Rob Pulham
Western Thunderer
Flushed with the success of the FK96, I spent another £12 on the British main WWI Field Gun the 18 Pounder QF. It arrived just before Christmas, another Emhar kit this one only had 13 parts (not including the 3 crew).
A couple of hours had it put together, including clean up of the parts.
I wasn't able to do as much in the way of upgrading this one as it had had wheels provided. So I had to make do with, drilling out the barrel, fitting a piece of 10ba stud to replace the stub of plastic that was the elevation screw and binding the recoil mechanism as shown in many photos.
The other thing that I did was carve out and define the recoil slide. Emhar had it moulded as a solid flat across the top of the barrel, when in reality it is two strips.
I am still undecided as to whether to tackle the moulded on rope or indeed replace the whole gun shield as I have a feeling it's too big height wise. I now have a good photo which I need to scale and then check against the shield before doing anything else.
A couple of hours had it put together, including clean up of the parts.
I wasn't able to do as much in the way of upgrading this one as it had had wheels provided. So I had to make do with, drilling out the barrel, fitting a piece of 10ba stud to replace the stub of plastic that was the elevation screw and binding the recoil mechanism as shown in many photos.
The other thing that I did was carve out and define the recoil slide. Emhar had it moulded as a solid flat across the top of the barrel, when in reality it is two strips.
I am still undecided as to whether to tackle the moulded on rope or indeed replace the whole gun shield as I have a feeling it's too big height wise. I now have a good photo which I need to scale and then check against the shield before doing anything else.