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Miniatures Adventure => The Second World War => Topic started by: AKULA on May 30, 2009, 06:31:42 PM
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I don't know, its like busses - none at all, and then 2 come along at once.
:D
TMcNulty asked to see some piccies of the Bofors i'm working on, so rather than hijack his thread, i thought i'd start a new one.
I wanted an anti-aircraft gun, for A Very British Civil War and the 40mm Bofors was being exported around then.
(http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh72/AKULADEEP/A%20Very%20British%20Civil%20War/800px-Bofors_40mm_AAgun_manege_suom.jpg)
Unfortunately the only model i could find was c£40, so i thought i'd have a go at making one.
Its is supposed to give the impression of a 40mm Bofors, but realistically is never going to be an exact copy.
I went for the Swedish version, without the shield, which was added by the Brits later on.
(http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh72/AKULADEEP/A%20Very%20British%20Civil%20War/P1030290-1.jpg)
(http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh72/AKULADEEP/A%20Very%20British%20Civil%20War/P1030289-1.jpg)
(http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh72/AKULADEEP/A%20Very%20British%20Civil%20War/P1030293-1.jpg)
(http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh72/AKULADEEP/A%20Very%20British%20Civil%20War/P1030292-1.jpg)
The seats are overly large, as are the hand cranks (went for the handpowered version, rather than the later electric one), but like i say its an imperfect world. Will probably hide some of the carriage later with clutter, and camo netting.... might leave the fingerprints on the seats, to give a bit of texture.... ;)
I plan to have the gun mount as possibly detachable, so i can also stick it on the back of a truck.
Update:
Crouchie was taking the mickey at Partizan, so i thought i'd better get on with this project, as i'd started it.
Built the carriage for the Bofors today - as you can see, its still very much a WIP, as the wheels are rough to say the least (the milliput hasn't dried yet, so i can't begin to carve/sand them into shape yet).
(http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh72/AKULADEEP/A%20Very%20British%20Civil%20War/P1030676-1.jpg)
(http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh72/AKULADEEP/A%20Very%20British%20Civil%20War/P1030680-1.jpg)
(http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh72/AKULADEEP/A%20Very%20British%20Civil%20War/P1030679-2-1.jpg)
(http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh72/AKULADEEP/A%20Very%20British%20Civil%20War/P1030677-1.jpg)
Its slowly taking shape - will never look exactly like the real thing, but almost good enough for me. I'm not planning on putting a shield on the front, as I mentioned, its meant to be an early model - 1937, for use in my British Civil War force.
Comments, constructive criticism, and abuse welcome.
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Looks great, Gives me plenty of inspiration. What gauge wire did you use?
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Looks great, Gives me plenty of inspiration. What gauge wire did you use?
Thanks.
Re:Wire, strictly what i had in my bits box - in this case a pack of Wargames Foundry wire spears from an unfinished project - probably just over 1mm thick.
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Done....ish.
Added some trunnions, and tried to smooth out the tyres a little - they still aren't great, but will do until I can bribe someone to sort some out for me. Failing that, i'll just hide the whole thing under some camo netting :lol:
(http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh72/AKULADEEP/A%20Very%20British%20Civil%20War/P1030681-1.jpg)
Crew-wise, i'm looking at a mix of Gripping Beast/BEF and possibly some converted musketeer.
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Very nice.