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Gunner Dunbar Supporting Member of TMP14 Dec 2024 4:09 p.m. PST

Hi guys

Opinion wanted, do these guns and limbers look to big? I used the barrel measurements to reduce these 3D guns to 1/72, but I'm thinking the wheels look to big, especially with the airfix crew, which are really 1/76, I'm thinking I should reduce them by 10%, mine are the black guns and limber on the left, the black gun and limber on the right are Airfix, the blue gun and limber are Italeri, and the brown gun carriage is Italeris Napoleonic British gun carriage thrown in for scale.

I've also taken some pics of the 2nd Rhode Island infantry regiment with its undercoat on, I'm pretty happy with this set of figs, though I need to make another standard bearer, I have been working on files to 3D print some iron brigade figures, will post pics of those soon.
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Extrabio1947 Supporting Member of TMP14 Dec 2024 4:32 p.m. PST

The average diameter of an ACW artillery wheel was 58" (4 feet, 10 inches). That's average, and can change a bit between guns. For example, the diameter of a 12 pound Napoleon wheel was 4 feet, 8 inches. So consider the average height of your artillerymen by way of comparison.

Gunner Dunbar Supporting Member of TMP15 Dec 2024 12:53 a.m. PST

Do you have a list, or can point to a list of the different wheels sizes for each gun? Thanks for the tip.

CHRIS DODSON Supporting Member of TMP15 Dec 2024 1:41 a.m. PST

You might find this link interesting.

YouTube link

Mr Adleman is an expert on all things Civil War.

Note the height of the gun in respect to the cannoners.

The width of your wheels is too thick in my opinion and more reminiscent of ECW types.

Your infantry look interesting.

The Revel and Imex artillery men are good but their cannons are useless in my opinion.

Hagen do superb artillery sets for Union and Confederate which I have used for Antietam.

The Speria cannons are very good too and could provide a template along with the Hagen Napoleon.

I found the Revel limber useful but ditched the Imex variant.

Keep up the good work.

Ryan T15 Dec 2024 10:46 a.m. PST

One detail that often slips by is that the lid of the limber chest was made of unpainted sheet copper. As an alternative, there were two removable leather straps that could be used to secure a folded white canvas tarp over the lid. It also was not unusual for the limber chest to be labeled in some way.

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Gunner Dunbar Supporting Member of TMP15 Dec 2024 11:51 a.m. PST

So the part the gunners sat on was copper or linen wrapped?

Ryan T15 Dec 2024 12:36 p.m. PST

The lid was covered in sheet copper.

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A tarp was issued that would be used to protect the limber when it was not in use. The crew could also use it as a tent shelter when it was draped over the limber pole.

The tarp could be folded up and strapped to the lid, although this was not seen when going into action due to the fire hazard risk. The best example of the tarp on the lid I could find was this 1/6 scale model.

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Extrabio1947 Supporting Member of TMP15 Dec 2024 3:36 p.m. PST

See if you can access this chart from the civil war talk forum. It has quite a bit of information on ACW artillery carriages. I think it might be what you looking for.

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CHRIS DODSON Supporting Member of TMP15 Dec 2024 10:58 p.m. PST

My research suggests that the gunners did not ride on the limbers except perhaps in an emergency.

They ran alongside the team or rode if a mounted unit.

The weight of men on a limber would place too much strain on the team horses.

An unsprung limber at speed would result in a hair raising ride with probable injury as a bonus.

The labling refered to is probably the fuze settings chart pasted on the inside of the limber lid.

Best wishes,

Chris

CHRIS DODSON Supporting Member of TMP17 Dec 2024 5:04 a.m. PST

Apologies for forgetting but these guys are really useful for artillery things.

First section have lots of tutorials.

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Enjoy

Chris

Gunner Dunbar Supporting Member of TMP17 Dec 2024 5:25 a.m. PST

Thanks for the link

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