"1866 Austrian Artillery" Topic
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| Olaf 03 | 31 Jan 2018 11:22 a.m. PST |
What color were the gun carriages, metal work, and cannon barrels for the Austrian artillery in 1866? From what I have seen the carriages are yellow ochre and metal work appears black, I assume this is correct? With the cannon barrels I have seen them painted black and I have also seen them bronze, what is correct or was it based on the type of gun? |
| stecal | 31 Jan 2018 2:59 p.m. PST |
That all seems correct. I believe the barrels are usually painted black, at least in war time. Personally I paint rifled artillery with black barrels and smoothbores with shiny bronze so I can tell them apart on the game table. |
 Dye4minis  | 31 Jan 2018 9:36 p.m. PST |
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| mghFond | 31 Jan 2018 10:31 p.m. PST |
Those links didn't work for me, said they were unavailable or I was not a member of the group. |
| Martin Rapier | 31 Jan 2018 11:39 p.m. PST |
I do all the metalwork black, with ochre carriages. |
| Olaf 03 | 01 Feb 2018 11:21 a.m. PST |
Thanks for the responses. Tom, unfortunately I am not on Facebook so I couldn't access the links. |
| stecal | 01 Feb 2018 8:00 p.m. PST |
Here is an old thread on the same subject. TMP link |
| Ramming | 12 Feb 2018 3:17 a.m. PST |
Yellow ochre carriages, metalwork on carriages painted black, barrels bronze, last time I saw one it looked dark brown. Wouldn't a painted barrel just peel with the heat ? |
| Olaf 03 | 12 Feb 2018 11:35 a.m. PST |
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