Landships II

ssculptor · Corporal

French 75 plans needed

Peter Kempf · Field Marshal

There are some contemporary plans of the "75" to be found on this page here on "Landships":

http://www.landships.freeservers.com/french_75.htm

ssculptor · Corporal

Thank you Peter, but I need some dimensions for the model I wish to make. I could purchase an existing model and then copy off of that but I am trying to avoid that expense, if possible.

I do have the old Palmer plastic kit of the US version of the gun but I do not know the scale of it. If I had a few dimensions I could measure the model and find out scale. But without dimensions I'm stuck. That kit and the later reissue of it by Life-Like has been reported to be 1/24 scale but that is nonsense.

Peter Kempf · Field Marshal

I'll see if I can get you some dimensions. Stay tuned!

Roger Todd · Legend

The US-based Military-Info produce photocopies of manuals and the like:

http://www.military-info.com/mphoto/p008b.htm

FM 6-50 Field Artillery Field Manual. Service of the Piece. 75-mm Gun, M1897 and M1897A4, Horse-Drawn and Truck-Drawn (1939)+Change 1); 65 pages, 7 illus. Price $6.00 {Item No.3336}

TR 320-95 75mm Gun and Carriage, Models of 1897 and 1897MI (French) (March 1925); 115 pages, 21 illus. Price $10.00 {Item No.1135}

ssculptor · Corporal

This source will help a great deal!

Thanks, Roger

Stephen

-- Edited by ssculptor at 15:38, 2007-01-22

Pavld · Corporal

Hello Stephen,
I have some plans (top and side) from US manual. I can send it to you. Send me your e-mail address.
Pavel

Centurion · Legend

Does anyone have any detail on how the cradle pivoted for elevation? There must have been some form of 'trunion' on the cradle allowing it to piviot on the carriage but I can't see it on the drawings that Peter has just updated. I've got a very old and somewhat crude kit of a 75. I reckon I can make it much better by replacing some of the worst parts using plastic rod etc etc. However the cradle just rests on the axle of the carriage without any fastening which surely can't be right.