| Tango01 | 30 Sep 2016 4:09 p.m. PST |
Superb!
Enjoyed more here
link Amicalement
Armand |
| 14Bore | 30 Sep 2016 4:11 p.m. PST |
Now looking at this model my scratch built cassion doesnt seem tobe to big. |
| HP2Sport | 30 Sep 2016 11:38 p.m. PST |
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 deadhead  | 30 Sep 2016 11:59 p.m. PST |
Its a thing slowly dawning on me about AB. Totally wonderful products, but one question. It is the scale issue. I work to it being 1/100, when scratchbuilding. The resulting vehicle looks fine next to the figures at 18mm, I think, as it does here. But are the horses just a little small and not grown with the trend from 15mm to 18mm? More ponies than artillery horses? I think it only shows against vehicles and not for cavalry. |
| Tango01 | 01 Oct 2016 10:26 a.m. PST |
Glad you like it boys!. (smile) Amicalement
Armand |
| ThePeninsularWarin15mm | 01 Oct 2016 10:45 a.m. PST |
Deadhead, I think the horse size is probably a bit more realistic. The larger ones being given over to the heavy cavalry regiments and draught animals being sort of the bottom of the barrel. Given the rate at which horses died during the war, larger horses seemed to be less and less available from all that I've read. |
| VonBlucher | 01 Oct 2016 11:35 a.m. PST |
Paul's work as usual is excellent. Horses and riders are AB, powder wagon is Blue Moon. Also Paul does some of the best figure conversions out there for his late war Prussian army and Saxon army, his skill level is second to none. |
| Tango01 | 01 Oct 2016 11:14 p.m. PST |
Totally agree! Amicalement
Armand |
| HP2Sport | 01 Oct 2016 11:23 p.m. PST |
AB horses are on the small side it must be said. |
| von Winterfeldt | 02 Oct 2016 1:51 a.m. PST |
"AB horses are on the small side it must be said." Are they?
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| HP2Sport | 02 Oct 2016 8:21 a.m. PST |
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| von Winterfeldt | 02 Oct 2016 9:53 a.m. PST |
Looking at those Saxon artillery horses of 1809 – the AB horses look quite ok with me, IMO also of course |
| Dr Jeckyll | 05 Oct 2016 1:33 a.m. PST |
I must admitt that I have at times thought that some of the AB horses are a bit on the small side. Particularly the draught horses.
This being said from a devoted AB fan mind you;)
With respect Von Winterfeldt, the picture you have posted is a drawing and not a photo, and should perhaps not be taken as proof from the period.
IMO It makes more sense to look at photographs of draught animals from, say WW1 to get an idea of the size of the beasts.
Also, would it not make more sense that the larger stronger horses were used as draught animals, were as the smaller ones were given to light cavalry or less vital personell (not to confuse the two mind you).
With regards to Pauls talent and his work on his Prussians and Saxons I totaly agree, second to none!! His conversions have been the inspiration to my own meager efforts!
Dr J
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| deadhead | 05 Oct 2016 3:04 a.m. PST |
How I agree. I think AB are almost good enough to drive me to the dark side and away from TOTS (The One True Scale). I suspect we are actually all agreeing. The AB horses do seem not to have grown in the way slight scale creep has affected their later releases….to me anyway. But von W et al are pointing out that, after much campaigning, they may not have been the sturdy creatures originally intended. Realistic then….. but would we mount our carabiniers and cuirassiers on the ponies shown in the famous 1812 picture? It was my last carriage that made me wonder. Accurate to 1/100 scale and the two passengers (Alex I and FW III) fit in perfectly, but it looks slightly too big for the poor horses to pull. To scale for the postilions even…… A minor issue I would admit |
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