Victorian artillery
My artillery one done(1841mtn howtzr) , one half done(armstrong mtn 6pdr rbl) the other to be started shortly(hotchkiss mtn gun)
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Snider volley I live in Melbourne Australia.The Armstrong is on display in a glass box in a park on the outshirts of Melbourne at a place called Sunbury.If you do a search on 'The Sunbury Gun' you...
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SV, What user name did you use over on the Cannon board. I check and there were no names left for me to validate. Those guys over there are gonna wet their pants when they see what you got.
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I don't find you in the member list or awaiting validation. Check you spam/junk folder for your activation message. If you can't find it let me know via email or private message and I will go in a set...
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A fascinating set of projects that you have on the boil! The "Sunbury Gun" is a 12 pr, the 12, 20 and 40pr Armstrongs were fitted with the traversing gear but the 6 and 9 prs were not. Arguably the...
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Good on ya Adrian. I knew that damned plastic would be a problem with photographs.Another point of interest with this carriage is that the wheels embody an older technology in that they are shod...
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Good on ya Adrian. I knew that damned plastic would be a problem with photographs.Another point of interest with this carriage is that the wheels embody an older technology in that they are shod...
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WOW>>>>OUTSTANDING RED TEAM! get ya case of beer for that one! after rebuilding a full sized krupp export 75mm field gun ! (damn near broke my back ) i prefer the mtn guns but the 12 pdr...
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Freddo .... I've got to ask ..... Why is that wussy Australian kid all bundled up in a parka and toque???? From the looks of the greenery, a Canuck of the same age would be sweltering in a teeshirt...
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Grant I supose it is like when I went to South Africa long time ago I left Germany at -11c midday -28c at night arrived Johanisburgh at 15c and found it very worm but the locals were going around in...
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Pinky: I can fully relate to your comments ..... Years ago, we took a family trip to Disneyland in January. The first morning we headed over to Disneyland from the motel was "cool" - maybe about 50...
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Grant. The photographs were take by Adrian not by me.I suppose they were taken in the depths of our winter when it is sometimes necessary to don a sweater.Most of our trees are evergreens. I realise...
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Yes it was about mid winter when that pic was taken, just goes to show what a lovely climate we live in around this part of OZ! Freddo your point about the use of streakes, or strakes, instead of a...
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There are some accounts of Armstrong guns in action at the end of the 1877 Treatise on Ammunition. The reports from China are very positive but the two from New Zealand disagreewith each other: that...
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There is also good evidance of armstrongs being used against there old masters in the battle of maiwand by the afghanies ,pooring punishing rapid accurate fire into the british lines and driving the...
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Double D i'm in GBO ? just to many passwords for this guy floating about.
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