Alan McNeilly takes a brief look at the new Resicast British 8inch Mk II Howitzer.

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Thanks!

Thanks Darren, should be some good display options with this one. Reference only IWM archive.

That will be a sweet one to build for sure. Good review!








Jeff

Hi Jeff,

Yes, another great kit from Resicast and fine work from GM. With the release of their Heavy Artillery Tractor there is further scope for display. However, this one I'll build as a stand alone gun as the 60pdr that is under development looks really cool in the towed position.

A crew of 12 is a tall order thought.

Cheers

Al

Al, would be nice if someone could come up with heads wearing those "gor blimey" soft caps......I think they were artillery issue ????????

Hi George,

Perhaps Hornet will do a new set with the caps pushed back on the heads.

If someone would do some officer uniform markings that would be good too along with some signage for the trenches.

Cheers

Al

A couple more reference pictures from IWM Archive





Al

Wow, is it any wonder that WWI was such a slaughterhouse?

Nice review, Al. And thanks for the photos. I can't find the kit on Resicast's website, so do we know what it sells for? My guess would be somewhere north of 125 Euros.

Hi Bill,

It shows up under the new tab along with the Heavy Tractor, there is a COMBO deal (Tractor & Gun export 165.29 euro).

http://www.resicast.com/slideshow-62/index.html

Cheers

Al

Thanks, I have never found Resicast's website easy to use, though it is MUCH better than before. That's a very good price at export (74 Euros). I wonder what shipping would cost? I'm tempted to build one in honor of the anniversary of the Great War. The gun is quite iconic of the photos I've seen, and its certainly explains the massive casualties (studies show apparently far more soldiers were killed by artillery than the more-notorious machine guns).

We were at Fort Douamont last May and the landscape remains a moonscape of shell craters. I don't know how men didn't go insane inside the fort with these shells raining down on them (or French equivalents).