After a couple of false starts and wheel-spinning...

[jcf]

inspiration slapped me up the side of the head this afternoon about 3:30 pm Pacific Daylight time.

Watch this space for photos starting tomorrow am.



Jon

[puddingwrestler]

Man, your posts provide even less detail and even more teasing than mine. Gah.

[Daryl J.]

Whaddya suppose the build can't be found in his rather large library!??!     

Can't wait to see it, John.


Daryl J.

[jcf]

The Gerry Bull Special 280mm/11" SPG sponsored by Saddam Hussein. 

ARII 1/48th Al Abbas carrier and gun from 1/35th Italeri M110.

More pics and back-story later.

Cheers

[AeroplaneDriver]

OOoooohhhh...

This is going to be good! 

[Patrick H]

Nice, very nice 

[John Howling Mouse]

Hoo-hoooo!  Genius idea.  Looks like it's time to start up a joncarrfarrelly model archive folder on the ol' computer here---YES!!!!   

[ysi_maniac]

Great idea really.

[nev]

Are you doing an Israeli Mirage 2000D as a counter? 

[Brian da Basher]

That looks like a C.W. McCall (8 Days on the Road) version of one of those W.W. II German railway guns! This one's gonna be fun to watch!

Brian da Basher

[jcf]

Progress pics.

1) primary construction finished.

2) As of 3:00pm PDT today paint applied (Tamiya Desert Yellow acrylic-airbrush), little fiddly bits attached and touch-up spraying completed.

Next is some mild weathering/shading.


The Saddam and Gerry Show

Scene: inside Saddam's Palace GB and SH are chatting over a fine single malt.

SH: Gerry, your Mother of All Guns ...

GB: (disgruntled muttering under breathe) Its a Satellite launcher, dammit

SH: .. As I was saying, the Mother of All Guns is a dream come true but I need something big for tactical use right now.

GB: So see what your friends in Europe and Russia are selling.

SH: That won't work, they've suddenly become fastidious... I'm thinking something new, big and mobile.

GB: New? How big? How mobile?

SH: 300mm at least, something that reflects our status and demands respect and has OK cross-country performance.

GB: 300mm, eh? Well, I might have a line on some WWI German 11" liners, thats 280mm.

SH: WWI? Why would I want an antique, and a liner for what?

GB: Batttleship guns and they are the finest Krupp steel and the perfect basis for a new mobile gun.

SH:  Hmmm...


to be continued

[AeroplaneDriver]

That's stunning Jon!   

...bit where are the wings?   

[Hobbes]

Well done! That gun looks like it belongs there.

IRL, I'd be worried about the recoil forces on that chassis, but this is Saddam we're talking about. Just the kind of person to sweep those niggling details under the rug.

[jcf]

IRL, I'd be worried about the recoil forces on that chassis, but this is Saddam we're talking about. Just the kind of person to sweep those niggling details under the rug.

Shhh, you'll give away the plot. 

[BlackOps]

Very Nice!