Good morning Brothers,
Some more progress on the base of the gun itself.
I made a bit of research, and found that primarily, the 90mm gun was intended as an anti-aircraft gun for naval use. That explains why the elevation and traverse mechanism for ground mounted guns was electrically powered. But for the Lancia truck mounted gun, the traverse was manually controlled by a geared hand wheel, while the elevation was provided by a hand operated hydraulic pump system.
Again most of the work had to be carried out from scratch.
The base coloumn is made from solid brass.
The gun barrel is made from aluminium.
The fuse setter is made from styrene pieces and copper.
The gun cradle is made from the original pieces and styrene sheets.
I have ordered some brass shells from RB Models, so that I can eventually complete the ammunition storage compartment.
I would be very grateful if anyone could advise as from where I can buy some decent resin Italian WW2 Lancia 3/RO truck wheels.
The original resin pieces. Nowhere close to what I am really after.
The gun barrel, worked out from solid aluminium. Still have to correct the rear part of the gun, especially the breech, as I would like to have an open breech instead of the original closed breech. Some more extra work I suppose.
The new fuse setter and the support cradle. Still some more work to do, but the result is more realistic. Sorry for the faded pic, couldn't get a better one, as the item is very small.
The gun base made from solid brass. Basically it is made from three pieces. Now of course awaiting primer and detailing.
The gun cradle, using some of the original parts and styrene card.