20/01/2017

More British desert artillery

The first kits of my PSC kickstarter have been finished. From front to back, these are a replacement 25 pdr battery (two guns, quads & limbers) to replace my old Airfix battery; a pair of 17 pdr "Pheasants" and a battery of 18/25 pdrs for the early desert war.


Both the pheasants and 18/25 pdrs are made up from from the kit left-overs, The wheels were, I think, from an old RAF emergency set. I widened the axles on the pheasants to made them look better and this made them fit on the Airfix traversing circle.

The open roofs gave a little problems as the fit was not too good and the inside needed to be paired down as there were locating tabs on both them and the sides. Some spare seats were added inside so it didn't look like an empty box.

8 comments:

Stryker said...

Very smart indeed!

General Reeve said...

Nice work Will but keep the old Airfix ones for old times sake.

Service Ration Distribution (Hobby) said...

This really is the business Will. You are tempting me away from my old Airfix stuff. Nice job and thanks for posting

Phil said...

THey look superb, great job!

Andy Canham said...

They look great Will.

Cheers, Andy

Monty said...

Excellent work, Will!

João Pedro Peixoto said...

In true modelling/wargaming style!! Just great!

Chris Kemp said...

The proportions of the gun crews look better than the German ones, Will.

Regards, Chris.