"15mm Scottish Artillery Crew" Topic
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BrianNZ | 02 Nov 2014 2:06 p.m. PST |
Hi, I am scratch building the Scottish Frame guns and need Scottish artillery crew. All replies welcome re suppliers of such figures, or indeed, 15mm Frame Guns. Thanks Brian |
Yesthatphil | 02 Nov 2014 3:09 p.m. PST |
15mm Frame Guns are available from Peter Pig No Scots crew but there are some good artillery figures and there are separate bonnet heads in range 6 … Phil ECW Battles |
Oh Bugger | 02 Nov 2014 4:50 p.m. PST |
QRF do both and very nice they are too. |
SleepyDragon | 02 Nov 2014 5:29 p.m. PST |
Images of the 15mm frame guns – Freikorp (QRF) , Hallmark and Peter Pig, and other figures from all the ranges I found, are at: link I have the impression that the most appropriate one depends on exactly which army you want to represent. |
Druzhina | 02 Nov 2014 8:19 p.m. PST |
I have the impression that the most appropriate one depends on exactly which army you want to represent. My impression is that nobody knows what a scottsh frame gun looked like. Druzhina Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers |
HarryHotspurEsq | 02 Nov 2014 11:35 p.m. PST |
Sleepydragon, that's a really handy resource. |
BrianNZ | 03 Nov 2014 12:15 a.m. PST |
Thanks folks,most helpful. That link is just great Sleepy Dragon. |
GeoffQRF | 04 Nov 2014 4:07 a.m. PST |
I suspect some of the issue is that there was no set format for the design – it was simply a frame to hold the gun and, as such, every version was slightly different. The main definition appears to be the design associated with Sir Alexander Hamilton, which describes the frame gun as having "a very short barrel, about 2 1/2 feet long, and firing a 12lb shot, but in appearance looked almost like a howitzer of a later date and was mounted upon a light frame with two extended legs that terminated in solid wheels". The frame was intended to be carried on a mule and could be unloaded and fired quickly. But there are also many examples of guns that were mounted on a frame-like carriage that were clearly positional weapons and were intended to be used inside fortifications…" Not sure what there is in museums defined as 'frame gun' but all of the models available would seem to fit within the available written definitions. |
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