Tamiya 1/35 LRDG 30 CWT Chevrolet patrol truck

Modeling Subjects Armor
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I think that is a combination of camera angle and teh shape of the muzzle- the real K gun had a sort of muzzle brake to counteract muzzle climb. Essiantially the top half was gone forcing gases to push the muzzle back down during firing.

I actually had hollowed out the gun muzzle a bit with a small drill bit in my pin vise.

Well here is the final update for this build here. I eventually came up with a proper team leader/officer figure for this build using a figure from Miniart’s British Armored Car Crew figure set.

Anyways, last night, I took this build to IPMS for the monthly contest- Third place in Master Division.

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Nice Stik! And congrats on the award! The LRDG sure had some interesting history, much like the SAS of that same theater of Ops. This is the second LRDG build I have seen in the last few months…I am starting to get the itch to build one. A problem for someone with so much to do and so little time to do it. [:D]

Brian

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Yes, the LRDG was one very impressiv unit indeed. One tough bunch of SOBs. I hear you about wanting to build this or that with those constraints. I am in the same boat myself, and all these new GBs popping up that I would really love to partake in do NOT help… Thank you for the kind words Brian.