This is a quick and dirty sub-assembly build, slated to be mounted on a Kriegsmarine R-boat (kitbashed from an AIRFIX S-boat).
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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.
It
is meant more to illustrate using alternative presentation mediums.
The 'deck' is an aluminum screened porch vent surplus from a home project.
![](https://i.imgur.com/0B94eMP.jpg?1)
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For excessive details on the L/56 Bofors at sea, see
http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNUS_4cm-56_mk12.phpThe gun kit is from the AIRFIX offering.
https://www.scalemates.com/kits/airfix-a02314-bofors-40mm-gun-and-tractor--181436![](https://www.scalemates.com/products/img/2/1/9/164219-12155-pristine.jpg)
The base is a stub casing (from the era of trench art ash trays).
![](https://i.imgur.com/1KskJUE.jpg)
After a bath in white vinegar, it got some elbow grease and Brasso.
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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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