One point - The bent trail is the later type, the straight one is for the 18/25 pounder (it is the Mk.3 18 pounder trail). The cranked trail was originally developed by Vickers for a howitzer, it allowed the turntable to be attached to the trail, folded up underneath for transit. The flat trail did not carry the turntable, it was carried either on the top of the 18 pounder limber or on the rear of the Quad, in both cases it replaced the spare wheel. The 18 pounder limber was rather different with a flat top.
@@FogofWar Not sure about the wheel spacing, it was reduced in later versions of the 25 pounder carriage but I don't have the data on the 18 pounder carriage. The cranked carriage was developed for the Vickers 4.1 inch howitzer of 1930 (that gun was not taken up, there is a picture in Ian V Hogg's The Guns of World War Two).
So you were right :-) They arrived in time for Christmas :-) Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and a very Happy New Year! All the best and many more great videos!
Absolutely cannot believe I have not come across this channel before! I think mostly it's because I often have a FOW video pop up on my home page that's from a channel, only to find the rest of the vids are 95% stuff I'm not interested in, so I just don't check any more LOL. FOW and TY are my two top games and your channel has LOADS of content. Previously I've only followed AMGAS and Modelling for Advantage. Subbed now and will enjoy working through the back catalogue. Did you ever do the build video for these? It will probably be clear enough when I open the box up but I hope to be able to build the 17pdr and 25pdr. I do have the BF Armoured Fist box too though which contains 4 25 pdrs. Given the cost per battery I doubt I'd ever need two so I might just build the BF guns as 25 and the PSC ones as 17 pdr.
Welcome aboard. Glad you found the channel. I don't have a build video. If I remember correctly, you can build the 18/25-pounder, 17/25-pounder and early and late 25-pounders from the kit. There's enough bits I managed a battery of 18/25-pounders for the desert, and 17/25-pounders for anti-tank work.
Those do look excellent! Definitely need to get myself some. It might be possible to cast some additional wheels with silicone and resin. Could be worth a try.
+Herbert Erpaderp there was a tiny bit of flash and some mould lines on the guns but overall these are great. They were a bit delicate, with the trails being a bit thinner than I was expecting. I suspect the Battlefront versions due next year will be chunkier. Good idea in the wheels.
Hi Julian. Welcome! Don't apologise for being new. We are happy to have you aboard! As for your question: The kit comes with an instruction sheet. It has colour coded instructions about what parts make up what guns/versions. These are pretty clear, so follow these and you will not go far wrong. However if you are referring to my explanations of the various guns and their development, that's my own research. This isn't covered in the instructions. Wikipedia is a good starting point, but in anticipation of this box set I bought this Osprey book about the 25-pounder. ospreypublishing.com/the-25-pounder-field-gun-1939-72-pb I also read George Blackburn's excellent biography "The Guns of War". This is hard to get these days, but a great read. www.goodreads.com/book/show/1814631.The_Guns_of_War
