Blood for the Baron!

Enjoying a day off, I was reading through Desert Strike for the 50th time or thereabouts, and saw this........





....and I though why not? So I dug out a Chad Valley trailer that I got with a bundle of other stuff, and satisfied a long held frustration with an old Attack Cannon which had a broken base anyway.

Enjoy!







PS - the paint isn't dry yet, it's only had one coat, the towhook doesn't quite connect properly and the Cannon isn't secured yet, but I was bored and impatient!)

Jimbo

PPS - thanks to Baron's site for the digital images of BAF

Jimbo,

I`m impressed mate

That looks great & looks just like it stepped outta the story

Now that`s how to do it mate

ja
Steel Bonnet

Jimbo, that's pretty much a work of genius!

Finally the Arty has a purpose in life!

Aye, that toy has bugged me for 20 years too!! Great stuff!

Nicely done Jimbo, that cannon never made any sense on those daft legs. Now at least it is functional!

Another excellent item Jimbo!

Brakkart wrote:Nicely done Jimbo, that cannon never made any sense on those daft legs. Now at least it is functional!

Functional? It is movable, but I wouldn't fire a shot with this baby whilst not supported by some hydraulics. One shot and this whole trailer will move half a mile. Needs some support like the SAS Missile Unit.

As a kid I didnae understand this cannon either. I merely used it as a flak unit posted next to a base in the garden. The proper word for it would have been Defense Canon.