Tango01 | 28 May 2014 12:10 p.m. PST |
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These Damaged Semi Detached Cottages will look great on any Napoleonic or Post Napoleonic battlefield, this style of building became common from the mid 1700's onwards, with many examples still to be found across North West Europe. As a part of 4Ground's and immensely popular 1/72 scale ‘World at War' range for WWI and WWII this building makes a great defensible objective in any action. Add this building alongside the other kits in our 1/72 scale collection to create a dynamic, desirable battlefield worth fighting for! Often these simply designed cottages were found close to the main farm complex built by the farmer to house his farm workers, on larger farm estates there could be dozens of tenants housed in these homes. Though it was not unusual to find one or two at a rural crossroads or even alone apparently in the middle of nowhere close by some small insignificant farm track
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From here link Hope you enjoy!. Amicalement Armand |
Rod I Robertson | 29 May 2014 11:06 a.m. PST |
The M3A1 would certainly be a surprise for the Napoleonic Troops who encountered this cottage vignette! Zut Alors! C'est quoi ca? |
deadhead | 29 May 2014 12:43 p.m. PST |
Lovely model, but clearly subjected to all that 20th Century Ordinance could inflict. I am afraid that, at the start of the 1800s, somewhere like Hougoumont might end up like this
end of the day
..but not during the battle. Let's face it LHS, Hougoumont and La Belle All
to some degree anyway..are still there. |
julianmizzi | 05 Oct 2014 6:42 a.m. PST |
Ive just splashed out on a number of 4ground buildings. They are absolutely spectacular. The parts fit together like a snap. An absolute joy to build and look at . Currently building La Haie Sainte . Hoping there will be a Hougoumont added to the range soon. |
deadhead | 05 Oct 2014 8:14 a.m. PST |
Lovely model, but there is never any rubble……where is the rest of the house gone? It does make a difference to the fighting………..and, as everyone has said, Napoleonic ordinance could not have done this! |
Royal Marine | 06 Oct 2014 3:56 a.m. PST |
Clearly you guys have not seen the power of deployed Naval Field Guns or the damage that Royal Marines can inflict with their musket butts!! |
Murvihill | 06 Oct 2014 9:57 a.m. PST |
"Clearly you guys have not seen the power of deployed Naval Field Guns or the damage that Royal Marines can inflict with their musket butts!!" U.S. Marines could do the same damage with a couple kegs of beer. |
Florida Tory | 06 Oct 2014 10:09 a.m. PST |
Murvihill for the win! Rick |
Major Bloodnok | 06 Oct 2014 1:41 p.m. PST |
"U.S. Marines could do the same damage with a couple kegs of beer." Usually to themselves. |
Royal Marine | 07 Oct 2014 6:51 a.m. PST |
I remember the damage that 45 Commando RM did to 3/8th USMC at the Officers Mess, Camp Lejeune Circa 1995 … it involved close quarters beer drinking. It was ugly. The USN having dry ships does not enable continuation training whilst afloat, hence the USMC will always be at a disadvantage ;-) |
14Bore | 07 Oct 2014 3:53 p.m. PST |
What would a 6pdr solid ball do to that? |
deadhead | 07 Oct 2014 11:39 p.m. PST |
Go in wall and out the other. Leave a draught front and back. A Napoleonic shell might start to do this, but more likely set fire to the roof ie the walls stand, the roof and floors collapse and burn. |
14Bore | 08 Oct 2014 2:00 p.m. PST |
Not the building, it would do the same thing in 1812 as it would through my house. The Halftrack is what I'm wondering about. |