Landships II

d_fernetti · Hero

ACE models Cannon de 155 C modele 1917

DM · Corporal

ACE showed a test Assembly models and instructions

d_fernetti · Hero

Looks great! A must have for me.

Pat · Commander in Chief

A must have also for me. Looks very detaiiled. Happy times for 1/72 scale modellers!

Btw Steelworks do a detail set in resin for the Retrokit model but it should fit onto any in 1/72 with some work. They also offer a SCW crew.

RCD · Lieutenant-Colonel

Rather gutted. confuse I have been after this artillery piece for younks!

Only today I ordered the Minairons version and with bits from a Cromwell set I hoped to produce a reasonable offering. Looking at the pictures I will put this model on the pending pile and concentrate on the First to fight FT17(sic) and the Gaza male tank I also bought.

RCD · Lieutenant-Colonel

Noticed today on the Ace models site that the model is now at the production stage. Hopefully it will be out soon. Did you notice the US 155mm howitzer model of 1918 (wooden wheels) in the project page? Its a bit like a bus wait for ages and then two come along at the same time.

RCD · Lieutenant-Colonel

noticed its available at hannants now at £9.50.

ZigZag · Lieutenant

Here's a photo of recently made howitzer by me. Model is excellent. Below link to the site with more my photos.

http://karopka.ru/community/user/16134/?MODEL=387942

-- Edited by ZigZag on Thursday 20th of November 2014 08:01:13 AM

-- Edited by ZigZag on Thursday 20th of November 2014 08:04:10 AM

Pat · Commander in Chief

That is a very good looking model. My compliments. Did you do it out of the box or are there any parts added / converted? Regards, Pat

ZigZag · Lieutenant

Straight out of the box. I assemble it over weekend. Nothing added. Pant Tamiya with airbrush and masks.

Pat · Commander in Chief

Lovely! I would like to see you converting another one as the Russian version. Regards, Pat

ZigZag · Lieutenant

Thanks for the feedback. You may consider this one howitzer from Strelets as the Russian version:)

http://karopka.ru/community/user/16134/?MODEL=384040

d_fernetti · Hero

I finally got the ACE Models kit myself! I'm very glad, it looks great on the sprues. Any pitfalls during construction I should avoid? I see that the sprues provide two types of shield (bouclier) and according to the sketchy info on the "Canons de la Victoire" book chapter the flat option is adequate for a 1915 model. Any other differences with the 1917 modèle?
In fact the shield is what looks to me the less accurate part, being too thick due to the limitations of the molding process. I'm considering making my own with brass sheet.
Here's an interesting reference page:
http://rosalielebel75.franceserv.com/artillerielourde.html
it includes a side view drawing which are akin to those artillery manuals appearing in another thread of the 155mm GPF, from the Gallica website... does anyone recalls if there was a manual for this gun? Those PDFs were a great source of detail information...
Thanks in advance!

CharlieC · Legend

Yes - http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6552346f

This is documented on the Landships II page - http://landships.info/landships/reference.html?load=Reference/Manuals.html

Regards,

Charlie

-- Edited by CharlieC on Sunday 15th of March 2015 10:17:42 PM

d_fernetti · Hero

Thanks a lot, Charlie! (and to "Ironsides" who did the research!)