Why collect artillery?? (4 Viewers)

[Artillery_crazy]

Do the little boats have big guns ?

Hi Hussar,

The " little boats" are those in 1:400 scale or so....the type used for large scale diorama........Not the type of stuff I like at all.....No chance of details at such a sclae hahahahha{sm4}{sm4}{sm4}{sm4}

 

[Louis Badolato]

Nice!!:smile2: Between Obee and John Firth, there are some very talented figure painters on this forum.^&cool^&cool

 

[siu100]

Ok. I have noticed several collectors who have their own "fetishes" in this hobby- as Wraith pointed out quite comically the "Brits on Camels" fetish but I have always wondered about the guys who collect artillery. We have a sub group here on the forum dealing with arty, a couple guys with handles like "artillery crazy", etc. I have met some really big time collectors who are into artillery- what is it about tubes on two wheels that seem to get collectors so enthralled? I can see grunts as they can be doing many different things or tanks as they look cool and stuff but what is it about cannon's that you fellas enjoy? I would love to hear some answers.

Cheers!!
CC

The artillery is another facet of the battle field. There is an art to the artillery of the past and the various forms it took by various country's during the many wars in which it was used.

 

[cnq]

very nice ground work siu100.

 

[Denver]

A Battlefield diorama is not complete
without Arte tenderizing the objective.

 

[Poppo]

The artillery is another facet of the battle field. There is an art to the artillery of the past and the various forms it took by various country's during the many wars in which it was used.

Amazing that during ww2 the biggest part of artillery was rocketry.

 

[Mirof]

Remember my time in 71 at Brasschaat Artillery school ( Belgium )
Learning how to calculate a shot range
NO computer
Triangulation, a bit of trigonometry, piece of paper, pencil, and some rulers in plastic
Firt step : how many powder sac to put in the shell ... elevation, angles...
Souvenir Souvenir

 

[Martin Tabony]

Remember my time in 71 at Brasschaat Artillery school ( Belgium )
Learning how to calculate a shot range
NO computer
Triangulation, a bit of trigonometry, piece of paper, pencil, and some rulers in plastic
Firt step : how many powder sac to put in the shell ... elevation, angles...
Souvenir Souvenir

That's why they only took the clever ones. (the not so clever became cavalry!^&grin)

Martin

 

[Artillery_crazy]

The artillery is another facet of the battle field. There is an art to the artillery of the past and the various forms it took by various country's during the many wars in which it was used.

Hi CC,
As a collector of all things Artillery.......I guess I can try and provide my reason for enjoying artillery as my focus point in the collecting hobby of ours....
By origin I would say my natural choice should have had been cavalry ( being that the service arm I enlisted in and served) but for some reason artillery drew my attention....Most likely I guess due to the fact that throughout the ages this was the arm that most soldier was afraid of, just picture being under a heavy bombardment of HE or fragmentation bomb and you can understand. Also it is the arm that shares with the others a lot of tradition, but also that captivates the most intellectual and " literate " souls.....the infantry have always been the cannon fodder....cavalry although very romantic lost its place in the battle field as the arm to decide the battle and is now just a screening or " scouting" role......Artillery is powerful, has all the different advances in technology represented in it. Just by seeing the evolution from the bombards of the early days to the highly sophisticated howitzers and long range guns that have been developed gives us a lot to think......The Tank is an amalgamation of a mechanized horse mounting a short or long barreled artillery piece....but then it is a recent development with less than 100 years in the field. It has its merits but still not as old in the battle field as the artillery piece.....Then comes in the second portion of my interest, I enjoy collecting artillery pieces from the late 1800s to early WW2. Mainly British/Empire, French and German.
Well these are some of the reasons I enjoy Artillery......
Hope it helps.
Cheers
Artillery Crazy :salute:::salute:::salute:::salute:::salute::

 

[Obee]

Nice!!:smile2: Between Obee and John Firth, there are some very talented figure painters on this forum.^&cool^&cool

I'll agree with that comment

John

 

[Artillery_crazy]

Lined up some mountain guns for a nice salvo.....

 

[Artillery_crazy]

Lined up some mountain guns for a nice salvo.....a few more

 

[Artillery_crazy]

.....a few more

 

[Artillery_crazy]

Some heavier caliber guns...

 

[Artillery_crazy]

Some more heavier caliber guns...

 

[Artillery_crazy]

A few more .....

 

[Artillery_crazy]

Here a few more .....

 

[Artillery_crazy]

WW1 Mountford gun with Rose garrison.....

 

[Artillery_crazy]

WW1 18 pdr made by Henchliffe and manned by a Roseminiature Australian Garrison....:salute:::salute:::salute::

 

[Mirof]

Marklin, yes the German maker of electric train, made some canon in the past
here a 1 page extract of their catalog


you can find the 4 pages of this ( in PDF form ) at
http://www.mirofsoft.com/toy-soldier/

Best