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Dragon's 105 Howitzer questions
ivanhoe6
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Posted: Sunday, March 14, 2010 - 05:35 PM UTC
I picked up dragon's new 105 kit. After playing around with the figures I decided to build it as a towed piece. My question is, "could I use an AFV Club WC51 Beep as the tow vehicle?" Also, there were no shell crates unlike the German PaK guns by Dragon so I will have to scratch build them. are there 2 rounds per box and rope or wood carrying handles ? Thanks, Tom
GeraldOwens
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Posted: Sunday, March 14, 2010 - 05:45 PM UTC

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I picked up dragon's new 105 kit. After playing around with the figures I decided to build it as a towed piece. My question is, "could I use an AFV Club WC51 Beep as the tow vehicle?" Also, there were no shell crates unlike the German PaK guns by Dragon so I will have to scratch build them. are there 2 rounds per box and rope or wood carrying handles ? Thanks, Tom


Usual tow vehicle for a 105 mm howitzer would be a GMC CCKW 352 short wheelbase 2.5 ton truck, though presumably, some of the longer CCKW 353 trucks might have been substituted (the 353 is available in kit form from Tamiya, Heller and Italeri, but nobody offers the short wheelbase truck in styrene). An M3 halftrack could also have that assignment (the M2 didn't have enough seats for a minimum crew).
HeavyArty
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Posted: Sunday, March 14, 2010 - 11:57 PM UTC
As Gerals says, a 2 1/2 ton truck was the usual prime mover. For ammo, you are correct, it was 2 rounds, each in a paper tootsie roll, per wooden box with rope handles. Resicast has a 105mm ammo set. Also AFV Club has announced a future release of one in plastic.
jjumbo
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Posted: Monday, March 15, 2010 - 01:03 PM UTC

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I picked up dragon's new 105 kit. After playing around with the figures I decided to build it as a towed piece. My question is, "could I use an AFV Club WC51 Beep as the tow vehicle?" Also, there were no shell crates unlike the German PaK guns by Dragon so I will have to scratch build them. are there 2 rounds per box and rope or wood carrying handles ? Thanks, Tom


Verlinden makes a set of 105mm ammo, casings, crates and fiber tubes.
IIRC, someone does brass cartridges.
Cheers

jjumbo
ivanhoe6
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Posted: Monday, March 15, 2010 - 04:51 PM UTC
Gerald, Gino and JJumbo, Thank you guys for all the info ! People like you are what makes Armorama the greatest web site on the subject. Happy modeling ! Tom
TimStreeter
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Posted: Monday, March 15, 2010 - 05:08 PM UTC
Here's some guidance on building the 105 and various aftermarket ammo available:

http://www.usarmymodels.com/MANUFACTURERS/DML/dml6499.html
http://www.usarmymodels.com/AFV%20PHOTOS/105mm%20HOWITZER/105mm%20Howitzer.html
http://www.usarmymodels.com/ARTICLES/105mm%20Ordnance/1%20105mmOverview.html

Cheers,

Tim
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Posted: Monday, March 15, 2010 - 07:59 PM UTC
The BEST (if you can get them now) Ammo Tubes for the 105 are those by TMD.
ivanhoe6
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Posted: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 - 02:52 AM UTC
Tim & Jim, All I can say is thanks guys. With all the good members of Armorama it's like having an encyclopedia and shopping catalogue of the world of miniatures at your fingertips. Thanks everybody ! Tom
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