1/35 Bronco Bishop SPG - forum choice

[Guest]

the story I've seen is that the ginormous gun box was likened to a Bishops' mitre, hence the name, but I'm not convinced!

Same. The story you always hear is, “The machine gun mount on the 105 mm Howitzer Motor Carriage M7 reminded the British of a pulpit, so they nicknamed the vehicle Priest and then similar names followed for others.” Sure, except … there were already other SP guns with ecclesiastical names before that one, like you say. Much more likely is that this theme was selected beforehand, and then names were chosen for the guns as they were accepted for service regardless of what the thing actually looked like. (There was, for example, the plan to name all infantry tanks after lizards, and of course all American tanks were named after American generals of the ACW.)

[Dave Ward]

Finally got to put some plastic together! Suspension - very unusual - 3 hands would have been a help!
You allegedly can get the suspension to move, but tiny pins & blind caps, glued together, to allow movement is not a starter for me. The suspension is a bit flimsy, and as soon as I get the roadwheels ready, I'm going to fix everything solid - you can't do that at the moment, because the roadwheels have two different diameters!
I'm just about ready to prime the wheels & the chassis, just one or two bits to add before cranking up the compressor
Dave

[Guest]

Dave,
Save me a seat for this.
Interior of fighting compartment was white, interior of the vehicle, aluminium/silver.
Mike

[Dave Ward]

Mike,
in this case, it's deciding where the interior finishes & where the fighting compartment starts, being a total rush job, I wonder if they didn't just paint it one colour - photo references for the internals of a Bishop are a little bit scarce
Dave

[outrunner]

Coming along nicely Dave.

Andy.

[Dave Ward]

Primed & basecoated......................

I'll detail paint the rubber bits & assemble the wheels to the chassis, before starting the tedious task of the tracks - 101 links per side..........
Dave

[Mini Me]

Good progress Dave, How's the PC working?
Rick H.

[Dave Ward]

Rick,
PC is working OK, thanks & actually is quieter, as I cleaned the fans & grilles!
Dave

[papa 695]

Nice start Dave

[Graeme C.]

Good progress Dave, I have a black & white photo of the fighting compartment (I can post it if that's ok) and the interior looks a pale, possibly white colour.

[Dave Ward]

Graeme,
yes, please, post your picture - as I have said, pictures of the Bishop's interior are scarce!
Dave

[Graeme C.]

Here it is Dave, It's the only one I have found. For reference/discussion only.

[Dave Ward]

Thanks for that Graeme - I've never seen that before - even though that box mounting looks big, the Valentine was a small tank, so it looks a little cosy in there
Dave

[Graeme C.]

With a couple crew & a big gun, it would be rather cramped & difficult to work in when firing.

[Guest]

I have seen that picture before. I’m trying to remember if there was an article about Bishop in Military Modelling at some point, which is likely where I would have seen it. I’ll see about finding it tomorrow, if I don’t forget