1/16 M7 Priest Mid Production SP Howitzer

lmcq11 · Post by **lmcq11** » Sat Oct 21, 2017 3:51 am

Hi,

It is a nice autumn here in Quebec. I took my new 1/16 scale M7 Priest, which I have been building in the past 2 months, outside for nice pictures so that I can present it officially here in the Show Off section. You can see the detailed construction story in the Other build section at viewtopic.php?p=218193#p218193.

Following are exterior shots

: M7 Priest Mid Production

: M7 Priest Mid Production

: M7 Priest Mid Production

: M7 Priest Mid Production

: M7 Priest Mid Production

: M7 Priest Mid Production

: M7 Priest Mid Production

: M7 Priest Mid Production

: M7 Priest Mid Production

: M7 Priest Mid Production

I made it into an M7 Priest Mid production version, with M3 style suspension, M3 rear deck and 3 piece transmission cover. Components of the model include;
- Heng Long M4A3 Sherman 1/16 tank, $120. No much actually is left of it other than the chassis
- Heng Long gears, electronics, including rotation and elevation units coming with Sherman donor
- Vandra M7 Priest resin conversion kit, $140, highly modified with new interior, rear deck, gun mount and other items
- Shapeways M3 early boogies conversion kit, $50, modified
- Shapeways Sherman early spoked road wheels, $52
- Shapeways M7 Priest gun parts, $19 mainly for sighting apparatus
- Shapeways 105mm Ammo containers, total $45, 30 of them
- Shapeways M4 fuel caps, $5
- Shapeways fire extinguisher, $6, 2 of them, modified
- Mato head and tail lamps, $20
- Mato T-48 plastic/metal tracks and metal sprocket, $30
- Forces of Valor M4A3 spoked idlers, a gift from Sassgrunt
- Tamiya M2 .50 cal machine gun, $7
- M1 carbines from Dioramaparts, $6
- $50 in plasticard, brass rods and other items from the spare box

Interior pictures will be on following post.

Regards, Louis

c.rainford73 · Post by **c.rainford73** » Sat Oct 21, 2017 3:58 am

Such nice photos. The setting is fantastic. Looks like a open field of flowers in Europe

lmcq11 · Post by **lmcq11** » Sat Oct 21, 2017 4:01 am

Hi,

Here are the pictures of the interior of the fighting compartment and howitzer. A lot of it has been scratched built because the Vandra kit is only a basic one, requiring lot of rework for accuracy and completeness.