The russian 203 mm howitzer model B4.The idea: built an 203 mm howitzer for the Petite Infanterie line-up
I knew the weapon but I hadn't any intend to actually built one until I found ..tracks! As you can notice, this gun is on caterpillars which is not common. It's seems that only russian gun were mounted on a track chassis. The reason? The russian state factories had invested a lot in tractor production in the 1920s so to use tracks for a gun was an obvious choice.
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The "beast" on the field somewhere in Europe
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Russian 203 mm heavy howitzer in a museum in Russia |
The built: a scale model of the russian 203 mm howitzer
The tracks on the gun come from a kit bought at a dollar store. The backhoe kit was at the right scale and a used the tracks to built the gun. Eventhough, I hadn't any scale drawing, the rest of the work was pretty easy to do. I think the overal result is quite good.
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