Scratch-built Model 1865 1-inch Caliber Gatling Gun

[Evilcartoonist]

I'm switching over to 40mm scale for my Gutshot games. I wanted a gatling gun, but no one makes one in this scale, so I built my own. The carriage is from Sash and Saber. The back half of the gun is half a cannon barrel (from Sash and Saber.) The rest is scratch! The photos are in stages.

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[Graven Steve]

That's a lovely piece of work sir! I had a look at your webpage - and there are more gems there as well.

I'm doing 40mm West myself at the moment - just amassing (and painting) the buildings - Ameritowne, MTH Railking, some scratchbuilt - which we may well release.

I was looking at the Lemax wagons and Stagecoaches and wondering if they would work (with new horses)?

[Malamute]

Very , very nice

[SirAlban]

really good job, I love this kind of handmade scratch works  :love:

[PeteMurray]

Very nice work!

[Aaron]

It's unamimous, great job! Who makes 40mm gunfighters, out of curiosity?

Steve, no clue an the Lemax kit, but Sash and Saber do make a 40mm stage complete with passengers.

[Evilcartoonist]

Thanks, all!   HLBS makes 40mm old west gunfighters, townsfolk, indians  and characters from Spaghetti westerns (these latter are spot on!) The stagecoach from Sash and Saber looks fantastic (and may be my next purchase. Sash and Saber also have indians and U.S. Cavalry.

[Aaron]

Thanks. I have all the gunfighters I could possibly need in 28mm, but I feel strangely compelled to seek out some of those HLBS hombres.

[Graven Steve]

Those of you in the US will know Lemax - even if you don't know who they are - you can usually see their stuff in Michael's, Rag Shop, (any craft shop) etc. They make seasonal table decorations - Christmas, Halloween, etc - Figures, Buildings - and of interest to me things like trees, wrought iron fencing and lamp posts that light up. On my visits to the US I have bought quite a few pieces, all suitable for 40mm - and things like this caught my eye last time I was there:

stage coach:
http://www.lemaxcollection.com/product_details.jsp?pid=1709&origin=search

hearse
http://www.lemaxcollection.com/product_details.jsp?
pid=57&origin=search

Their pricing makes them very difficult to resist as well!