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Hello everyone,

I've decided to add a few Medusa guns (on carriages) for my mechanized Guard army. Problem is, I'm flat broke and can't afford those FW models. So, instead, I'm going to try to make them from scratch out of metal by machining the gun out of a solid piece of round stock on my lathe, and make the carriage by hand. My other hobby is gunsmithing, so I do have experience in making small parts from scratch.

The only thing stopping me now is the dimensions. I want to try to make these as accurate as possible, but I know of course that they won't look precisely like the FW models. To start, I just need measurements of the outer diameters (marked with red lines in the attached photo) taken with a dial caliper, or at least a rough estimation.

Alternatively, if I had the overall length of the gun, from breech to muzzle, I can open the image in a CAD program and get the measurements I need that way.

Inspired by this; http://www.40konline.com/index.php?topic=201195.0


Thank you all in advance for your support