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English forums => Contributions - Customs => Topic started by: henry_martini on July 09, 2011, 04:20:54 PM
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On my search for 18th century material (for Three Inch Glory II (https://gardenwargaming.playclicks.com/forum/index.php?topic=1528.0)) I came across an old barrel that I wanted to put on this carriage since ages but failed to do on several occasions. I am surely not the first one to do this but i just wanted to enlighten you that it is possible to achieve this without altering the barrel using just brute force with pincers to widen the top of carriage temporarily.
I am quite glad about that piece. ;D
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Looks promising... I will try it right away!
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I still need some practising to avoid scratches :P. But it still seems worth the effort for me and the carriages are DS replacable. ;D
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I still need some practising to avoid scratches :P. But it still seems worth the effort for me and the carriages are DS replacable. ;D
Hi h_m,
Have you tried gluing a bit of felt onto the tips of your pincers/pliers? If you use a fairly thin layer of felt, you should still be able to use the pliers as normally, but with much less chance of scratching the plastic.
Just a thought...
Cheers,
AndrewL
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I have tried this as well, but when I did it I used heat to make the plastic more pliable.
It doesn't leave any scratches. :)
(http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/9706/126zro.jpg)
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My EAGLE (3286/394Ø) has Ø2 (the #1 and 2 guns) and my Cutter DISPATCH (4444 custom) has one (bow).
You do have to work the barrel into the carraige slowly, though.
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@ all: thank you for the enlightenment. I have found 2 more barrels, so your advice does come in handy.
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My EAGLE (3286/394Ø) has Ø2 (the #1 and 2 guns) and my Cutter DISPATCH (4444 custom) has one (bow).
You do have to work the barrel into the carraige slowly, though.
Can we have pictures of your ships, please. :) Sorry, it seems to me that I read this only now. :P
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A generic second half of 18th century prusso-austrian (probably depending on the cuff colours) cuirassier.
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WOW! Very well done! :o
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Very good custom!
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hey Micheal!
I dont have such a gun to try it out but I do have a few suggestions in such cases;
1) since you say the carriage is easily replaceable...although its quite an ardous task (not for me really), I'll rather cut/file/drill down the insides of the carriage
2) or cut/file down, btw I just bought an Ozito set (cheap australian hobbyist rotary tool) ;D the pins & collar of the gun
3) something I thought off long ago but still dont have to do....file off the teeth of my pliers...then add the felt like AndrewL suggested
oh..almost forgot....I like your customs! not just the guns ;) :)
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An 18th century austrian infantry specific genuine pm tuft
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Again, EXCELLENT!
I really like the holly that you put in their caps.
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i've always been looking out for a genuine PM part to insert into shakos...what part number is this holly? did you have to trim it? (not your style ;))
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i've always been looking out for a genuine PM part to insert into shakos...what part number is this holly? did you have to trim it? (not your style ;))
I went the natural way and cut it from this pm branch.
http://playmodb.org/cgi-bin/showpart.pl?partnum=30-07-9680 (http://playmodb.org/cgi-bin/showpart.pl?partnum=30-07-9680)
Obviously one can cut many from it. And as it is soft rubber like material they fit and sit tight even without maximum accuracy. ;D
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thanks H_M! (sounds like Head Master :D :P)
to learn more, so were you depicting (artificial) green pom-poms or were there regiments wearing leaves from trees for some special reason? any photos or drawings to share?
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to learn more, so were you depicting (artificial) green pom-poms or were there regiments wearing leaves from trees for some special reason? any photos or drawings to share?
As far as I know these tufts were used in the beginnig (ie. at some point during the 17th or 18th century) to distinguish army A from army B. With all the mess of uniforms, unit types and coalitions at the time it seemed cheap and easily recognizable. Especially the reichsheer (the army of the holy roman empire including the austrians) used it as a field sign e.g. in the war of the spanish succession and the second war of the polish succession. I guess at least some austrian units stuck to it. There are pictures from late 19th century in which some still have leave tuft (probably oak normally) on their headwear. I do not know if there were also artificial, more durable ones.
18th century:
http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchdetail.cfm?trg=1&strucID=125815&imageID=90238&total=64&num=40&parent_id=120436&word=&s=¬word=&d=&c=&f=&k=0&sScope=&sLevel=&sLabel=&lword=&lfield=&sort=&imgs=20&pos=47&snum=&e=w (http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchdetail.cfm?trg=1&strucID=125815&imageID=90238&total=64&num=40&parent_id=120436&word=&s=¬word=&d=&c=&f=&k=0&sScope=&sLevel=&sLabel=&lword=&lfield=&sort=&imgs=20&pos=47&snum=&e=w)
Napoleonic, bottom of the page:
http://napoleonistyka.atspace.com/Austrian_infantry.htm (http://napoleonistyka.atspace.com/Austrian_infantry.htm)
This site is highly recommendable also otherwise for all things napoleonic.
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oh thanks Michael...thats very informative!
I like to be histirically correct (but still allowing our PM simplicity)
btw, I couldnt connect to the napoleonic site...maybe its temporarily down, I'll try later but really quite keen to at least stick a small napoleonic caps with these just to add variety to our other white/red/yellow pom poms ;)
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Link fixed. :)
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Link fixed. :)
Micheal, still not working for me :P
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I like your cuirassier best, Michael.