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Offline smirnoff

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28mm scale 3.7" mountain howitzer?
« on: 13 July 2014, 10:00:04 AM »
Anyone do them gents?
I know Brigade do a Sikh 2.75".

Also there is a Ghurkha thread I started in Interwar that someone may be able to comment on:
http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=68827.0

I'm looking for 28mm stuff that will work for 3rd Afghan War-1930 on the NWF and environs.
For Scots infantry I will use Empress and possibly the Minifig 'Forgotten Front', Brits Copplestone.
I have lots of Pashtuns/Waziris etc.

I'm not that bothered about total accuracy...as you know, more that the right feel is achieved
« Last Edit: 13 July 2014, 10:06:49 AM by smirnoff »

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Re: 28mm scale 3.7" mountain howitzer?
« Reply #1 on: 13 July 2014, 10:34:02 AM »
Battle Honors do this fellow in their WW1 East Africa range:



I'm not an expert on artillery, and they just label it as "Mountain Gun", but it looks a lot like the one you want to my eyes.
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Re: 28mm scale 3.7" mountain howitzer?
« Reply #2 on: 13 July 2014, 10:41:58 AM »
This has come up in a conversation in a PM before, but it's worth mentioning, I guess. As I said I'm no expert on guns, but I'm struggling to see why a modern breech-loader needs a guy with a sponge? Any clues? Is it a mistake on the sculptor's part?

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Re: 28mm scale 3.7" mountain howitzer?
« Reply #3 on: 13 July 2014, 10:43:41 AM »
Thanks for this Plynkes. Looks about right to me.
As for the sponge no idea....

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Re: 28mm scale 3.7" mountain howitzer?
« Reply #4 on: 13 July 2014, 10:45:16 AM »
As another aside, I think they would still have had the spoked wheels in 1919. That gun was still being used in WW2, when they had the wheels with pneumatic tyres (though not exactly sure when the change happened). Nice of them to give the option.

Offline WuZhuiQiu

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Re: 28mm scale 3.7" mountain howitzer?
« Reply #5 on: 13 July 2014, 10:49:19 PM »
Similarly, has anybody produced a British BL 10 pdr mountain gun for 28mm yet?

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Re: 28mm scale 3.7" mountain howitzer?
« Reply #6 on: 14 July 2014, 08:23:16 AM »
Battle Honors do this fellow in their WW1 East Africa range

Sadly the postage costs from OG and Warweb outweigh the price of the miniatures, post is a smidge over $23US whilst the pack is $17US (Warweb has a discount offer on for $13US).

If anyone is thinking about an OG order then I'm happy to split postage.

 

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