Military Model Scene

Another recent kit from Polish manufacturer First to Fight, adding to their range of 1/72 injection moulded kits from the early period of WW2.  This was the standard artillery piece of the Polish army in 1939, a licence built copy of a gun used by Austria Hungary during WW1.  Germany captured many of them after they took over both Czechoslovakia and Poland and used them as a second line weapon in defence lines.

The kit is not difficult to build though the assembly instructions on the back of the box are quite small and not brilliantly clear.  I got at least one piece the wrong way round, but better luck next time.  The main axle is one part with the gun shield supports.  I misinterpreted the instruction diagram and fitted it back to front.  By the time I noticed it was too late to correct it, so in the pictures of the below  you will see it is wrong.  I still include it here to help prevent others making my mistake.  I did get another and did it correctly, and this is in the photos as well.   It does assemble easily enough and the fit of parts was good.  I did like to see that though there is no gun crew, there are a couple of open ammunition boxes and a couple of individual rounds of ammunition.  No transfers and just an overall green colour.

The kit comes along with a magazine which has archive photos and details of the vehicle history, though it is all in Polish.  There is also a colour illustration showing colours and markings.  Built up it look good, and offers good value for money.

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I painted mine in overall Polish Green from a very useful set of acrylic paints by Hataka, especially for early war Polish vehicles.  The steel rims of the carriage wheels were also painted in gunmetal.

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The First to Fight kits are imported to the UK by Tiger Hobbies Ltd, where I bought my example.

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Robin