"Artillery 1880-1900....any makers?" Topic
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Tom Scott | 20 Jun 2015 6:09 p.m. PST |
Can anyone point me toward 28mm field artillery for the late 19th century. Any nationalities. Essentially I am looking for post-ACW/FPW guns…and before the French 75 and gunshields were common. Some Askari guns fit this era, but mostly mountain-guns…and Askari artillery seems a bit too small to me…. |
Bashytubits | 20 Jun 2015 6:34 p.m. PST |
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bsrlee | 20 Jun 2015 8:25 p.m. PST |
There are several: Eureka Miniatures – mainly Naval guns Reviresco – both Field guns, Naval and Fortress guns, Gatlings etc. Wargames Foundry – nominal 28mm, some may be 25mm. Minifigs – Colonial/Boer War in 25mm Copplestone – hand cranked MG's, native muzzle loaders. Hinterland Miniatures – 37mm PomPom on field carriage – female crew figures as well. Hincliffe/Ellerburn – 25mm from Mountain guns to Elephant guns, you just have to find who is making them these days. The larger guns will look OK with 28mm figures. The old Richard Houston/Lizards Grin 25mm artillery is still being produced by someone – I think its Brigade (US) but I might be wrong. |
Mad Guru | 21 Jun 2015 2:41 a.m. PST |
Bashytubits & bsrlee give a good summary above. I would add the Empress Miniatures 28mm Zulu War range, which includes 7pdr & 9pdr field guns, as well as Gatlings with both Army and Royal Navy crews. Here's a link: link |
Jcfrog | 21 Jun 2015 5:43 a.m. PST |
Askari miniarures: Russian 1877+. French mountain and 80mm guns; Italian mountain+ German Old Glory 25 has a whole bunch of Brit and others ( Krupp, +Us1898 guns) in their colonizl ranges. |
Tom Scott | 21 Jun 2015 10:26 a.m. PST |
Thanks for the suggestions. Some of them might work out. I should have stated more clearly that I was looking for European army field artillery. Most of the colonial guns are mountain guns/very light artillery/repeaters of various types. Still, some interesting possibilities. Hinchliffe is available as hindsfiguresltd.com Besides the obvious 1880's Krupps, the obscure French field artillery: Reffyes, DeBanges, and Lahitolles would be nice to find. |
Jcfrog | 21 Jun 2015 12:19 p.m. PST |
You would have them in 20mm. You should do ww1 in 20 mm esp if wanting big guns. Availability and space. |
Fatehjang | 10 Sep 2015 2:15 a.m. PST |
OK folks – the same question but how about in 15mm? I'm wargaming MallMiss along the TransCaspian railway ca.1919. The Armenians/Menshaviks were equipped with a motley variety of earlier cannon types. I'm assuming some SBMLs and possibly early rifled BLs and I'm looking for howitzers and field guns that the Russians may have introduced from the 1880's into the region, beyond the usual M1902 7.62 Putilovs. Can anyone suggest any types I can use from post FPW ranges that might conceivably have ended up in that neck of the woods by the early 1900's? |
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