Ex-Dixon, now Ainsty Merchantman

[Ainsty Castings]

All three Ships are now on sale on the Website

[CptJake]

The pictures of the ships taken at the convention show them nicely, but do not show any cannon for the deck, are cannon included?

Thanks

Jake

[Wingnut]

My sets didn't come with deck cannon. I just bought them separately. 

[CptJake]

Thanks, just out of curiosity, where did you get them?

Jake

[Mako]

I'm interested in the deck cannon too, and would like to know who makes them, and which ones they are, if they produce several types?

[Wingnut]

The ones I'm using on the Ainsty ships are from Crusader. Two reasons. the barrels sit higher than other cannons and the carriage is shorter taking up less deck space.
The cannons I've used in the past come from the following sites:
http://minimi.co.uk/pirates/ Several types very decretive.
http://www.gamesofwar.net/acatalog/Pirate_Supplies_Store.html Really good deal on shipping
http://www.oldglory25s.com/index.php?cat_id=93&catname='25mm%20Buccaneer%20-%20Napoleonic%20Wars%20' Small to heavy guns.
http://www.crusaderminiatures.com/list.php?cat=3&sub=7&page=1 SHort guns that aren't in the way on deck.
All are very good for different reasons.
Eureka also makes 3 different pirate cannons that look nice but I've not  used them yet.

Wingnut

[Captain Blood]

Do we need a pirate cannon sticky? 

I have a mix of Foundry, Redoubt, Old Glory, and Village Green (now defunct alas). Can't remember which is which now, but they're all pretty good 

[WuZhuiQiu]

For Elizabethan cannon, I have been contemplating using TAG's separate gun barrels with scratch-built carriages.

[Galloping Major]

All three Ships are now on sale on the Website

Saw them in the flesh (well, resin/metal/wood) at Vapnartak today - highly recommended 


www.gallopingmajorwargames.com

[Ninja]

Do we need a pirate cannon sticky? 

I have a mix of Foundry, Redoubt, Old Glory, and Village Green (now defunct alas). Can't remember which is which now, but they're all pretty good 

YES WE DO!!!!!

[ffrum]

I purchased all three of these ships from the good folks at Anisty Castings, the Sloop, Merchantman and Man-O-War.  I am very pleased with them.

Once they are painted and outfitted I will post pictures on this forum.

The folks at Anisty are very helpful and made sure I was a happy customer.  I can not say enough about how helpful the folks at this company were.  One of my purchases had a casting problem and they replaced the defective item at once.  Great support and service.

I added these ships to a good sized collection of various watercraft I have accumulated.  My colllection includes scratchbuilt models and models from several manufacturers (...all the 25/28mm brands I have been able to find, Old Glory, village Green, Redoubt, Miniature Building Authority, etc. ).

These ships from Anisty are very, very nice.