The first of the things that arrived earlier this week - an Italian 100/17 Modello 14 medium howitzer and four crew!
Italian 100/17 Modello 14 medium howitzer (and crew!)
Somehow I thought I was buying a light howitzer - like the French 75 or the British 25 Pounder - it wasn't until I was assembling it that I realized it was a MEDIUM Howitzer... but that would have been the Cannone da 75/27!
Not that it makes that big of a difference to me. ANY howitzer on the tabletop firing over open sites seems a little silly to me... but this is what was available from Meeplemart at the time I was ordering, so here we are...
This is mostly going to be used for direct fire, as the minimum range for indirect fire is 36"!?
It's a really nice kit. Went together quickly, not too many details, but looks the business! Some of the other guns I picked up have just far too many bits and bobs... ugh... and some don't even have assembly instructions!? I still haven't even finished assembling some of them!?
The problem here is... to field this in Bolt Action, I need an officer now - to be the Artillery Battery commander?!
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Looks the business, indeed! Great job on gun and crew.
ReplyDeleteThanks Jonathan!
DeleteLovely job Tim, cracking little model and great addition to your collection, you are really racking them up at the moment, a veritable painting machine sir!!
ReplyDeleteThanks Donnie!
DeleteYeah, I kind of feeling back in "The Zone"... maybe not the "2012-2013 Zone" where I was painting over 1000 miniatures a year... but... better than the last few years and trying to keep the purchases down so I stay comfortably "in the black" and reducing the pile of shame... or... PILE OF OPPORTUNITY if we're trying to be more positive!?
Great work!
ReplyDeletethanks Michal!
DeleteAn excellent piece of kit, Tim.
ReplyDeleteThanks Ray!
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