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Title: Special Hobby 1/35 7.5cm Mountain Gun
Post by: eclarson on January 29, 2017, 04:41:52 AM
Just finished this fun little non-aircraft project.  It's a 1/35 WWI Austro-Hungarian 7.5cm Mountain Gun by Special Hobby.
Besides being a nice break from the usual aircraft builds it gave me a chance to play with some weathering techniques I don't normally use such as chipping and dot filtering.
For the display, I used a Mig AMMO scenery mat cut to fit a 4" x 6" walnut-finish base purchased on Amazon.

(http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg61/elarson1123/Mountain%20Gun/MountainGun_5_zpsktsek66i.jpg) (http://s245.photobucket.com/user/elarson1123/media/Mountain%20Gun/MountainGun_5_zpsktsek66i.jpg.html)

(http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg61/elarson1123/Mountain%20Gun/MountainGun_4_zpsozypkdpl.jpg) (http://s245.photobucket.com/user/elarson1123/media/Mountain%20Gun/MountainGun_4_zpsozypkdpl.jpg.html)

(http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg61/elarson1123/Mountain%20Gun/MountainGun_3_zpspxvahsyp.jpg) (http://s245.photobucket.com/user/elarson1123/media/Mountain%20Gun/MountainGun_3_zpspxvahsyp.jpg.html)

(http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg61/elarson1123/Mountain%20Gun/MountainGun_2_zpsonl1witq.jpg) (http://s245.photobucket.com/user/elarson1123/media/Mountain%20Gun/MountainGun_2_zpsonl1witq.jpg.html)

Eric
Title: Re: Special Hobby 1/35 7.5cm Mountain Gun
Post by: Juan on January 29, 2017, 05:21:03 AM
Outstanding modeling, love the Gun and the base is beautiful.
Title: Re: Special Hobby 1/35 7.5cm Mountain Gun
Post by: Des on January 29, 2017, 05:33:27 AM
Beautifully done Eric, the gun looks superb and the base is excellent, the rocky terrain really fits the scene.

Des.
Title: Re: Special Hobby 1/35 7.5cm Mountain Gun
Post by: eclarson on January 29, 2017, 06:46:10 AM
Thanks for the kind words guys!  FYI, the base required little effort.  All I had to do was cut the mat to shape and glue it to the base!
I have no experience in making groundwork (though those who do say it's easy) so I took the easy way with one of the Mig AMMO mats (made by Model Scene).  :)

http://www.ammomigjimenez-usa.com/grass-mats/360-stony-mountain-spring-usa.html

Eric