Whats a good civil war cannon??? (1 Viewer)

[fishead19690]

I,m looking for some cheap civil war cannons! Something cheap that looks real not toy looking and looks to scale not some tiny undersized thing that looks like a toy next to the figures.

Are there any kit builds that would look good, any cheaper metal painted or unpainted. Plastic is fine as long as its cheesey looking.

I want to convert a few conte and TSSD figures into gun crews and need some good looking guns to go with them.
I,m thinking of doing six crews to man that artillary battery diorama piece I made but I don,t have funds for good metal guns.
Any suggestions???

 

[Toy Soldier Brigade]

Treefrog has the Troiani cannons on sale. I have all three, and they are very well done.

 

[Scott]

M1857 Napoleon Field Gun
THMC02 $30.00, they were $50.00. Very diorama worthy! What are they made of?

It's possible to convert the Armies In Plastic British 6 pders as they have the single trail but it would be a stretch.

 

[Shannon Reuss]

They are painted metal.
Regards,

 

[fishead19690]

Another ??? Were all civil war cannons fired with the pull chord or were some still match lit at the breach?

 

[The Lt.]

Another ??? Were all civil war cannons fired with the pull chord or were some still match lit at the breach?

Tim check this site out not doing so myself I still feel it'll give you the answer or answers your looking for.....The Lt.

http://civilwarartillery.com

 

[Ken & Ericka Osen/H&A Studio]

Another ??? Were all civil war cannons fired with the pull chord or were some still match lit at the breach?

Although both the #1 and #2 carriages had a bracket to hold a portfire on the right side of the carriage the friction primer was the main method of ignition in this period.
After the powder bag is pricked open through the touch hole, a small brass tube is inserted in the touch hole that has an explosive and a twisted wire at the top set in at a right angle.
The lanyard has a small iron hook at the end that is hooked around the twisted brass wire loop. The lanyard line (linen) is held without slack until the command to fire is given and then the #4 crewman gives it a jerk to ignite the friction primer that in turn ignites the powder charge.

As you know the Troiani guns are a great value at $30.00 and are spot on for accuracy as they were modeled directly from extent originals.. If other guns you see do not have the same details and contours... then they are incorrectly modeled.
Ken

 

[Scott]

IMHO the TSSD gunners correctly painted would do justice the Troiani guns. Careful painting them as Confederates as their artillery uniform didn't have the piping that Union artillery Uniforms had. I have converted several TSSD figures to the # 4 man with the lanyard. I've seen a good number of CW reenactors fire full sized reproduction cannon per the manual. (with some National Park Service and other safety measures) It's impressive and the Lanyard is used.

I just "play" with my TSSD figures so the Penncraft metal guns or the Classic Toy Soldiers Marx style guns are OK. At around $6 each it's economical and they are study for storage in plastic bins.

 

[fishead19690]

Thanks Ken! And thanks also Joe! Those cannons look great and at $30 are a good deal but I just want a cheaper one that looks good to go along with my plastic conversion figures. I want something I can paint up myself to save some money, I need 6 of them and that would bring those up to $180 way more then I,m looking to spend.
I,m looking to spend maybe more like around $10 a cannon. There just going to be used with plastic painted figures.

 

[Scott]

A quick run down of inexpensive guns. There's a Timpo CW gun approx $6 at Hobby Bunker but I don't have it.

(As "close" as any of them)

 

[fishead19690]

Heres a picture of an old cannon I,ve had kicking around since I was a kid. I,m not sure who makes it? I think it was britians? It came painted silver with a limber and crew also all painted silver. The limber didn,t survive my childhood but the cannon and most of the crew did. I painted it up and think it looks pretty good for a plastic cannon.
The figures are a couple of conversions I painted up and I plan on converting more of this conte/TSSD size figures as crews.