Well, here’s the howitzer…now, this gun I like…it’s friggin’ cool how ‘stumpy’ this thing was. I believe it’s a 6" howitzer, but, can’t verify, but, that’s the best I can come up with.
Those look sweet Rob.
I don’t know anything about French artilery, but the short large caliber gun looks like a mortar and would be capable of firing air burst rounds.
I will probably be totally embarrassed by the actual answer though.
Tony: Very cool!
Rob: Nice work, they look great! The figure looks pretty darn good to me!
Yeah, Steve, she is certainly stumpy enough to be a mortar, eh? But, alas, she’s a Gribeuval ‘obusier’ 6 pouce which in english is a 6" howitzer…found a great article here:
Got the officer done. He was my, pretty much, entire evening last night.
And, this trio waiting in the wings for tonite’s endeavour:
Your officer looks great Rob. I wish I could do so well with figures.
If the other figures come out as well as the officer Rob you’re doing fantastic!
This kit is done. the guns are good to go and the 5 x Artillerymen are ready. I, some day, may put these guys on a base, but, i’m in a state of moving right now, and, I don’t want to build a base until after I move. So, yeah, for all intents and purposes, the kit is finished. I couldn’t find fine enough chains for the guns, like I mentioned previously, but, perhaps I’ll find some someday. Anyway, here’s the set:
Moving on to another GB, so, thanks for lookin’ at this and thanks for this excellent GB. Cheers!!
Rob those figures look fantastic and such a great subject. This is going to look very cool, nice work.
Terry
Rob, fantastic work there, both the cannons and figures came out beautiful. And I had my doubts about the rubbery plastic! You knocked it out of the park!
Rob,
I got you posted on page 2. Nice job, especially since the plastic wasn’t the best. I’ll send you my figures from now on for you to take care of. The guns look great as well, beautiful weathering. The wood carriages look perfect. What did you use for the color? I’m scratching my head wondering what to uses for my 24 ponder’s carriage. I know some were painted but mostly they look like they were left natural.
Steve
Rob if I could, would you change my build to a Hasegawa Karl-Morser in 1/72. I have several 1/72 pieces for a layout and i’ve been waiting to get this one completed.
Terry
Steve, my carriages are painted. All the pics I saw and other modelers showed them painted, so, I got away with NO woodgraining. I preshaded the carriages with black in the nooks and crannies, then hit the whole thing with Olive green. I then did some spot post shading with a white added to Olive spray. I then drybrushed a darker olive in spots for highlights and then finished off with a two tone ‘mudding’ with red brown and dk brown. I oversprayed the whole thing again with Future, did a overall ‘oil’ wash, then finished off with enamel dull coat. VERY long process, but, necessary. I must say, too, that i did use a gun metal drybrush as well on all metal parts, especially the iron wheels.
Terry,
I got you updated. Good, I won’t be the only one building a 1/72 Karl. Gotta have something for the WR360 to tow around.
Rob,
That does sound like quite the process. I think I’ll try your method, but use a brown instead of olive. W’e’ll see how that turns out.
Yup…Steve, different shades of browns will look spectacular on that gun mount
Sorry Steve, i’ve been out of commission for a bit, thanks for the change.
i have one of those in my Choo-Choo stash. now i don’t have just stashes but topic specific stashes. Takom is coming out with a 1/35 german dual 128mm FLAK.
Tracks came in this afternoon and one side assembled.
Have a good one
Tony lee
Nice fit on those Tony, somethings are just worth the money.
I would’ve loved to have seen one of those in action, Its hard to believe so much fire power from that platform. Have to watch for a release, thanks. Terry