Sunday 23 September 2012

SYW Austrian 6pdr Battery

Here is a 6pdr Austrian battery - horses by Front Rank, crew by Crusader and guns/limbers by Zinnfiguren again. I just love those 'sprongs' at the front of the guns (well, I'm not sure what they are called but sprongs sounds the part) into which a metal bar is inserted so that they can be pulled or pushed forwards or backwards. They give the guns character in my mind.

3 comments:

  1. Very nice! Tracks in the mud are top class!

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  2. Yep, basing is subtle, but makes the whole thing "click".

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  3. I think that the sprongs (good name!) are for the drag ropes rather than a bar. I'm not sure that the matross could get much leverage pushing or pulling on a bar, compared to a set of ropes.

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