Quick and Dirty Lewis Gunners

[jbmacek]

So you've noticed there's a lack of Lewis gunners. Reviresco sells a pack of pilots and gunners that includes Scarff ring Lewises, but all the B-gunners are equipped with German guns. Well, a sharp knife can remedy that.

Take a Reviresco gunner.



Score the joint between gun and ammo drum with a sharp knife.



Just a slight cut will get it to the point where you can twist the drum free.



Find your friend Mr. Glue.



And you are good to go!

[Oberst Hajj]

Nice tip!

[grumpybear]

Good idea

[Flying Officer Kyte]

Great tip John. I've got dozens of those chaps just waiting to go under the surgeon's knife.
Rob.

[gully_raker]

Yes great tip. Hey Presto instant Lewis Guns.

[The Cowman]

Now THAT is some cutting edge advice!

[jbmacek]

LOL.

There really is something to that old "necessity is the mother of invention" thing.

[somaliavet]

Great tip, and cost effective too!

[Guntruck]

That's the method I use

[David Manley]

Me too. Unless you are really careful your magazine tends to end up with a sector cut out of it, so I sometimes replace it with a thin sliver of plastic sprue (or, in my most recent case a 105mm artillery piece barrel which just happened to be to hand, waiting for scrapping and was just the right diameter)

[Hunter]

That's a grand idea!

[BobP]

Nice job and tip John.

[jbmacek]

Thanks!

[crashx]

Great tip John, thanks!!!

[Voss]

Brilliant!!!

[Blackronin]

I sometimes use the round plastic sprue of some models cleanly cut to make the ammo drums.