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Offline Sir Rodney Ffing

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Copplestone Casting's Reds, Whites and Chinese all have field guns but not the British it seems.  Does anyone have any tips on who produces suitable artillery pieces and crew so the British Indian army can have some support?

Offline Von Stroheim

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Re: British field guns compatible with Copplestone Castings range?
« Reply #1 on: 07 October 2016, 02:29:48 AM »
Try the Empress Jazz Age mountain gun

http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=81308.0

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Re: British field guns compatible with Copplestone Castings range?
« Reply #2 on: 07 October 2016, 11:28:21 AM »
TransCaspian / Mesopotamian / East Persia Cordon and British Intervention troops all had access to the 18pdr QF
Old Glory do an 18pdr (WWI-319) but with Western Front crew
Battle Honours do a 25mm Palestine theatre gun and crew (WWIBP-6)
Its a shame Eureka don't do larger versions of their Palestine gun crews - I like the poses on their 15mm versions...
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Re: British field guns compatible with Copplestone Castings range?
« Reply #3 on: 07 October 2016, 12:36:06 PM »
Woodbine Design (Gripping Beast) do suitable guns and crews.
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Re: British field guns compatible with Copplestone Castings range?
« Reply #4 on: 07 October 2016, 12:53:55 PM »
That's excellent news for you 25mm BEF BOBers out there!

Offline Sir Rodney Ffing

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Re: British field guns compatible with Copplestone Castings range?
« Reply #5 on: 07 October 2016, 01:55:42 PM »
Some great suggestions there, thank you to all.

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Re: British field guns compatible with Copplestone Castings range?
« Reply #6 on: 07 October 2016, 02:16:56 PM »
Try the Empress Jazz Age mountain gun

http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=81308.0

Quite fiddly to put together, that one. But just the same a lovely piece of murderous hard wear.
 

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Re: British field guns compatible with Copplestone Castings range?
« Reply #7 on: 07 October 2016, 08:57:45 PM »

Offline Ignatieff

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Re: British field guns compatible with Copplestone Castings range?
« Reply #8 on: 11 October 2016, 03:54:46 PM »
Great War Miniatures do a fine 18pdr
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Offline Sir Rodney Ffing

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Re: British field guns compatible with Copplestone Castings range?
« Reply #9 on: 12 October 2016, 10:07:30 AM »
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Great War Miniatures do a fine 18pdr

And the suggestions keep coming!  Thanks very much for the suggestion, and I admit Great War Miniatures is a manufacturer I hadn't heard of before despite over 40 years as a miniatures wargamer. 

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Re: British field guns compatible with Copplestone Castings range?
« Reply #10 on: 12 October 2016, 06:40:03 PM »
And the suggestions keep coming!  Thanks very much for the suggestion, and I admit Great War Miniatures is a manufacturer I hadn't heard of before despite over 40 years as a miniatures wargamer. 

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Re: British field guns compatible with Copplestone Castings range?
« Reply #11 on: 12 October 2016, 08:08:25 PM »
Renegade Miniatures. They have early war crew by Mike Owen or late war crew by Kevin Adams. Chunky enough to go well with Copplestone.
http://www.renegademiniatures.com/ww1lwbr.htm
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Offline Sir Rodney Ffing

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Re: British field guns compatible with Copplestone Castings range?
« Reply #12 on: 13 October 2016, 01:26:09 PM »
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Gettoutatown!?!?!  Wink

Yep, it's true.  In my defence, I am a recent convert to the period and the Great War fits into the big time gap between by two main interests of the ECW and Second World War, so I never came across them.  But I live and occasionally learn!

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Re: British field guns compatible with Copplestone Castings range?
« Reply #13 on: 17 October 2016, 07:29:19 AM »
This heavy piece is from HLBS.





Brigade Games Indian Army Mountain Gun




Empress Mountian Howitzer, perhaps a little too dainty for Copplestone.


Offline Sir Rodney Ffing

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Re: British field guns compatible with Copplestone Castings range?
« Reply #14 on: 17 October 2016, 07:37:35 AM »
Lovely work sir.  It is too early in the morning to be wearing a hat, but when I do put one on, I will take it off immediately in honour of your work. 

Are the mountain gun crew Brigade Miniatures too?

 

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