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Miniatures Adventure => Colonial Adventures => Topic started by: italwars on 05 November 2013, 11:59:59 PM

Title: 37mm revolving gun
Post by: italwars on 05 November 2013, 11:59:59 PM

hello
please your idea, if somebody bought them, on 37mm revolving guns from those 3 (please see links) manufactures..are they compatible, in size, with OG type crews?:

http://www.grandmanner.co.uk/shop.php?p=category_products&category=9&page=2

http://www.hlbs.co.uk/product.php?id=779

http://www.thevirtualarmchairgeneral.com/505-houstons%20guns%20&%20fittings.htm

thanks
Pier

Title: Re: 37mm revolving gun
Post by: S J Donovan on 06 November 2013, 03:59:37 AM

The Houston's gun is for 25mm figs, as are all Houston guns.  They can work for 28mm figs but the 37mm gun will not be compatable with the other two as they are for 28mm figs.

Title: Re: 37mm revolving gun
Post by: italwars on 06 November 2013, 01:26:03 PM

Thanks..maybe i'll order both
in the meanwhile i find this nice site with Bagamoyo Campaign in East Africa..with a nice plate representing German Sailors manning this kind of gun.

http://www.reichskolonialamt.de/inhalt/weidmann/weidmann.htm

Title: Re: 37mm revolving gun
Post by: Plynkes on 08 November 2013, 08:49:54 AM

Not a very good picture but...

(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y40/Plynkes/Hotchkiss2.jpg)

Old Glory sailors. Richard Houston built the ship so I can only assume they are his guns.

Title: Re: 37mm revolving gun
Post by: juergen c. olk on 09 November 2013, 12:19:08 AM

you can also use minifigs sailors in sennet(straw hat ) artillery versions,from their boxer rebellion range,or askari's naval gun crews,Falcon if you can find  them.Askari also  makes german sailors in pith helmet nice figures ,all would fit w'the houston revolving cannon .I use two part epoxy to make the havelocks.