Artillery Seven Years War - French Indian War (1 Viewer)

[Fraxinus]

Simply superb drawings, I suggest you use the metric scale and then convert to English and avoid the Paris foot. I am assume the "yellow" means the barrels are brass (bronze), not iron.

So if you want to drop a JJD American 8-pounder in with your Prussian Grenadiers go for it, the neighbors will never know.


Prussian

http://crogges7ywarmies.blogspot.co...d-max=2013-01-01T00:00:00-08:00&max-results=6

French

http://crogges7ywarmies.blogspot.com/search/label/French SYW Artillery – part II

Early French

http://crogges7ywarmies.blogspot.com/2011/01/7yw-artillery-scale-drawings.html

Saxony and Hessel are additional pages.

 

[Fraxinus]

As I understand it, the Prussian Blue and the American Blue used in gun carriages were nearly identical in color.

 

[theBaron]

Hi Fraxinus, you're correct, Christian is referring to the color of the barrel. He's a member of the Seven Years War Project at Kronoskaf and has done excellent research from original sources.

I think you're right about the color of the carriages, too. The blue paint the Prussians used on their carriages was a sort of medium blue, a little darker than cornflower blue, perhaps, but similar to the color of the dragoons' coats. I use Model Master's French Blue for it.

Prost!
Brad