Hans von Hammer wrote: |
Just a minor detail... The breech block and operating handle of the 105 should be silver. They weren't painted. |
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Roy - To be even closer, the block should be a steel color such as Alclad steel and the slide block would be polished such as Alclad polished aluminum. The block handle would be black or bakelight brown.
Most of the photos people look at show repainted display units and they usually paint the block. Any working howitzer, the block is not painted and on weapons with a sliding breech, that part would be polished.
One safety reason for not painting the block on this howitzer is the witness marks for the placement of the gunners quadrent (to check elevation) are on the top of the block.
As for the rest of the build, its clean but very well done. Ammo tubes are correct color but the end caps are usaully sheet metal and are satin in finish compared to the flat black tube.
Rails are showing shiny wear (use same color for sliding block) but would have a tinge of light brown for a light coat of GG1 grease on them. I can't tell though it looks like you did.
Elevating and traversing hand wheels should show some ware from being turned.
The ammo fibers were marked with white lettering, showing shell type, lot ect. If thats an interest, I can give you the exact markings.
Just forward of the breech is the firing mechanism. A small section of OD green thread with a small black ball at the end makes a nice lanyard.
Hopefully this helps.
Generally a nice build. I spent toooooo much time on 105mm howitzers. I could go on....well you understand.
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