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Sunday, 3 October 2021

SCRATCH BUILD: USMC 37mm Anti-Tank Gun/ JAPANESE Type 41 75mm Mountain Gun / Type 1 47mm Anti-Tank gun/ Type 98 20mm AA gun

Its a long weekend here in OZ, the same long weekend the CoC MOAB event should have been  on  but cancelled and still living with restrictions. I tried to make the most of it and  scratch built a USMC 37mm Anti-tank gun, Japanese 75mm Mountain Gun, 47mm Anti-tank gun and a 20mm AA gun. My initial plan was to build the Mountain gun but once I was in the swing of things I kept going and built  the rest. 

Plastic sprues, figure bases, styrene sheets, paper clips and viewing a large number of images on the web together with a bit of "guess-a-rama" were utilized in the construction of the scratch builds.  

I have also started putting together both Japanese and US Marines plastic figures to man the guns.

JAPANESE TYPE 98 20mm AA GUN 

Start of the AA gun
The AA gun with wheels attached
I later decided to do away with the wheels.

JAPANESE TYPE 41 75mm MOUNTAIN GUN


US MARINE CORP 37mm ANTI-TANK GUN

JAPANESE TYPE 1 47mm ANTI-TANK GUN 

Cheers John 

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18 comments:

  1. Daniel Wade4 October 2021 at 01:24

    I do a bit of scratch building but dont have the extensive patience and skill you have. Well done.

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  2. Mark4 October 2021 at 01:28

    Brilliant scratch-builds, John. I really admire your attention to detail & the fiddly bits you're able fashion so well. Four great guns there! I'm looking forward to seeing tge crews for these...

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    1. JOHNBOND4 October 2021 at 23:06

      Thank you Mark, yes started putting together the crew
      cheers John

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  3. Lasgunpacker4 October 2021 at 10:27

    Excellent work, particularly the two anti-tank guns with the various bitz in the back. That they are made from largely sprue and sheet plastic is amazing.

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  4. Steve J.4 October 2021 at 12:54

    Simply wonderful scratch building John. Looking forward to the finished results.

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  5. (Kym) + Warburton + (Classic40K) 5 October 2021 at 17:02

    Extremely impressive scratchbuilds..as always I'm blown away by your results.

    Kym

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  6. The Wargames Table6 October 2021 at 04:04

    Crikey mate! That’s impressive and neat work 😎
    Cheers
    Matt

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  7. parttimegamer16 October 2021 at 12:14

    These are amazing John! Thanks for sharing the WIP shots.

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    1. JOHNBOND16 October 2021 at 17:17

      Thank you parttimegamer for your comments
      cheers John

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  8. Veroo30 October 2021 at 08:23

    Truly masterful stuff, but be sure to keep in mind that the Japanese painted their equipment brown rather than green.

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    1. JOHNBOND2 November 2021 at 23:03

      Thanks Veroo for your comments, yes I think I will be leaning towards a brown greenish colour for the Japanese guns.
      cheers John

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  9. Pat Smith Silver Whistle Blog.11 November 2021 at 00:02

    You have certainly made use of your lockdown time John. Wonderful scratch building as always.

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