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Miniatures Adventure => Age of the Big Battalions => Topic started by: Shipka on 31 December 2015, 09:15:04 AM

Title: Best 28mm model cannon for 1864 Danish
Post by: Shipka on 31 December 2015, 09:15:04 AM

Can anyone recommend the best artillery piece to use for 1864 Danish

Title: Re: Best 28mm model cannon for 1864 Danish
Post by: juergen c. olk on 01 January 2016, 02:08:26 AM

I got lucky ,and have the "old waterloo to mons" artillery w/ extra barrels. so w/ the extra barrels I mounted them On American civil war carriages and they look fine. You might want to try 12 pdr Howitzters,for civil war and paint the barrels black,and use them for the 4pdr rifled pieces.  

Title: Re: Best 28mm model cannon for 1864 Danish
Post by: Shipka on 04 January 2016, 08:58:23 AM

Wondered if one could use this from Gringos40 28mm Garabaldi range

Title: Re: Best 28mm model cannon for 1864 Danish
Post by: juergen c. olk on 04 January 2016, 12:49:32 PM

The only problem is the Bronze barrel ,rather than smooth rifled barrel,but then again ,it's close enough. Just paint the barrel black.

Title: Re: Best 28mm model cannon for 1864 Danish
Post by: traveller on 04 January 2016, 02:30:27 PM

I do not think you need to be very picky on your choice of model guns. If it is field artillery your are looking at, only 6 out of the 13 batteries had the new 1863 4 lb rifles guns. Here are some images of these:

(http://i732.photobucket.com/albums/ww323/Travellera/1864/1864%20Artillery/4lb%20rifle_zps6gipomhj.jpg) (http://s732.photobucket.com/user/Travellera/media/1864/1864%20Artillery/4lb%20rifle_zps6gipomhj.jpg.html)
(http://i732.photobucket.com/albums/ww323/Travellera/1864/1864%20Artillery/1864%20gun_zpsynqyjzh1.jpg) (http://s732.photobucket.com/user/Travellera/media/1864/1864%20Artillery/1864%20gun_zpsynqyjzh1.jpg.html)
(http://i732.photobucket.com/albums/ww323/Travellera/1864/1864%20Artillery/4%20lb%20rifle%20guns_zpslxgwqws0.jpg) (http://s732.photobucket.com/user/Travellera/media/1864/1864%20Artillery/4%20lb%20rifle%20guns_zpslxgwqws0.jpg.html)

The rest had smoothbore calibres from 6-84 lb. Your choice of model also depends on what scale/ratio you intend to use on the tabletop. The 6 rifled batteries had each 8 rifled 4lb guns while the other 7 smoothbore batteries had one of the following configurations:

6 x 6lb "kuglekanon" - firing solid cannonballs (or canister)
2 x 12lb "granatkanon" - a howitzer firing shell.

6 x 12lb "kuglekanon" - firing solid cannonballs (or canister)
2 x 24lb "granatkanon" - a howitzer firing shell.

6 x 24lb or 36lb "kuglekanon" - firing solid cannonballs (or canister)
2 x 84lb "granatkanon" - a howitzer firing shell.

An image of a smoothbore 12lb gun:

(http://i732.photobucket.com/albums/ww323/Travellera/1864/1864%20Artillery/12%20lb%20smoothbore_zpszypzpbpy.jpg) (http://s732.photobucket.com/user/Travellera/media/1864/1864%20Artillery/12%20lb%20smoothbore_zpszypzpbpy.jpg.html)

I will personally use some ACW guns