tankdriver Posted August 27, 2014 Share #1 Posted August 27, 2014 Just remember what I started with..... Now....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tankdriver Posted August 27, 2014 Author Share #2 Posted August 27, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tankdriver Posted August 27, 2014 Author Share #3 Posted August 27, 2014 Waiting on repo breech....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted August 27, 2014 Share #4 Posted August 27, 2014 Thats a super restoration.Well Done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teamski Posted August 27, 2014 Share #5 Posted August 27, 2014 Wow, she's a beaut! -Ski Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
etienne Posted August 27, 2014 Share #6 Posted August 27, 2014 Hello, very nice restoration indeed. Do you plan to complete the breech mechanism ? E Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannoncocker155mm Posted September 2, 2014 Share #7 Posted September 2, 2014 Fantastic, well worth all the effort and hard work, thanks for sharing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
17thairborne Posted September 2, 2014 Share #8 Posted September 2, 2014 Veeery nice!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmar Posted September 5, 2014 Share #9 Posted September 5, 2014 This is incredible. All my life I've enjoyed working on model kits, I can't begin to image the thrill of doing the 1:1 scale of an actual restoration. It's beautiful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andersun Posted September 6, 2014 Share #10 Posted September 6, 2014 Nice piece! Only thing it needs now is a WC62 or 63 to pull it around! Thanks for posting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tankdriver Posted September 12, 2014 Author Share #11 Posted September 12, 2014 Nice piece! Only thing it needs now is a WC62 or 63 to pull it around! Thanks for posting! Like this one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andersun Posted September 15, 2014 Share #12 Posted September 15, 2014 "Like this one?" Wow, that will work just fine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobrahistorian Posted September 16, 2014 Share #13 Posted September 16, 2014 Looks great! We restored one here last year. It's on exhibit in the museum now with four Airborne AAA guys around it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tankdriver Posted September 17, 2014 Author Share #14 Posted September 17, 2014 What museum, and where is it located? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobrahistorian Posted September 18, 2014 Share #15 Posted September 18, 2014 US Army Air Defense Artillery Museum here at lovely Fort Sill, OK. Airborne AAA units used 6pdrs and to a lesser extent M1 57mms. Ours is depicting A Battery of the 80th AAA at Trois Ponts, Belgium on the afternoon of 21 December 1944. Two posthumous Distinguished Service Crosses were awarded for actions that day. v/r Jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Government Issue Posted September 19, 2014 Share #16 Posted September 19, 2014 Does she go boom? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tankdriver Posted September 19, 2014 Author Share #17 Posted September 19, 2014 US Army Air Defense Artillery Museum here at lovely Fort Sill, OK. Airborne AAA units used 6pdrs and to a lesser extent M1 57mms. Ours is depicting A Battery of the 80th AAA at Trois Ponts, Belgium on the afternoon of 21 December 1944. Two posthumous Distinguished Service Crosses were awarded for actions that day. v/r Jon Thanks, I go to Tulsa every year. I may take a day and go by...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tankdriver Posted September 19, 2014 Author Share #18 Posted September 19, 2014 Does she go boom? No, I have 3 a 37mm, a 57mm (shown) and a 3"(76mm). The 37mm, and the 57mm are being restored now. I have repo breeches being made for all 3. I am not interested in any dealings with the ATF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andersun Posted September 23, 2014 Share #19 Posted September 23, 2014 Saw this pic on Ebay...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tankdriver Posted September 23, 2014 Author Share #20 Posted September 23, 2014 Neat, very interesting photo. They used the WC63 and WC62 for a ton of different stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattS Posted September 25, 2014 Share #21 Posted September 25, 2014 Very nice piece! Is that a 76mm M5 in the background? There are several of those sitting in front of VFWs around here. We towed one behind a Deuce in the 4th of July parade one year. What a pain that was, tires had flat spots, everything needed greased to move, but at least people did not tailgate us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobrahistorian Posted September 27, 2014 Share #22 Posted September 27, 2014 Yeah, I'm watching that pic on ebay. Hoping to include it in the P-47 book I'm working on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Flick Posted September 28, 2014 Share #23 Posted September 28, 2014 A very handsome piece and it will be an eye-grabber behind your WC63. Perhaps I missed them, but have you posted any "before" pics of your 57MM gun here? Those would be interesting. I thought you might enjoy seeing a contemporary pic of an AT gun being pulled by a 28th Division WC63 in Paris. A pretty atmospheric image. Regards, Charlie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tankdriver Posted October 5, 2014 Author Share #24 Posted October 5, 2014 I will be glad to.... Here is when I 1st saw it....... more to come...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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