NWF Naval Brigade Artillery.

[Harry Faversham]

I'm after 28mm a British Gatling and cannon, with the sailor boys in proper hats, not straw boaters. Can anyone give me a few pointers please?
 

[anevilgiraffe]

Perry's Sudan Range

[olicana]

Perry for Gatlings and Gardners and very good value they are too. £10 for gun and 4 crew.

[sjwalker51]

I’m now intrigued which NWF expeditions involved naval brigade contingents 🙂

[Harry Faversham]

Thanks for the help chaps, be intrigued no more my dear S, it's a 'wot if' campaign!


 

[AKULA]

Thanks for the help chaps, be intrigued no more my dear S, it's a 'wot if' campaign!


 

Ah...some opponents for the Afghans...I wonder if RN blue will blend into the hills quite as well as khaki

 

[Harry Faversham]

Scruffy looking shower them Afghans!
 

[Diablo Jon]

Those poor Jack Tars imagine signing up for a life on one of Her majesty's warships, for a life on the Ocean blue, only to find yourself in a landlocked country were the nearest ocean is over 300 miles away 😄

[olicana]

I acquired a copy of Josiah Harlan's "Central Asia" as part of a inheritance a few years ago. After reading  that book I think you can have anything in that part of the world.

It is suspected that Harlan (USA citizen) is the basis of Kippling's "The Man Who Would Be King". Following his exploits, his family are still hereditary aristocrats in Afghanistan. I was so fascinated by the man that I looked into him further. He later raised and commanded a regiment in the ACW and, probably more long lasting, he is the reason there are thousands of wild camels in Arizona (to this day). Honestly, a man who made his eccentric mark on the world.

One last thing. His book (edited by F.E. Ross MA) has a copy of the General Staff "Afghanistan and adjacent borderlands" Map No.2149, edition 1934, issued by the War Office. It's too big for me to scan as a single print but If you want, I can do it as a series of scans you might be able to put together in MS Paint or some such. it's slightly damaged (ripped, not by me) but should still scan okay. If you want me to scan it for you, email me at: olicanaps@gmail.com

P.S. The photograph I have of of him (in book) is something you would want to shelter your children from. He is one big weird MF. James Bond be damned, Sean Connery would be quaking in his boots!

 

[FifteensAway]

"thousands of wild camels in Arizona (to this day)". I looked at the posting date of Olicana's statement and I didn't see April 1st so I'm going to insist on some seriously hard evidence to support this statement.  Been to Arizona a variety of times and ain't never seen me no camels - nor heard of anyone seeing any there in the last hundred years.   

And then I need to know if Yorkshiremen have a reputation for telling tall tales! 

[Harry Faversham]

Depending on the amount of Tetley's Best Bitter we've got swirling around our tiny minds...
we can sometimes, be prone to a slight exaggeration!
 

[olicana]

And then I need to know if Yorkshiremen have a reputation for telling tall tales! 

I've been searching for where I've read this - it was certainly a blog article about Harlan - but now I can't find it. However, on searching wild camels in Arizona it appears I am incorrect (as is lost source) - the last ones were spotted in the 1920s. It's a nice thought though.

Tetley's - perish the thought, ghastly stuff!

EDIT:
I've done some more searching - the camels are no longer free because they are being held in the basement of Comet Ping Pong pizzeria (Washington, DC.) for use in satanic rituals. Something to do with some woman called Hilary, apparently. 

[FifteensAway]

@olicana:

red text for the red hat crowd?

Which leads me to the question, when did the dunce cap change its traditional shape to a baseball cap style?!   

Now, back to being serious, no worries, Olicana.  I did find that there is a town in Arizona that celebrates those camels to this day, apparently a big camel statute in town - so I guess you could count that as a pseudo-sighting.   

[Harry Faversham]

Meanwhile back on the Frontier!
Had a bit of a rethink, maybe an Indian mountain gun and Gatling, anyone make them, please?
 

[DalyDR]

Had a bit of a rethink, maybe an Indian mountain gun and Gatling, anyone make them, please?
 

Foundry's NW016, Screw Gun and Indian Crew?

Edit:  Also this from Artizan Designs:  NWF0500 - Mountain Gun and Crew (Indian). 2nd Afghan War.  Maybe a bit chunkier than the older(?) Foundry NWF line?