AFV Club M59 155mm Cannon "Long Tom"

[Dwight A. Ta-ala]

This is the old AFV Club M59 155mm Cannon nicknamed "Long Tom". I believe I got this just last year from another modeler for a very low price.



I expected this to be a challenging build considering that some of the parts are quite small and many already have bent edges. 




Surprisingly, the build went smoothly without much issues.  Here it is around 95% assembled. 



More progress pics to come...

[BUCKY]

Lookin' good, Dwight! Looks like it has some nice details.

[JCON]

That is one big gun!!!

[JED]

Very nice didn’t Airfix do something similar back in the day with a sprung barrel?

[Dwight A. Ta-ala]

Greetings all! 

Got some work done with the kit this weekend. Here it is painted, lightly weathered and drybrushed. The rubber wheels had become tacky (probably with age) and quite difficult to drybrush. 













I consider this done for now pending any diorama ideas that may pop in my mind.   

In the meantime, I may need something to tow it around.

Hhhhmmmmm...

What about?

[JCON]

That looks great and your tow vehicle looks like fun too!!!

[JED]

That M4 would look pretty cool as does the Long Tom

[BUCKY]

Long Tom looks great! M4 should get it there in good fashion!