scottie3158
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Gerry,Just gobsmacked at the effects that you get - hat is well and truly off to you
More by luck than judgement.
Gerry,Just gobsmacked at the effects that you get - hat is well and truly off to you
Cheers Rick, I guess they could just be cleaning rods then.That is correct Scottie! If you are building an artillery piece.......I think the FK 39 is an anti tank gun captured from the Russians...... don't know if they used them or not. Rick H.
Andrew, that will more than do thank you mate.Paul
Sorry I'm a bit late. In terms of superlatives, will 'top-notch' do?
Love the way that has turned out.
ATB.
Andrew
Cheers Allen I think I will pass on the hand wheel. I will just paint them up as cleaning rods.Hi Paul,
The 7,62 gun you have in the kit was originally a 1939 Russian 7,62 (297) field artillery piece. Loads of them were captured by the Germans and used as artillery pieces. Others were converted into Pak anti tank weapons, hence the F.K. 39 designation. These were re-bored to accept German 7,62 AT ammunition. In modifying them to the AT role, the right handwheel was moved to the left side. Now both handwheels could be operated by one person sighting the gun. A muzzlebrake was also added to these models (F.K. 39's) like in the kit....
Aiming poles were not used on AT weapons. You could paint them wood color and leave them on the trailing arm. Aiming poles were used for artillery pieces both towed and tracked (Hummel, Wespe etc.). These were painted red and white for that purpose...HTHs and have fun moving the right handwheel (if you want to) Bro.............
Prost
Allen
I would say that they wouldn't use a 'hard' metal - as that could well damage the rifling & 'crown', making it less accurateDefinately cleaning rods.
Not to want to hijack Paul's thread but briefly what is everyones opinion of what they were made of. Metal tubes with alluminium ends or wooden with brass ends? Hopefully the answer will be both
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No worries about hijacking I appreciate the input. I would say wood with brass ferrules.Definately cleaning rods.
Not to want to hijack Paul's thread but briefly what is everyones opinion of what they were made of. Metal tubes with alluminium ends or wooden with brass ends? Hopefully the answer will be both
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Agreed they wouldn't be hard metal and I imagine aluminium would have been to valuable for other purposes.I would say that they wouldn't use a 'hard' metal - as that could well damage the rifling & 'crown', making it less accurate
Thanks Gerry.Lovely work there
Thank you SteveBeautiful!
Cheers Mark.I would be extremely happy if I could do half as good a job
Cheers CSi.Lovely clean building and additions Scottie
Steven, Thank you.Nice details Scottie! Well done
Steven
Thank you mate it looks a bit better than the kit one.love what you've done with that spade!
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