Landships II

There are a number of clips on the Web from period film clips of crews servicing 60 pdr guns. I'd note that the only member of the crew usually wearing any headgear is the gun captain. No one carries weapons - not much point.

Regards,

Charlie

There's also A004 Mk XIX Canon with British Crew

Hopefully, with a bit of deciphering, they mean the following;

# A001 - World War I Mk II Howitzer with British Crew = 8 inch Howitzer Mk II http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BL_8_inch_Howitzer_Mk_I_%E2%80%93_V
# A002 - World War I Mk VII Howitzer with American Crew = 8 inch Howitzer Mk VII http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BL_8_inch_Howitzer_Mk_VI_%E2%80%93_VIII
# A003 - World War I Mk VII Cannon with British Crew = 6 inch Gun Mk VII ( as above )
# A004 - World War I Mk XIX Canon with British Crew = 6 inch Gun Mk XIX http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BL_6_inch_Gun_Mk_XIX

Thanks for the update.

"Excellent" is a daring comment when talking about Strelets sculpting, however I like the top row (except for the enormous rifle - pointless for long range artillery crew anyway). The field telephone operator and the guy in shirtsleeves look awful to me, and I hope they will correct the duo carrying the heavy shell so that they can be assembled as intented. I also suppose tying the puttees up to above the knee wasn't that common at all.

Anyway good to see more WW1 guns and crew coming.

For Strelets aficionados, here are some images of their French infantry wearing gasmasks:
http://bunkermeister.blogspot.com/2011/03/wwi-french-ii.html

A little harsh, Pat, if you don't mind my saying so. A lot of Strelets figures have a marionette air about them but I suppose we have to take the rough with the smooth. The belt buckle on some of these is curious - it seems to be circular, but I understood it was square - and the straps at the back crossed over, whereas these chaps seem to have some sort of O-ring in the middle of their backs. One or two puttees do seem to be a little high on the leg. The rifles, though, are wrong, probably even for Horse Artillery.

On the subject of the 6-inch gun, I was assuming it was this, from Ian Hogg's book, which he describes as a 60-pounder on a Mk III Carriage. Is he wrong?

I believe the 60-pdr that did see service in WW1 was the one with prominent recuperators above the barrel:

http://svsm.org/gallery/127mm_60pdr_mkI_model1916


Maybe the one in Mr H's last posting is the Mark II, which is the WW2 version, I think, with the recuperator under the barrel.


However, none of Strelets' newly proposed guns appear to be 60pdr.

Ta, Rob. I've not read that section of Hogg for quite a while, but I do remember thinking it wasn't very clear. I put it down to my dwindling faculties. However, it is rather hard to follow. H shows two completely different guns that he describes as 60 pounders, one with the recuperators on top of the barrel and one with the recoil below. They both have the slightly flared muzzle, which the 6-inch doesn't.

Artillery not my strong suit.

They now have posted more crew masters and and 8" MkVII howitzer:

http://www.strelets-r.com/SetsArms/Set002/Master.html

If you go on the pages for the 6 inch cannon and the 8 inch howitzer mk 2 you can see the masters for each gun kit - and very nice they look too!

All set for an Autumn 2012 release

Some of the instruction sheets are online now too - interestingly the outer of the wheels with the traction-engine style grips/grooves (?) is separate and appears to wrap around, perhaps it's rubber?

Anyway, hopefully we'll find out soon enough as a post on the Strelets forum regarding Autumn 2012 releases sets;

"Dear Martin,

new sets are in London, will start distribution shortly.
Please be advised accordingly.

Best regards,

Strelets"