• 4x 1:120 scale Long Toms. Barrels are 2.33" overall length, made from 2 pieces of aluminum tubing, with aquarium tubing breach and brass channel for lower barrel guide. Breach lock is paper and brass wire, hinge is stretched plastic sprue. Shocks are brass wire and aluminum tubing, shock mounts are paper, hand-cranks are plastic.
    Each gun’s trunnion mount is made from 2 brass side plates, a brass U-shaped connector, paper to smooth the connection, and steel rings filled with putty for gun axle housings. Each frame is 3 pieces of balsa wood with a paper wrap, cardboard front, paper and stretched plastic sprue for foot spades (still mounted), with paper bottom plates. Wheel carriage contains the only parts not hand made, 8 wheels and 2 axles, mounted in aluminum axle housings connected with a paer figure-8 wrap, paper leaf springs, brass ring for straddle bar, and misc. plastic bits.
    Wet-painted in dark olive drab, dampbrushed with olive green, then smudged with pea green and light brown, before a dry-brushing with khaki. A very light coat of dark olive drab was sprayed over the whole thing, just enough to lighten the overall color.


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