Here is a vignette I put together from the old Testor kit. The base came from the kit. I modified the 6pdr to the airborne version with mostly plastic card and tubing. The muzzle brake was off of a Tamiya Cromwell (the kit’s barrel was surplus was being replaced with a metal one. Resincast 75mm howitzer crew is actually used, but they seem to fit the part.
This was a practice piece in diorama building for me. The figures do not have insignia as the Polish airborne troops that were on the Arnhem side of the Rhine removed their insignia. The SS troops shot those with insignia out of hand. The 1st Airborne Brigade’s AT battery of 6pdr. ATG landed with the Red Devils at Arnhem, and not with the Polish troops at Driel. One of the rifles is a Mauser 98, as it was the standard rifle for the Polish Army I took the liberty to suggest that a Polish trooper preferred that rifle from the old days. I hope you enjoy it.
From what I understand they sell directly and not through hobby shops. You cut the pieces off of a sheet. what I did with the fence was take some dried plant roots and glued the foliage to it. this way I had a trunk entering the ground. You may see one around the base of the fence post.
I really like your little vignette, it’s really nice to see an old kit given new life lol.
I built the old Tamiya kit for the Vintage kit GB some time ago and its sitting in a tin waiting to be put into a little dio based on a picture I’ve seen.
Mark - thanks for the comment I appreciate it. Good luck on your project as well.
I was able to find the 6pdr at my LHS. Someone placed their collection up for sale, I think I paid $12 for it. The figures cost me the most, double that. Its a nice little kit. Resicast has the airborne gun available in resin, but this worked out just the same, just a little more effort on my part.
Again, I would like to see your work once it is done.
Thanks for the pix’s Stik. As I stated before information was hard to get especially for the articulated legs.
I have the Vanguard book on British Anti-Tank Artillery (see the Amazon link below). It has a good drawing of the para version. which I based most of my conversions on.
Resicast has the Para version available for 59.50 euro’s. Since I already had the old Testor’s kit ($12.00) I though I would make a stab of doing the conversion since Iit was not that much.
The muzzle brake was the hardest item as the barrel makers didn’t have a 6 lber with a muzzle brake. I just happen to have the Tamiya Cromwell not built and noticed the shape similarity and checked the width and it was near perfect in size even though it was on a 75mm barrel. I had already bought a replacement barrel for that kit so it was going into the spares box anyway. Just had to add the locking bolt with a little piece of plastic rod, and there it was.
Tamiya’s 6 Pounder,if you can find it, is a decent starting point for a late war gun with the muzzle brake. But like I said…this is all after the fact…
Stik - the muzzle brake on the Tamiya 6 pounder doesn’t look correct, unless its the photo, the front looks flat, but the para version is rounded from what I have seen. It could be tha angle of the photo.
