Thats how I put them together last night.

Tab at the back, under the gun barrel

Not the most useful photo - but hopefully gives you an idea

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordnance_QF_18-pounder

It curves down at the top...

Thanks for the prompt response Fred 

Have had a look there Lemmy, the shield curves both ways...

I will follow Fred's advice 

Quote from: mad lemmey on 26 June 2014, 07:45:22 AM
unless you end up in the forum bar first!

Well done that man - best idea I've heard all week.....no wonder you made it to Lt Gen 

Actually I'm busy painting 1/3000 WW1 ships tonight so not just propping up the bar! 

Quote from: pierre the shy on 27 June 2014, 09:09:30 AM
Actually I'm busy painting 1/3000 WW1 ships tonight so not just propping up the bar! 

Are any of those ships for our game on Saturday? 

Peter managed to get all the ships that we needed for our hunt the Goeben game painted in time for last night 

I managed to cripple all the British Armoured Cruisers, 'proving' my name sake Troubridge correct not to engage.

Peter' was commanding the British light forces and had Dublin and two destroyers cripped. We did manage to sink the Breslau and slightly damaged the Goeben.

A good time had by all 

Now back to the point of this thread, the first batch of British are painting up very well and very quickly. 

There is plenty of detail to paint and the limited range of colours compared to AWI makes them much faster to paint.   

If this rate of progress continues, I should have them based by next weekend and hopefully make a start on the first batch of Germans 

Progress continues on the British. Hair & flesh highlights to do then touch ups tonight and they will be ready to wash tomorrow 

First batch Germans ready to be under coated on the weekend as soon as the British vacate the painting rods.

Not quite as much progress as I had hoped last night. Hair and flesh highlights finished but didn't get to do the touch ups.

I will do the few touch ups required tonight. I have again been very pleasantly surprised by the amount of detail on the figures and how easily they have painted up. 

Also started the prep of the artillery bases now that I know they will fit nicely on 50x50 bases.

Touch ups finished last night and found & painted a couple more bits of webbing on one of the cavalry poses 

Should get to wash them tonight

300 views already 

Sounds like your project is coming together well.

I'm very pleased with the rate of progress 

Got them all washed last night, artillery bases prep'ed and 2 German 77mm guns assembled ready to be undercoated over the weekend

I'm very glad I checked some photos before assembling those, a very strange looking gun shield.
I wonder what the protusions at the bottom of the front of the shield are for

Not bad while also getting some documents witnessed by a JP & taking my wife out to dinner 

They were seats, used by gun teams when the gun was limbered!

Looks an 'interesting' place to ride