1:76 25pdr Field Gun & Quad Vintage Classics

The real subject

The field gun-howitzer known from the weight of its shell as the 25-pounder belonged to the mainstays of British artillery in the Second World War. It could fire on a flat trajectory like a gun and on an arc like a howitzer, and its caliber was 87.6 millimeters. Under the carriage it carried a circular platform onto which the crew pulled the gun so as to be able to traverse it quickly without moving the spread trails. It was towed by enclosed artillery tractors that the soldiers called the Quad for their angular and at the same time rounded shape. The pairing of gun and tractor thus became one of the most typical pairs of the British fronts.

What the kit offers

The Vintage Classics range brings older tooling from the Airfix archive back on sale in retro box artwork. This is a classic injection-molded kit for assembly and painting that brings the gun and the tractor in one package. The exact range of parts and the marking options are given in the manufacturer's instructions.

Building and painting tips

Clean the parts up carefully after separating them from the sprue and sand the mold seams down; with older tooling that pays off twice over. Assemble the carriage with the trails on a flat surface, so that the gun finally stands firmly on all its bearing points. Paint the wheels separately and fit them only after spraying. British equipment of this period usually carried a uniform dark green finish, so you will bring the model to life mainly with a dark filling into the seams, with edge highlighting and with dust on the chassis and the trails of the carriage.

The package contains the parts of the kit and the instructions. Paints, glue and tools are not part of the delivery, unless stated otherwise.