"15mm arty nit-picking?" Topic

As I build my AWI collection, I recently took advantage of Freikorps' sale to order a good selection from their 15mm scale '18th century artillery' range, from tiny coehorns up to sizable 12 pounders.

However, when I placed the Freikorps six pounder next to its Peter Pig counterpart, it looked a little wrong! The diameter of the wheels was a little bigger, but the "thickness" of the rim was only half that of PP (1mm vs 2mm).

A nitpick, I know, but I was curious and thought I'd ask the aficionados here: is this just an aesthetic decision on the part of the sculptors or did artillery wheels noticeably 'evolve' in the 18th century (pre-Napoleon)?

As a side note, the Freikorps infantry, although not quite as crisp or detailed, look like they will mix very well with PP size-wise.

Artillery wheels should be about chest high to the figure or person, regardless of the poundage, if we are talking about common field artillery. Maybe you could do some wheel swaps.

Diameter depends on wither it is a field carriage or a light infantry carriage – the latter is a little over waist high

I noticed that PP artillery wheels are way too thick in scale and lack the studs that hold the iron tire sections on.

As I may have said elsewhere, I believe that the Peter Pig artillery is meant to be generic and represents one or other of the two types of field gun depicted in their rules, "Washington's Wars".