Morning all

Next on my desk is Tamiya's lovely little Sd Kfz 124 Wespe. All fits beautifully, clean moulding, the usual boring stuff. I may do a little improving in the wiring department, but that's about all it needs (assuming you don't want to go utterly bonkers).

But one thing has me puzzled. Under the gun cradle there's a travel lock. In the fighting compartment, there seems to be another. It pokes up at an angle between the shell lockers - a long bar with a clamp at the top (parts D32 and A22 if you're familiar with the kit). This does seem to be the right height to catch the back of the cradle and hold it steady, but I can't be sure. And if it is a travel lock, I can't imagine it would remain up when the gun was in use. Would it be stowed out of the way somewhere?

Hi Sean .. I took a quick look and found a picture in Allied-Axis number 5 and there is a picture of them firing the gun and you can see it sticking up between the boxes ,so it looks like it can be left as is.. There is another picture of one folded down on the floor but it is during a restoration so I can't be sure if it could be done on a combat ready vehicle. I'd leave it there .

Rick (Great kit ...have fun with it.)

Thanks!