just aren’t clear enough. The remaining detailing work includes adding Aber check chains to all the pins, straps and a muzzle cover fashioned from paper. One area that I wish I could have done a bit more work is the end of the trail. I suspect from the empty mounting areas on the kit and from my references, that there should be a lot more detail here, but I just don’t have the clear information necessary to attempt any scratch building.

Painting and weathering was done in much the same way for the gun as the tractor, but the scratching effect of hob nail boots on paint work was applied much more liberally to the trail area and the barrel was blackened a little to suggest a good powdering with spent propellant.