Yes its a nice enough representation though from the first posts I thought you were after a true scale replica, one can see where compromises have been made such as the wheels, brass handwheels and those rather out of scale nuts on the front of the carrage. Also took a bit longer than the original 7 weeks I think you were quited.

Perhaps when you have it in your hands you could post a series of photos of teh finished item rather than the ones your builder has been sending so we can all have a good look

J

At first sight JasonB ‘s comment seems a little churlish.
But it does serve to highlight the difference between what was proposed and was achived..I suspect wiser heads than mine looked at the original request and thought ..nightmare … The practical implementation of the client’s desire was probably shall we say “iterative”.
Nice build btw.

I'm sorry if what I said offended but I was just stating it the way I saw it. Bobs original enquirey was for:

"It will be a historically correct, highly detailed 1/10 scale WW1 8inch Howitzer that will be fully functional (non firing of course) and made from steel."

From what I can see detail has been left off, things like those large nuts at the front are not historically correct, the handwheels are off the shelf brass items from steam fittings not the correct style at all. I said that it was a nice representation but its certainly not a Highly detailed scale model.

As someone who has made several models to commission I think I am in a reasonable position to offer constructive comments and not just negative ones. This is something you find of a lot of forums especially the American ones everybody says "oh what a lovely job" yet there are glaring errors, hopefully if these are pointed out it will help the builder in the future or stop them before things cannot be recovered.

A good example of this came up recently on a boiler build, the guy put the tubes at the top not teh bottom, several said great work, but should I have done the same or pointed out his errors??

J (off to start another commission job)

Maybe a photo of the full size will help illustrate what I mean

Edited By JasonB on 04/10/2013 13:40:32

It is a nice metal model. Jason is right tho' it isn't an accurate "fine"scale model of the real thing. Still impressive. Good job to whomever did it.

Spot on John
Most of my hobbie work is of the class “What the hell it works”
( I wish )

This is why I don’t inflect photos of my abominations on the forum.

But my taste may not be your taste.
Pointing out “errors” can be helpful..I lack the courage to run that particular gauntlet. .but in reality I would guess the op is quite aware before sharing his work…

I guess I'll need to pre-apologise in case of offending anyone. People sure seem to quickly forget Jasons's always consistent efforts to help everyone here or on any forum He's on no matter what there skill level is. I'm afraid too many took offense at his comments that I think were sincerly meant only to help. Being hyper critical of a persons innocent comments probably isn't much different than being one of those rivet police either. I've seen many instances where a builder was 'praised' for obviously incorrect work just as Jason's mentioned. To be honest, that helps no one, and it's a very poor practice. If you post pictures then you should expect a critical assessment either good or bad. If you disagree? I'd suggest you maybe check Jason's last 200 posts just for starters.

I like the cannon very much, and most of it was more than very well done. If it pleases the owner then that's what's really important. But understanding where there were some detail mistakes made shouldn't ever be a sin to point them out. Being told or telling someone they just did a sh**y job is standard practice in my industry. And in a lot less nicer words than that. I sure don't expect much or any different for anything else in life. And………………….I usually put my big boy pants on when I get up in the morning.

Pete

Edited By Pete on 15/10/2013 08:33:04

Well I thinks it looks fine, scale perfect or not.

Yes there are too many rivet counters amongst Locomotive fanatics who don't realise how they come over, they are a real turn off.

Jo

As ever, where ever go or do things there are 'Eletists', I get this when I deal with people with the bees. Their bees always produce 100lbs of honey a year and they never swarm, When you get to the nitty gritty they mostly talk bees and not do.

As always a coat of paint will cover up most of the faults and give shape and shine and shadow to soften all the edges, revel in a job well done and sit and admire it.

Clive