It took a few days longer than intended, but it still is my first completed build of 2024. A very nice little kit, and a subject that made me want to learn about it. IBG’s Model 1897 75mm Field Gun, Modified 1938.
and for a sense of the size of this gun
Thanks for looking… comments & critiques are welcome.
Look great Stik. Artillery pieces just beg for a dio/base - figure looks good too.
Gun and figure looks great.
Nice job Stik. The figure alongside the gun gives it some perspective in size.
Thanks guys!
John, yes, towed arty needs either figures and a base or a prime mover. But then I’d have to put up the hinged portions of the gun shield to pair it in transport mode…
Lurch, the French soldier is one that I built many years ago and like to pair with my occasional 1940 French WWII subject builds for size reference.
Tiger, like the “giant penny” photo on 1/350 ship builds, a figure makes a great addition in photos of the build [;)] some subjects like artillery pieces really need that.
That looks great SP! Nice model of a very important artillery piece!
Thanks again Gamera! Yes this is certainly a significant piece of developmental progress for artillery. The father of modern guns in many respects.
Sharp build of a neglected subject.
Thanks Capn! Where the future begn for Redlegs. [;)]
Yeah, would be cool if somebody would put out some of the early US arty.
Like the M-1902 3" gun
In the 20s many of those got pneumatic tires.
And there would be good tie-ins, as the French 1895 155mm gun was converted to SPG use later on.
That doesn’t look too different from the original form of the M1897 gun.
Wasn’t really (from memory). Ammo, hitch, & caisson differed a bit (again, from memory).
Steel types versus iron were in there, too, among the differences.
But, a good kit maker could be able to gin up something.
Blast it, now I can’t remember if it’s a four-horse or six-horse team.
Lindberg / LifeLike did a kit many years ago that they labeled as a “French 75” that turned out to be an M1902. Not a great kit, covered in ejector pins.
I vaguely remember such a kit…
Dang it, now I want one.
See, they used to use those at my alma mater, and, around three decades ago, they found one that had been lost down in a wooded slough. It was restored, and is now part of our beloved Corps Of Cadets.
It’s marched in parades, and fired off during football games
(Yeah, they wear yellow cords, For Reasons)
There’s actually a second cannon, a 1902, but they have not found a limber for it, so that they could march an entire Section instead of a Half Section.
Ok, poking around, apparently there’s a re-issue under the Palmer name of that 1/24 kit, about US$15 on eBay
Per Scalemates, the Palmer boxing predates the LifeLike ones
https://www.scalemates.com/kits/palmer-plastics-33-100-75mm-world-war-i-artillery-piece--236840
Oh if it’s for your Alma Mater… [;)]
I love any subject related to mine…
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