WW1 Limber Sets from Atlas
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2016 8:55 am
These are WW1 French pattern limbers and cassions which were used with the French 75mm cannon by both the French Army and the AEF in France during the Great War...
They are made by Atlas and sporadically available on EBay at wildly varying prices. They come in their plain pewter color and need a minimum of clean up before painting. The Horse required a little seam filling with Testors plastic putty before all pieces were spray painted with Krylon black primer. I then hand brush painted them using French colors available from "AK Interactive" through Amazon of all places. The paint covers very well, similar to Vallejo high pigment paints.
The first images are the French version, in towing mode and finally in the deployed mode....
Here is the US version. Most artillery used by the AEF in WW1 was supplied by the French...
Finally, the horses...
They are made by Atlas and sporadically available on EBay at wildly varying prices. They come in their plain pewter color and need a minimum of clean up before painting. The Horse required a little seam filling with Testors plastic putty before all pieces were spray painted with Krylon black primer. I then hand brush painted them using French colors available from "AK Interactive" through Amazon of all places. The paint covers very well, similar to Vallejo high pigment paints.
The first images are the French version, in towing mode and finally in the deployed mode....
Here is the US version. Most artillery used by the AEF in WW1 was supplied by the French...
Finally, the horses...