Along with the horse limbers, I saw that 3D Printing Valley did some Soviet artillery. They didn't list them as available in 1/100th, but I sent in a special request and they agreed to print them up in the smaller scale (some of their stuff is too fine to print in smaller scales)
It wasn't a huge order. A pair of 122mm howitzers and a 76mm Regimental Gun.
The Regimental gun is very nice indeed. A single piece print too. I've been vaguely after one of these for years.
As it is resin, it is very crisp. I realised I had run out of kneeling Soviet gunners though. The guy on the left is a kneeling US mortar crewman, ands the guy sitting on the trail is modified from a spare PSC SU76 crewman. I had to file his tankers hat into an approximation of a helmet.
The 122mm howitzers had separate barrels, but they were easy enough to fit after a bit of trimming. Otherwise they were also single piece prints with the shield, trails and wheels all printed as one piece.
Again, I was short of gunners so the guy on the left is a standing US mortarman with his hands in his ears, and the guy on the right is an SU76 commander in a greatcoat with his tankers hat filed down. Ideally I'd have three gunners, but I didn't, so I added a spare ammo box instead from the ever useful bits PSC supply with their kits.
Lovely crisp resin pieces, I'd recommend these to anyone. I really like the detail on the wheels. It makes my Syborg 76mm guns look like lumps of plasticene.
This was a timely reminder to order some more Russian gunners as well, so I will have some in stock in future.
Do you have any of the BPM artillery in 15mm? I note that is all done in resin now.
ReplyDeleteYes, I have some BPM artillery. The smaller pieces they only do in resin but my bigger stuff (lik the Italian 100mm howitzers) are APL although you can choose resin instead.
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