Theuns: Very cool! Only nit-pick I'd have is a figure for scale might be a nice addition.

Steve: Looks good! I'd guess the carriage would be multiple pieces of wood stacked but I have no idea if this would be so.

Sorry guys I'm dragging again but I broke my detail airbrush and am waiting for a replacement to start the colour modulation and pre-shading on the B-4...  

Here's what I got accomplished on the 24 ponder.

The barrel trucks are supposed to be wood, but the kit did not have any wood grain, so I made some myself with an Xacto blade. I think it turned out pretty well.
Does anybody know if the trucks were a solid piece of if they were made from several stacked pieces? Pictures I've seen have the trucks painted with so many coats that I can't tell. I would assume they are several pieces bolted together. I am going to scribe separation lines unless I hear otherwise.

Here are the trucks and barrel dry-fitted. It is much bigger that I thought.

The barrel obviously needed some filling work. I think it's going to look pretty cool when I'm done.

Desperate times /desperate measures I guess....

Theuns

Nice work Theuns!    Great scratchbuilding, I wouldn't want to be anywhere near that thing when it was shot off, in front or behind.

Calling this 1/35 M-388 done.

A reshaped 1/72 1000lb'er and some sprue....amazing the devestation such a simple looking thing could do.

This warhead was 0,1 kilo tone and very dirty!

Here anything under 10 dgree C makes me very misrable....

I am more use to African Summers LOL

Theuns

That's coming right along Theuns. Hope it doesn't get too cold for you down there this winter.

That's some fine detail work there Theuns.

Here is the basic tripod completed of my 1/35 M-388

Ok you did say gold-plated! I was reading off the box -'metalized' barrel- lol! I think I'd just spray the thing black too.

Yeah Gam, that's it, Kelly's Heroes. That would make a cool dio.

I did't mean metalized, I'm not sure that's even a word. I was sleepy when I typed that and my mind just wasn't in it. It is plated with gold plastic I think. I should just be able to spray black over it.

Like I said, it's a pretty simple kit I got off eBay for a song. It's a unique change, but you guys kinda know me by now, I like out of the box thinking (no pun intended).

Steve

Terry: Very cool! Though I'm reminded of Kelly's Heroes where Oddball's Shermans roll out of the train tunnel and start shooting up the railyard!

Steve: That's pretty awesome, not something you see everyday. Not sure what it means 'metalized' barrel- is it metal or metal coated or something like that???

Terry,

Your mountain is going to look good, I'm anxious to see it. You are going to need to build a table for it.

Well, I need to build something else for my own GB, so I'm going to build a 24 pounder naval gun. It looks like an easy build, although it has a gold plated barrel and other parts. I'm going to paint them with Krylon flat black.

Sorry missed my sample.

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Ok where was I....I have a base coat of a dirty green/gray/brown mix working on my sample color (above). I had to really thin out the base color to get into those crevices, now I'll add some highlights of white and grey then a black wash in the deep cavities and along cracks, then I'll add a touch of rust brown tone for highlights. After looking at it, I still need have some clean up to do and additional carvings but I'm getting there. 

Thats funny, I'll have some pics in a bit.

That's alright Terry. I usually takes several years to cut into a mountain.

Terry: Well, if you've got the a mountain cut out seems like you're making pretty good progress to me.

Gam, Steve I've been away for a bit but I promise to post some pics today. I've made some progress but I keep getting setback. Slow and sure I guess. I have one mountain cut out and the other built ready for carving and the Morser about 80%. Terry

Thanks Steve, it's definitely been different from most of the stuff I've built!

That's looking good Gam, The Russians sure had some interesting artillery.

I started on her about two or so weeks ago, sorry I guess I should have gotten more in-progress photos but didn't think she looked like enough to take any... Anyway here is assembled, I already sprayed some areas I was worried I wouldn't be able to reach once she was totally assembled. I sprayed the primer coat on her this evening and hopefully will able to look for flaws tonight or tomorrow.

I picked up the figure set as well, I sprayed the interior of their greatcoats and now they're ready for a good coat of kalki.

I don't believe it'll be epic, just want to do something with depth and elevation on a cool subject. Thanks for the nice comments, as I go along I'm going to post a lot more and some closeups with the techniques, having you guys around gives me a lot of support and its much appreciated.

I'm working on the frog, I was wondering if I could carve one out of a Germans officers hat?

Terry

Yes epic is the word for it! Looks great so far Terry, and I hope you feel better.

Terry,

That is going to be epic! I can't wait to see your masterpiece.

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I haven't been able to get a lot done due some nagging medical issues but these are some photos about a week old. I'm working on the Dio and the Morser at the same time but i'm making some progress.

Gotta get some photos up for you guys since I am making decent progress on the Soviet supergun now. Nice kit, it's easy to build it up in a series of sub-assemblies (aka the gun itself, the cradle, the tracks), I just hope they all fit together when done!  

Cool Nuke Theuns...

Wayne...nice array of ammo for sure!!

That's some mighty big ammo Wayne. Can't wait to see how you present them.

Theuns: Now that's going to be something cool and different!

Wayne: Yow, those shells look about the size of the ones I've seen on the battleships USS North Carolina and Alabama!