QF 25pdr and FAT cab 13

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Vlad Seabrook-Smith
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QF 25pdr and FAT cab 13

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Bronco really tick boxes for me, super fine details with a large breakdown of parts and the 25pdr doesn't disappoint.

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Sadly my camera settings went up the proverbial and the sprue shots were unusable :? In light of this I will redirect you here for a nice review and associated pictures of the kit contents.

http://web.ipmsusa3.org/content/qf-25-p ... er-trailer

The 25pdr entered service with the British and commonwealth forces in 1940 and stayed in service with forces around the world into the 1990's so the choice of finish and setting is vast. For my build it will be a Canadian gun set in Italy, these guns were invaluable in the slow crawl up the length of the Italy, dislodging very well dug in German troops high in the hills and mountain top fortresses.

Right on with the build. Stage one has you assemble the breach block. which if your careful will open and close :D

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Stage two has you making a choice, there are three barrels to choose from, two are the late with a muzzle break, these were introduced in 1942 to increase stability when firing the newly introduced AP shell. For my build I need the early barrel minus the muzzle break.

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More later :)
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Should be lots of lovely detail in that one Vlad. Good choice. :)

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Don't we all love arty pieces with more parts than a full sized tank? :lol:

Nice choice Vlad :D

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Looks nice Vlad -- will watch with interest!
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Got to love the Bronco kits. Lots and lots of parts, but they to build into nice models.

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Thanks for the support lads

Progress

next up are some small sub assemblies

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And they are really small!!

Then your offered another choice, I went with the riveted recoil slide? and applied the two small sub assemblies

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Then things get very interesting.......... this is the range and sighting assembly, the tiny shiny bits are P.E

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Which after about an hour and a half we have this

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Which becomes this! with some more small subs...

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and some more :lol:

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Which then suddenly becomes this..

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We are now at stage 11 on the instructions, the carriage, or both sides of the aforementioned

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And that is where I'm upto, not far until the gun is complete 8-)
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That sighting mechanism... you seem to have accidentally taken a picture of some dust! Blimey, lots of very small parts there!
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Should be a nice comparison with my Dragon version if I build it!
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Ian Shumsky wrote:That sighting mechanism... you seem to have accidentally taken a picture of some dust! Blimey, lots of very small parts there!
Your not wrong Ian, took some patience that's for sure! :shock:
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Mark Aldrich wrote:Should be a nice comparison with my Dragon version if I build it!

OOoooo you must!
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