Sunday 31 May 2015

Dusty donations

 At Triples I was given a box of not entirely random things by Tim Cockitt, who continues to help the family of the late Paddy Griffith with the disposal of wargaming related stuff.  Having now brushed off the worst of the dust I offer this preview of it's contents.
 This M-56 Scorpion SPAT gun is the Revell kit - making it around 1/40 scale.  It was designed to be dropped by parachute or lifted by helicopter and was armed with a similar 90mm gun to that found in M-26, M-47 and M-48 tanks.
 An M-115 203mm howitzer.  Most of it is there but a fair bit of repair work is required.
 An ever-useful Jeep, again in 1/40-something scale.
 This is the Renwall kit of the M-8 tractor in something getting on for 1/35 scale.  One of the main purposes of the M-8 was to tow the...
 ...M-51 Skysweeper 75mm AA gun.  Another Renwall kit in need of TLC.
And finally...figures in at least three scale, along with more broken bits.

Expect to see more of this lot as repair work progresses.

10 comments:

Rodger said...

Some very interesting stuff in there!

Paul Foster said...

Dusty they may be but some excellent 1950's technology there.

Brian Carrick said...

That pile of junk will surely test even your renowned bodgeability!

Tim Gow said...

Rodger
Using it all may be a challenge- but I'll give it a go!

Tim Gow said...

Paul Foster
I do have a plan. It's appalling even by my standards...

Tim Gow said...

Brian Carrick
Not up to the standards of the mighty ZSU-57/2 I know, but I can still use these kits.

Paul Foster said...

The real issue will be finding the valves to make the skysweeper work.

Geordie an Exiled FoG said...

Scarily crazy but interesting ;)

Tim Gow said...

Paul Foster
I'll borrow some from a FOXBAT kit....

Tim Gow said...

Geordie
Well that's enough about me...