{"id":5933,"date":"2022-12-28T13:28:04","date_gmt":"2022-12-28T12:28:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=5933"},"modified":"2022-12-28T13:28:04","modified_gmt":"2022-12-28T12:28:04","slug":"emhar-wwi-british-18-pounder-qf-field-gun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=5933","title":{"rendered":"Emhar WWI British 18 Pounder QF Field Gun"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>After updating the Princess Firebox my thoughts turned to some actual modelling and I decided to build the next field gun. Another cheapo kit from Emhar (I also found out that Emhar are part of the Bachmann group so not too far away from Railways after all). This one cost a little more at \u00a312 but still good value in my opinion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are only 10 parts to the gun itself (there are 3 crew members provided too).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_0001-9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"687\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_0001-9-1024x687.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5934\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_0001-9-1024x687.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_0001-9-300x201.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_0001-9-768x515.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_0001-9-447x300.jpg 447w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_0001-9.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Emhar WWI British QF 18 Pounder Field Gun  &#8211; Sprue Front<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_0002-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"694\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_0002-4-1024x694.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5935\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_0002-4-1024x694.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_0002-4-300x203.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_0002-4-768x521.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_0002-4-442x300.jpg 442w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_0002-4.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Emhar WWI British QF 18 Pounder Field Gun  &#8211; Sprue Rear<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This one comes with hand wheels so no need to make them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Construction was quite quick and besides cleaning up a bit of flash there weren&#8217;t too many improvements that I could make.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&nbsp;cut off the pin which represents the elevation screw and added short length of 10ba stud an improvement that can barely be seen once assembled but I know it&#8217;s there. The only other improvements were adding cord to the recoil tube to represent the rope that is visible on most photos that I have seen and to cut a representation of the recoil slides. these are just moulded as a flat plate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_0001-10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"950\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_0001-10-1024x950.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5936\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_0001-10-1024x950.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_0001-10-300x278.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_0001-10-768x712.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_0001-10-324x300.jpg 324w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_0001-10.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Emhar WWI British QF 18 Pounder Field Gun &#8211; Recoil Slide<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/New-Out99995.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"955\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/New-Out99995-955x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5937\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/New-Out99995-955x1024.jpg 955w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/New-Out99995-280x300.jpg 280w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/New-Out99995-768x823.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/New-Out99995.jpg 1194w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 955px) 100vw, 955px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Emhar WWI British QF 18 Pounder Field Gun<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/New-Out99996-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"663\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/New-Out99996-1-1024x663.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5938\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/New-Out99996-1-1024x663.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/New-Out99996-1-300x194.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/New-Out99996-1-768x497.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/New-Out99996-1-463x300.jpg 463w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/New-Out99996-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Emhar WWI British QF 18 Pounder Field Gun<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_0004-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1009\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_0004-3-1009x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5939\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_0004-3-1009x1024.jpg 1009w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_0004-3-296x300.jpg 296w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_0004-3-768x780.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_0004-3.jpg 1261w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1009px) 100vw, 1009px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Emhar WWI British QF 18 Pounder Field Gun<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I&nbsp;also drilled out the barrel to scale size.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&nbsp;did consider trying to remove the moulded rope from the front of the Gun Shield but I wasn&#8217;t sure that I could get it off and replace it without making a complete mess. So I will endeavour to improve it with paints.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/New-Out99997-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"597\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/New-Out99997-2-597x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5940\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/New-Out99997-2-597x1024.jpg 597w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/New-Out99997-2-175x300.jpg 175w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/New-Out99997-2.jpg 746w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 597px) 100vw, 597px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Emhar WWI British QF 18 Pounder Field Gun<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/New-Out99998-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"648\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/New-Out99998-3-1024x648.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5941\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/New-Out99998-3-1024x648.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/New-Out99998-3-300x190.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/New-Out99998-3-768x486.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/New-Out99998-3-474x300.jpg 474w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/New-Out99998-3.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Emhar WWI British QF 18 Pounder Field Gun<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/New-Out99999-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"604\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/New-Out99999-5-1024x604.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5942\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/New-Out99999-5-1024x604.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/New-Out99999-5-300x177.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/New-Out99999-5-768x453.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/New-Out99999-5-500x295.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/New-Out99999-5.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Emhar WWI British QF 18 Pounder Field Gun<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>One thing that I am struggling with is the lower plate of the Gun Shield. As supplied it seems to big (Unless you bend it forward as I have in the photos, it stops the barrel from seating on the carriage). All the photos except one, that I could find, show the gun without the bottom plate of the shield. The one that I have is taken from the rear and to one side so although the bottom plate is in place it&#8217;s not easy to see it if is indeed a&nbsp;bit shorter than Emhar have portrayed it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After updating the Princess Firebox my thoughts turned to some actual modelling and I decided to build the next field gun. Another cheapo kit from Emhar (I also found out that Emhar are part of the Bachmann group so not &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=5933\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[74],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wwi-armour-modelling"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5933"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5933\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5943,"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5933\/revisions\/5943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}