M-109 S.P. Howitzer,1/48.
Another attempt at armor, this I’ve had around I don’t know for how long. It’s Aurora’s last issue[1976] of the M109, where they added the long gun option, I added rudimentary recoil spades in the rear, the kit provided one massive unit that covered the rear access door. I used the kit decals , they held up well for being forty years old.
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Ralph Clements said on January 13, 2017
Great job! cool kit! – I used to have that one back in the day. Glad your 40 year old decals held up…my 20 year old ones didn’t
Craig Abrahamson said on January 13, 2017
I did one of those a few years back, but it wasn’t Aurora (I’m sure of it)…don’t remember which manufacturer it WAS, though – oh well. It looks good (especially on that camo pattern). Don’t think I’ve ever seen a saluting figure, either. Cool.
Rob Anderson said on January 13, 2017
I love those old 1/48 Aurora kits, I built a slew of them when I was a kid. Can’t say I built one of these though. Nicely done!
DE4EVER said on January 13, 2017
🙂 … Greetings … 🙂 :
Nice work Robert, I remember the kit very well, I had a few as I purchased some of AURORA,s PREHISTORIC SCENE kit’s ( eventually I purchased the whole line, … actually … my mom did … 🙂 ).
Bernard E. Hackett, Jr. said on January 14, 2017
Bob, this is great! I’ve never seen one built before, though I remember seeing them on the shelves when they came out.
It looks really good, too.
Love the saluting guy! The OLD Army!
George Williams said on January 15, 2017
Nice piece of armour there, Robert.
Robert Royes said on January 15, 2017
Tanks all!
Richard Mcstay said on January 16, 2017
I wouldn’t like to be shot with that! Great bit of work.
Bernd Müller said on January 17, 2017
Looks great Robert.
1:48 armor is a perfect match for aircraft guys building in the same scale.
Tom Bebout said on January 17, 2017
Nice job on an old kit Robert.
George Henderson said on January 19, 2017
Very nice job on an old kit. Might have to shop around for some 1:48 armor.