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Thursday, December 24, 2015

H is for Highlander Toy And Miniature Military Hobbies, Inc.

I don't know if matey ever got his answer, but the missing SPG turned-up! Still sealed from the day it left Boca Raton, why not celebrate the season with a chunk of self-propelled artillery! It's stated as being an M110 8" Self-propelled Howitzer, I wonder if they did the 'Long' version (M107 175 mm) as well?

In the packing, carded with a hole for a rack-hook, the shrink wrapping is slowly pulling the card in on itself as the plastic tries to return to a molten blob - exercising the 'shape memory of thermoplastics - so I've whipped it off the card and I think I'll try and get a plaster-cast of it in the new year...add a bit of concrete hardener, clean it up with a mini-drill and paint in detail...it might work?

Not a bad little model, 7 pieces, with the running-gear just pinned and glued to the sides of the AFV. The lack of a crew compartment is a major over-simplification, although that's offset by the fact that the tracks are a cut above the usual 'ready-made' efforts, even some contemporary models. As you can see: the gun elevates and the cradle rotates through 360ยบ (more than the 'real life' service vehicle!) but the recoil spade is a fixed element of the body-moulding.

2 comments:

  1. Hi Hugh, that's a very nice toy, never seen this make before.

    Wishing you a Merry Christmas, Brian

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  2. Happy Christmas to you and yours Brian.

    I'm hoping to track down the catalogue in the new year, which as it's only three pages I'll scan and use on the A-Z. Also just posted the Heudebert Nativity you let me have for nothing!

    Hugh

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