Modelling World War 1

[zak]

Well it has arrived, I will post some pictures when the visitor departs!

[Bigkev]

What will it be??
Will it be British, will it involve rails, will it be military?

Time will tell.
Bigkev

[zak]

Well, it will be British and military and it has tracks. It is really two kits in one.
Here are the contents of the kit box from Panzershop.
There is a lot of resin and a little fret of etched brass.
Any guesses?
Intelligent preferably.

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[Kiteman]

at a guess I would suggest a MK1 Tank pulling a gun limber.

[zak]

No not a Mk1 tank but you are close.

[Bigkev]

Is it a Tadpole Mk.IV with gun limber?

Bigkev

[zak]

No, it is not exactly a tank, although it is tracked.

[Bigkev]

Is it a Parcelforce van with a gun limber, ho, ho!

Bigkev

[zak]

Yes, no of course not, I did warn you about silly answers though - retribution may be due.

[zak]

Try page 13 or look at this, I have just realised I did not post pictures of this as it was supposed to go in the newsletter, this may help.
This will be the gun carrier version. I have already scratch built the crane and supply types but was curious as to the quality of the Panzershop Mk 1 Gun carrier with 6 inch howitzer.
Initial thoughts are it looks good but time will tell as I build it.

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[Kiteman]

aaaaahhhh! I wait in anticipation.

[Bigkev]

Like Kiteman I wait in anticipation...................

I also wait for retribution for my silly suggestion...................................Yoikes!!!
Bigkev

[zak]

This is the Panzershop Mk1 gun Carrier with howitzer.
This is described as a kit for experienced modellers.
I can see why, I am not sure I am experienced?
I am starting with the cradle for the gun and the parts have to be removed from the resin sprues, this involved a saw.
Other parts are very thin and are not the correct length and so fillets of plastic were added and will be shaped when the glue dries.
I should have scratch built it really but I did want to see how a commercial item compared.
Here are some initial photos.
In comparison to the Resicast kit the casting take much more effort to remove them from the sprues.

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[Wizzel]

It's a real shame that commercial kits like this are so crap sometimes - especially at the price they demand for resin!  It'll be interesting to see the ratio of parts you have to modify to parts you don't at the end of it all.  There's the difference between modelling and assembling again and I guess that will be Panzershop's defence!!!  Keep plugging away.

[zak]

It's a real shame that commercial kits like this are so crap sometimes - especially at the price they demand for resin!  It'll be interesting to see the ratio of parts you have to modify to parts you don't at the end of it all.  There's the difference between modelling and assembling again and I guess that will be Panzershop's defence!!!  Keep plugging away.

You are probably right and that's how I should be looking at it, but with a decent plan scratch building may have been easier.
You can see that the smaller parts have to have a film removed from around then and all the other parts are well attached to the runner and have to be sawn off. Of course I am wearing a mask.

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