Gents, here is my completed M198 diorama. I spent about 8 months on this display. The model is the Trumpeter 1/35, Tamiya field accessories, Verlinden accessories, and other miscellaneous add-ons. I was with B Battery, 1st Battalion, 14th Marines in Pico Rivera, CA. I spent many weekends shooting this sucker in Twenty Nine Palms and Camp Pendleton, CA. Hope you guys enjoy the images.

Rod
San Diego, CA

Very nice! Thanks for sharing.

Thanks James!

Very nice to see an artillery dio by an actual tail puller.
It certainly looks the part. Lots of good details there. The only thing I think you left out is the bandolier of primers hanging on it.
FWIW, we used to dig our water bucket in a tad to prevent it from accidentally tipping. Oh, that and we didn't use the projo tray. It takes one man or two small boys to heft that projo into the breech.

Beautiful incite into the world of the modern redleg. I have to sak though,what is the black residue coming from under the breech area?
:J

That's from swabbing the bore.

Fantastic Dio!!! I will bet there are a couple of redleg officers quietly lurking in the background itching to scream about the array of stuff layin around in a semi disorganized fashion though LOL.....

Thank you gents.
We in fact buried our water bucket also. I didn't bury it because I got lazy about drilling the hole into the base. I intend to make the belt for the primers; haven't gotten around to it just yet.

Our officers rarely visited the gun line. Always hanging out back with FDC.