Napoleonic British

Started by kev1964, 04 February 2016, 04:06:15 PM

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Westmarcher

I think I'm in love.  8->

Don't tell Mrs Westie.  :-$
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d_Guy

Quote from: Leman on 04 February 2016, 04:53:10 PM
Frightening when 10mm stuff looks better than most people's 15mm.
Or 25mm in my case.

Brilliant work Kev!
Sleep with clean hands ...

kev1964

Thank's for the comments chaps, they dont have optivisors here in Hungary Techno, only welding visors  ;D, , i have to steal the wife's reading glasses.
Really enjoying painting these.


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Really great stuff.

And great reference material for my British too  ;)

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All the artillery finished. Really enjoyed doing these.

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I have neither the time or the crayons to explain why you are wrong.

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Absolutely fantastic

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Techno

Those really are rather special.  8)

Can I show my ignorance again, and ask what the long, non wheeled weapon is, at the front right of the top photo ?

Cheers - Phil

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It's one version of the Congrace Rocket launcher that the British used in the Penninsula, Waterloo and 1812 American campaigns (and features in the American national anthem)
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Techno

Thanks, Will.  :)

I'll go and look that up.

Cheers - Phil.

Westmarcher

Boat launched version of the Congreve rocket system.



.... and its target ....

I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.

Techno

Ta, Westie !

So.....Just to make sure I don't go away with completely the wrong idea. (I should put, the wrong end of the stick, shouldn't I ?)

The projectile itself was basically shaped like a 'modern' firework rocket ? (To me)
But......Unlike a firework rocket, the propulsion didn't come from the head of the rocket, (firing backwards) but from a black powder charge in the 'launcher' ?(A bit like a cannon firing a ball) ?
The head of the rocket was a sealed metal tube, filled with powder, which presumably exploded on impact with anything solid ?

Yes ?

Cheers - Phil