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The ORDNANCE page had to be split; this page is a specialization for models
of ordnance materiel, see also the main ORDNANCE
page, et seq.
INDEX (truncated):
On the main Ordnance page:
Unindexed ORDNANCE APOCRYPHA.
On the Ordnance Atomic Cannon Page:
ATOMIC CANNON
The Ordnance Supergun Page
On the Ordnance Continuation Page 1:
MORE ORDNANCE APOCRYPHA
On the Ordnance Continuation Page 2:
RAILROAD GUNS.
SMALL ARMS.
On the Continuation Page 3:
CALIBER (Calibre).
Anzio Annie.
SMALL ARMS.
Ordnance BIBLIOGRAPHY
Russian Armor.
HELP!
On this Ordnance Models Page:
(05 May 05)
{unindexed to date - please scroll down}
Comet Metal Products Authenticast Models Page.
ORDNANCE MODELS
Treasures - on the preceding page, I mention that I found
all sorts of treasures when I dug out my Russian KV-122 model. It has
bothered me that I have all these 1940-1960 models, both factory-built and
kit-made, in every state of condition, and no real use for them, other than to
look at them with great nostalgia now and then. Well, I lost both
grandmothers long ago and my mother a bit more recently, so I can't sell
them off, but I can "de-accession" my models if anyone really wants to give
them a good home. I did that wth my Comet
AUTHENTICAST ~HO soldiers and the Honest John Missile Launcher and
have no lasting regrets, so I guess I could do so with much of the rest of my
expression of severe pack-rat syndrome.
I received an inquiry about a model of an LVT(A)4 as a gift for a fellow who
served in one; I have the Comet AUTHENTICAST one in my set (which I won't
break) but, as it happened, I had a vague recollection of one in about 1:35
scale, went down to the cellar to a box of old models, and, lo and behold,
there she was, a 1958 Adams styrene kit I'd built rather carefully:
(05 May 05 photo by and © 2005 S. Berliner, III - all rights reserved)
She's a beauty, absolutely as good as the day I finished her some 45 years
ago; the 75mm howitzer elevates with a gentle breath, the turret turns
smoothly, the two swivel .50s turn and elevate easily, the wheels all turn, and
the tracks are still supple!
Oddly, she measures out at 7¾" long and the prototype was 26' long,
so that comes out to 1:40, which is not a scale with which I am familiar; but
then I don't remember Adams, either.
Well, some money (NOT an insignificant amount but she's mint and I
put a lot of work into it) is changing hands, she's packed MOST carefully, and
it's "By-bye, baby!"
I recall seeing an M3A1 half track with twin (or quad?) .50s, a Long Tom
155mm towed mount, a single 40mm AA towed mount (no one gets that one
away from me!), a Weasel, a 37mm field piece with revetment, wind-up
lithographed German "tin" tanks from Gama in three "scales", and who knows
what else, and all that in only one box and there are more boxes!
Thinking about it, there should also be an M274 Mechanical Mule, an
M34 "Jimmy II" 6x6 truck, an M55 8" SPH or M53 155mm SPG which I was
going to convert to a T235 175mm SPG, and a tiny Matchbox Mighty Antar
with a heavy trailer carrying a Centurion, to recall a few.
(30 Oct 08)
As I get a round tuit, I will dig out more of these gems and post them here.
Of course, I should show a bit of the monster Renwal 1:35{?} kit model
of the M65 Atomic Cannon:
(30 Oct 08)
(Cropped and altered from photos by H. Hildebrecht - all rights reserved)
More pix of this model are on the main Ordnance
page. That kit is worth hundreds, now; that's a LOT of money
for a LOT of plastic! Sure wish it were mine, though!
The ORDNANCE page had to be split; this page is a specialization for models
of ordnance materiel, see also the main ORDNANCE
page, et seq.
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