Can anyone tell me the assembled length of the new Napoleonic limbers please? Just need to know how long a base I need for the little chaps.

Gordon

What Nationality as there is often a difference.
If it's British or Prussian then you have to bear in mind that the only suitable materials are either steel or plastic as card or MDF have a finite life of only a few years. Cutting them now will probably mean that they will crumble to dust by the time you get the models.

I have card and epoxy bases that have been in service over thirty years, and I think they'll outlive me. They've seen action on four continents, at that.

Quote from: GordonY on 07 May 2014, 08:59:13 PM
Can anyone tell me the assembled length of the new Napoleonic limbers please? Just need to know how long a base I need for the little chaps.

Gordon

Won't that depend on how many horses you have in the team?

The limbers are around 25-30mm off the top of my head, then you'd have two pairs of horses as well.  So probably something between a 60x20mm and a 80x30mm base, depending how much space you want around them?

Quote from: Dragoon on 03 July 2014, 12:29:00 PM
... the only suitable materials are either steel or plastic as card or MDF have a finite life of only a few years.

I've got stuff here which has been based on MDF for about 7 years and it's still as straight and flat as it was when it was cut?  Strangely I've got some Nap display figures on plasticard which has warped badly.