Hello all and here it is, my 1/16 scale scratchbuilt 4.2 morter. First thanks to 11Charlie, for his help w/ refs and pics. I'll keep this short. Evergreen plastics was used for this project. I found some line drawings on the net and scaled up a Tamiya M30 morter. This is made up of 117 pieces, 21 of those going into the M53 sight. My plans are to build a vigenette with it in the Remember Korea campaign.




Sorry about the pictures as i still use a camara with film

wow! what scale is that! that is amazing if all of that was hand carved! keep us posted great work!

Looks good so far Joe..... looking forward to seeing it completed.

That's one god looking mortar

Looking forward to see the final result

Very, very nice Joe...If this mortar ia an example of what's to come for the rest of your Dio, your entry will be fabulous! GREAT WORK, SIR!

Gunny

Fantastic Joe!! Keep us posted!

Mother,

Looks great but I think shock tube lengths are a little off. The exposed part of the shock is a little more than 1/5 of the total length of the whole shock assembly. Check out the this picture:


Paul

Great job, Joe....thanks for the pics!

It looks great Joe! I can't wait to see the end result...

Joe, it looks like you been getting pretty handy with your whittling knife. That is some pretty good workmanship, and I know you spent quite some time working on it, and it shows.

I'm just like the rest of them, I can't wait to see the finished piece. Keep up the good work.

Kerry

That is some very fine work, carving by hand is something i am not very good at, but apparently you are. Be sure to post the pictures of the final product!

where are you guys getting the idea it's hand carved? Did I miss something?..Great job Mother. and that penny looks sooo real!