Spalah: American Howitzer M119A2 | Armorama™

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Spalah presents their 3D printed kit of an American towed artillery system M119A2 howitzer.

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This is partial text from the full article (usually with photos) at https://armorama.com/news/spalah-british-howitzer-l119

[Skyshark]

Wait the Brits use the L118. Then this is a US gun.

[HeavyArty]

Yes, it is a US M119A1. The British L118 has a longer barrel and different muzzle brake.

L118 on left. M119 on right. EDIT: L119 /M119 on right, see below for explanation.

EDIT: The L119 version uses semi-fixed ammo (shell, casing and separate powder charge inside the casing, like the M119) as opposed to the separate-loading cased-charge ammo of the L118. It also has the same barrel as the M119.

[barny]

Another quality bit of research….at least the yanks will be happy

[HeavyArty]

Maybe it comes with both barrels so you can build either version, as earlier resin kits did. (I can’t open the link at work to see any details of the kit.)

[Buckeyes57]

Am I the only one who really wishes that when a new 3-D Printed model is mentioned for release that they include pictures of the actual printed model instead of just the CAD images? I have trust issues and will never purchase a 3-D printed anything until I can see what it actually looks like printed. It seems that there can be varying quality across the entire hobby with 3-D printed items.

[HeavyArty]

I agree. Pictures of actual pieces would be helpful.

That said, I can’t vouch directly for this kit, but i do have Spalah’s M777 crew figures and they are awesome. They look better than the CAD. I am betting the L119/M119 will be just as nice.

[Buckeyes57]

When I saw that they had the M777 I went directly to their website to see if I could find pictures of the actual kit. I am glad to hear your feedback and will consider that when/if I purchase it. Thank you

[varanusk]

You are all right, this is not a British L119. There was a mistake on the boxart and the team at Spalah has sent the correct one, text is updated as well.
Sorry for the troubles!

[Skyshark]

Yea thats what I was getting at. The original pic shows all US parts. I will be getting one atlease

[Skyshark]

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Spalah

I didn’t see a M777 on their site

[HeavyArty]

It was shown as a new item coming in August about 10 days ago.

Best M777 Kit

[image] So, I saw this this morning and am now curious if this of the Vargas kit is the better option. I know a fine modeler on here also recently also created a 3D printed 777 and am not sure if this is the Same one or a different one. But we now have two to three different options, and I was wondering everybody’s opinion on who I should give my money too.

[barny]

No mate it doesn’t they messed up thr details they emailed me this morning about it

[sasha_Nyshchyi]

This is a fairly new and small company that makes great and quality things, I have their products, figures and also a Rapier.
I know their owner and I will ask him to join here, they always listen and need feedback.