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This is a quick and dirty sub-assembly build, slated to be mounted on a Kriegsmarine R-boat (kitbashed from an AIRFIX S-boat).

That's gonna take awhile, so in the interim I'm going for completing the low-hanging fruit.
It's not meant to be a super-detailed build, so there'll be no additional photo-etching or insane detailing work.

The 'deck' is an aluminum screened porch vent surplus from a home project.



For excessive details on the L/56 Bofors at sea, see
http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNUS_4cm-56_mk12.php

The gun kit is from the AIRFIX offering.
https://www.scalemates.com/kits/airfix- ... or--181436


The base is a stub casing (from the era of trench art ash trays).

After a bath in white vinegar, it got some elbow grease and Brasso.


Stampings seem to indicate that it's a February 1943 Navy contract (little anchor) vintage case made by Lyon, Inc. of Detroit, Michigan (triangle L) for a Mk 1 Bofors (the aircooled L/56 that they mounted later in the war on PT boats as Jap barge busters).

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Current build logs -
1/72 110' Subchasers as Rum Runners
1/96 Japanese 'Steel Truck'
1/96 12cm pre-Dreadnaught deck gun
1/124 CS Privateer 'Beauregard'
1/124 CS Blockade Runners Pevensey & Ella Warley
1/192 scale whaler PEQUOD

Nice.

The 1955 lot number, might be a date on the casing that would indicate it was repurposed, possibly cut down and used as a mortar charge, which was a common practice in the 50's to save money on brass. I know it was done for Squid and Limbo A/S mortars.

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Darren (Admiral Hawk)
In the not so tropical climate of the Great White North.

"First to Fight" makes a very detailed 1/72 plastic Bofors.

Interesting theory, but when compared to other Mk I cases with the lot # in the same location, ;1955' is in fact a lot number and not a date.

The 40mm Bofors round is a fixed piece of ammunition, with the powder charge inside a bottle necked brass case.
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/proxy ... laQZJ0TN9Q

Mortar rounds consist of the projectile propelled by varying amounts of propellant rings (known as 'cheese' from their shape). No brass casing involved.
https://www.gd-otscanada.com/product/81mm-mortar/

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Current build logs -
1/72 110' Subchasers as Rum Runners
1/96 Japanese 'Steel Truck'
1/96 12cm pre-Dreadnaught deck gun
1/124 CS Privateer 'Beauregard'
1/124 CS Blockade Runners Pevensey & Ella Warley
1/192 scale whaler PEQUOD

True enough, but the detail level of the AIRFIX Bofors matches the detail level of the AIRFIX S-Boat I'm working on.

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Current build logs -
1/72 110' Subchasers as Rum Runners
1/96 Japanese 'Steel Truck'
1/96 12cm pre-Dreadnaught deck gun
1/124 CS Privateer 'Beauregard'
1/124 CS Blockade Runners Pevensey & Ella Warley
1/192 scale whaler PEQUOD

Is this a scratch build project?

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Current build logs -
1/72 110' Subchasers as Rum Runners
1/96 Japanese 'Steel Truck'
1/96 12cm pre-Dreadnaught deck gun
1/124 CS Privateer 'Beauregard'
1/124 CS Blockade Runners Pevensey & Ella Warley
1/192 scale whaler PEQUOD

Dear Mr Story,
I do not wish to hijack your build thread, so here is a link to help explain my reference to A/S Mortars and repurposed casings, not to be confused with Army mortars.
I thought at first that maybe your stand could be one, but I no longer believe that to be the case (no pun intended). I hope that you find this informative.
http://www.resinshipyard.com/files/Squid%20and%20Limbo%20Charges.pdf

Also, the question above regarding scratchbuilding is simply asking if you made the parts from scratch(raw materials, pieces you made by yourself), or is the gun from a kit that you purchased? The poster obviously didn't see the airfix kit image you included in the original post.

Regards,
Darren

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Darren (Admiral Hawk)
In the not so tropical climate of the Great White North.

The poster did see the "kit". The question was a subtile way to ask if perhaps another forum might have a better audience! This is a scratch and not a kit bash area.

Best wishes: Tom

Sorry Tom, no disrespect intended.

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Darren (Admiral Hawk)
In the not so tropical climate of the Great White North.

No worries! Perhaps a better audience in "Picture Post, WIP". Lots of creative work modifying kits over there, including Willie's and Hank's Fletchers. Building a lot of scratch stuff on a kit canvas.

Cheers: Tom

Darren,

Threads like these are meant to inspire and educate, so meandering thoughts are far from hijacking.

Thanks for the edification, A/S mortars are not a rabbit hole I've been down before.

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Current build logs -
1/72 110' Subchasers as Rum Runners
1/96 Japanese 'Steel Truck'
1/96 12cm pre-Dreadnaught deck gun
1/124 CS Privateer 'Beauregard'
1/124 CS Blockade Runners Pevensey & Ella Warley
1/192 scale whaler PEQUOD

Tom,

Note that EnglishGunner used a Shapeways deck gun that I sourced for him.
viewtopic.php?f=13&t=164978&start=20

This thread is a scratchbuild presentation, since the original manufacturers of the Bofors case and window vent never intended them to be a nautical themed display base.

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Current build logs -
1/72 110' Subchasers as Rum Runners
1/96 Japanese 'Steel Truck'
1/96 12cm pre-Dreadnaught deck gun
1/124 CS Privateer 'Beauregard'
1/124 CS Blockade Runners Pevensey & Ella Warley
1/192 scale whaler PEQUOD