After an enthusiastic rallying of support for a second SP guns GB, I am delighted to present the second incarnation of
Have Gun, Will Travel.
The rules are the same as before – all self-propelled tube artillery, including rocket artillery, is applicable, any era, any user, any scale, any kit, AM or OOB at your pleasure. Want to build something a tad off-base? Just ask! Proposed period is one year, we’ll call the end date February 28th 2013.
We all know what the theme is so there’s no need to go listing types, let’s just cut sprue and get building!
Roll Call- Thunderbolt379 (host): Trumpeter 1:35 AS-90 (Bosnia)
Castelnuovo: Italeri 1:35 Semovent da 75/18 M40; Dragon, 1:35 Panzerjager I 4.7cm Pak(1); and Dragon 1:35 Panzer III 15cm sturm-infanteriegeshutz 33. DONE
If you read the lead story above you noticed I have permission to carry over my build of the Sturer Emil from part 1 of the Have Gun GB to part 2 so I thought it would be a good idea to post some progress shots for those that were not enlisted in part 1.
It’s the Trumpeter kit with Friulmodel tracks,ArmorScale barrel and ammo along with I think the Aber PE set.
The PE set is under that pile of plastic,took me two days to figure that out.[:D]
This is as far as I got when progress stopped,WHY???
There you have it for now. I’ve got other builds to finish painting but i’ll work on the Emil while paint dries so keep an eye out for updates.
I was wondering if this kit would be suitable for this Group Build ;
It’s the 1/76 Fujimi M7B1 105mm Gun
I would like to build it as a Israeli version of the M7 Priest and after spending quite a few hours on the internet looking for reference pic’s I found these ;
As you can see the rear engine deck is different to the Fujimi kit , so I was going to cut the upper engine deck from a 1/76 Airfix M4 Sherman and replace the Fujimi one
I will aslo replace the lower hull end section with one from the Airfix Sherman as well
Fujimi’s pulpit is the deeper style and the IDF M7 has the shallow type pulpit
This shouldn’t be too difficult to correct on the Fujimi kit .
Anyway is my choice of kit acceptable for this GB ?
I like the added stowage gear , I just picked up 3 sets of the Black Dog resin 1/72 IDF Equipment sets , so I really appreciate you posting the pic as it will give me some idea as to what to place on my build .
I saw the Squadron Signal M7 Priest Walk Around book on the net , I wonder if it’s worth while buying ?
I just started reading a new book I got yesterday on the Israeli Sherman and there are several photo’s and a little text on the IDF M7 Priest .
The book mentions the differnce between the straight M7 version and the M7B1 . I was thinking of a second M7 build using the upper M7 hull section from Italeri’s fast assembly kit and combine it with the lower hull of italeri’s M4/M4A1 Sherman kit , which has a really nice Continental radial engine included in the kit . Italeri also provide seperate top deck engine cover pieces , so I could do the same modification as on the Fujimi kit . Mmmm somehting to think about … [:^)]
Pvt Mutt the brass master! [:D[ Fantastic M7 sir! I am looking forward to seeing the Sturer Emil finished although, as Mike stated, it seems almost a shame to paint it.
bondoman, that is a great kit although a bit out of my abilities. I am sure you will do it justice. [Y]
