Scotties L1500 Kfz. 70

[scottie3158]

Just gobsmacked at the effects that you get - hat is well and truly off to you :thumb2:

Gerry,
More by luck than judgement.

[scottie3158]

Added a driver and glued the top on.

I have made a start on the gun. I have added some aiming rods to one trail arm and a shovel to the other. Am I correct in thinking the rods will be red and white bands?





cheers
Scottie

[Mini Me]

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.

[adt70hk]

Paul

Sorry I'm a bit late. In terms of superlatives, will 'top-notch' do?

Love the way that has turned out.

ATB.

Andrew

[scottie3158]

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.

Cheers Rick, I guess they could just be cleaning rods then.

[scottie3158]

Paul

Sorry I'm a bit late. In terms of superlatives, will 'top-notch' do?

Love the way that has turned out.

ATB.

Andrew

Andrew, that will more than do thank you mate.

[Allen Dewire]

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

[scottie3158]

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

Cheers Allen I think I will pass on the hand wheel. I will just paint them up as cleaning rods.

[Steve Jones]

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

[GerryW]

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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I would say that they wouldn't use a 'hard' metal - as that could well damage the rifling & 'crown', making it less accurate

[scottie3158]

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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No worries about hijacking I appreciate the input. I would say wood with brass ferrules.

I would say that they wouldn't use a 'hard' metal - as that could well damage the rifling & 'crown', making it less accurate

Agreed they wouldn't be hard metal and I imagine aluminium would have been to valuable for other purposes.

[scottie3158]

Hello all,

The gun is built, quite fiddly in places with small parts. The wheels and barrel are not glued so I can remove them for painting. Given the weather conditions I wrapped the breech and muzzle in cloth made from rizzla papers and white glue.













cheers
Scottie

[GerryW]

Lovely work there :thumb2:

[Steve Jones]

Beautiful!

[Mark1]

I would be extremely happy if I could do half as good a job :thumb2: :thumb2: