SPA Modeler

I am just going build the Howitzer and build the Skycrane at a later date. This should be an easy build because of the low part count. I will try to detail it with a metal barrel from aluminum tube and I thought I could use the steering wheels out of old Hot Wheels as adjustment handles.



The instructions.



The parts, lots of flash to clean.



Here are photos for inspiration.

Wow man, you're as bad as me with all the projects going.

Mike, you are right, I will try to keep them all going.

An old kit I haven’t seen since the late 70s thru the 80s. Typical molding for a kit that age.

Yes Blacksheep, I bought a large assortment of 1/72 aircraft from a pawn shop. It was quite a few years ago, I think it was 17 models for $100, not a bad deal.

That sounds like a good deal!

This is excellent! I built one of these a few decades ago now so this will be a trip down Memory Lane for me. I'm going to enjoy this. Also, congrats on such a great score! I wish my thrift store had something like that!

Very cool!

I have been working on the 105. I glued the two halves together and have been making adjustments and correcting some missing detail. I removed the kit barrel or at least the very end of it. Specs I found stated the barrel is 7'7" or 2.31 meters. At 1/72 scale that's 1.263 in. I cut 1/4 inch aluminum tube the correct length and drilled a hole in the slide where I removed the kit barrel. 105 mm scales out to be .057 inch but I enlarged the the hole to .040 and called it good.

Excellent!