Modelling World War 1

[zak]

Yes, my alter ego strikes again.
Zak or Haddock? I prefer mine with chips, chaps.

[zak]

managed to splosh some paint on yesterday.
Posting as me now, or should that be posing?

[Bigkev]

Ploshing, posting, or posing............................

As long as its you, who cares?
Bigkev 

[zak]

Here is the latest on my 15 in siege howitzer.
Paint applied and a little dry brushing, more weathering required I think.

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[Kiteman]

Wowza Zak, that is looking good. Another masterpiece from the master.

[zak]

Thank you kind sir.

[zak]

Not being one to let the grass grow beneath my feet, some research revealed that some large guns were rail mounted.
So here goes, this hopefully will become a Mk1 12 inch Rail Mounted Howitzer.
Hopefully I will not have bitten off more than I can chew.
This reference was very useful https://archive.org/stream/cu31924092701766#page/n161/mode/2up.
I did have some bits and pieces from railway modelling days that may prove useful - the wheels in particular.

Here are the bogies under construction, the springs were cut off another model.
The track has balsa sleepers and plastic rails.

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[Bigkev]

Hi Zak,
No, your clearly on the right lines.
Look forward to seeing it progress.
Bigkev

[zak]

Not the right track then?
I'll just keep punning along.

[Kiteman]

There`s no room for sleepers here!
What scale is this Zak?

[zak]

There`s no room for sleepers here!
What scale is this Zak?

1/35 - my usual scale, it is quite large, 42cm or 16 inches or thereabouts.

[zak]

Detail added to the bogies and then I have been working on the body.

I am finding it difficult to see details on top of the body, will try to find out but I may have to take a best guess.
The Mk 1 was fitted with the shorter howitzer fitted with a recuperator above, it was basically a strengthened 9.2 in as far as I can tell.

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[Wizzel]

Goodness, what terrific work.  You're really opening my eyes to some of the industrial ways of destruction we had back then!

[zak]

Goodness, what terrific work.  You're really opening my eyes to some of the industrial ways of destruction we had back then!

You can't beat a bit of industrial destruction, it comes in every larger delivery types.

[zak]

I'm having a riveting time at the moment.


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