I have a question concering Bronco's 40mm Canadian Bofors, what time period during WWII would this gun been used? I've read reviews on diferent websites saying the decals that come with the kit are for post war markings. I would like to possible build it for maybe north africa or cyprus. Also what about the firing stystem, would the electrical or manual system be used for these regions?
Chris

Interesting questions and which I would also like to know as I am contemplating purchasing this kit. It certainly looks nice from reviews I've read...

Rob

I researched one for a North African gun and what I found was that to be accurate for that period I needed the early British version, so it needed to be built with the British carriage, the electrics, no shields, and the standard spiderweb sights as the stiffkey was introduced around 1943 and the shields around 1944.

Thanks Dean, I wanted to build the electrical version but wasn't sure if it would be used in the earlier period of the war. I started to build the kit a while back, but ran into the problem with which version to build. Now I can jump back into the build, thanks.

It's been about three months, maybe more, since I researched mine but if I recall correctly the British bought the licencing to build their own in 1937 after buying several from Bofors but they weren't happy with the operating speed as it couldn't keep up with low flying aircraft so they developed the analogue computer and electrics for their version.

As for markings can't help you there, I ended up favouring the14 NZ LAA Regt RNZA

Thanks Alot for your help dean, it at least puts me in the right direction for the build. Bronco's directions don't really explain which version to build for which time period. As for the markings go, I may not use any markings at all, but I'm still looking for options in some of my books.

Hey, I just learned something new about the Bofors. Thanks . I do have a question on top of the question. I built the motorized version. Did they have a small engine run generator to go with the thing ? Seems that they would, but it isn't mentioned or provided in the kit.......Al

Well I finally came across a picture of a bofors being used in north africa that has the electrical firing system on it.

you can bearly make out one of the drive motors out right above the gunner's feet. Also here is the website I found the picture on http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2Arti-c8.html