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Well done the gun shield now. Just need to touch up the paint and should be ready for the next step.

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The middle part of the gun shield don't actually know what it's called but it moves up and down with the gun barrel.

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and the last few pieces

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Posted

Nice work.   As an artillery man, I can tell you that those legs are called "trails".

This is an M198 155mm towed Howitzer.  Four strong men could lift the trails from or to the pintle at the back of a 5-ton truck.

lighter

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22 hours ago, GazzaS said:

Nice work.   As an artillery man, I can tell you that those legs are called "trails".

This is an M198 155mm towed Howitzer.  Four strong men could lift the trails from or to the pintle at the back of a 5-ton truck.

lighter

Oow intresting thanks for the information

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Well I have started on the suspension now. The brake drums are free to turn on the axle and the wheels slot into the hole on them when I install the. And will turn with the drums.IMG_20210102_115358973.thumb.jpg.b53d039d865e965ba2b940cd37ae671b.jpgIMG_20210102_121040066.thumb.jpg.5d6639e2509843af3976589301e98893.jpgIMG_20210102_124448407.thumb.jpg.692ee98ab3607d82e53e500f183b1394.jpgIMG_20210102_232411773.thumb.jpg.95840cd45699454dfe93f9b356b997e9.jpg

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Just added some more of the details and a pair of small handles that I believe were used to spread out the trails when the gun was put into a firing positionIMG_20210115_183122438.thumb.jpg.5a568bbe829ba943e08df9140eb039e8.jpgIMG_20210115_183345843.thumb.jpg.85ccfed22621cfb2a957a1271ef7b5a8.jpgIMG_20210115_183342687.thumb.jpg.f6a9c616bfd08c6b135d7b16a80fb411.jpg

im not sure what these parts are but they kinda look like cleaning rods. 

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this side. The left trail only has one were as the right one has 2IMG_20210115_185722878.thumb.jpg.e3f8e24dc24c660313e8857462f1ccbf.jpgIMG_20210115_190103133.thumb.jpg.58b7eb9e5a9c78a695aea558f6e6a83b.jpg

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Well took a little longer than I thought it would but it looks better now and the shells and ammunition box look nice and clean.

The Gun

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And the Ammunition Box casings and shells.

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Well the colours I used were. From Vallejo. But you could probably find equivalent paints.

The colours I used.

70.995 - German Grey.

71.072 - GunMetal.

70.826 - German Cam. Med. Brown.

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