Pom-Pom Gun with British Crew Anglo-Boer War is a set in 1:72 scale from the manufacturer Strelets containing the quick-firing gun known as the pom-pom together with a British crew. The castings are supplied unpainted.
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A set in 1:72 scale joining a gun and figures of its British crew from the period of the Anglo-Boer War. It is therefore neither a standalone infantry set nor a standalone model of a weapon, but a complete scenic group that can be set into a diorama as one whole. The manufacturer is the firm Strelets; the castings are of soft plastic of a uniform color and come unassembled and unpainted.
The nickname pom-pom arose from the sound of the rapid, interrupted fire of an automatic gun that appeared on both sides in the Anglo-Boer War. Technically it was a weapon on the border between a machine gun and a light gun: it fired from a belt, was carried on a wheeled carriage and its value lay in the rate of fire, not in range. That is precisely why it was used to support infantry at short and medium ranges and in the field was moved with a team or by hand by the crew.
The gun is the most demanding part of the whole set, because it has small parts of the carriage and the wheels that have to be glued at right angles. Proceed from the carriage, therefore: first assemble the base and let it dry, and only then fit the weapon and the shield if it is included. Once glued, check the wheels on a flat surface, so that the assembly does not limp. Use cyanoacrylate or a glue for soft plastics. Handle the painting separately: the metal of the weapon with a dark steel tone with fine accenting of the edges, the wood of the carriage with brown and a dry brush, the crew's uniforms in the khaki tones typical of British units of the end of the nineteenth century. Lay the crew out so that every character has a clear task; the scene then looks convincing even without further accessories. At the end unify everything with matte clear and add fine dust to the wheels and the boots.
The set is supplied unassembled and unpainted. Glue, paints and accessories are not included in the package, unless stated otherwise.
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