Having purchased several die-cast cannon with missing parts I was able to convert most of them into useful coastal guns. This was the last one in my spares box. It was originally a Britains no.1292 in green but arrived without an elevation gauge, and also its front shield. Having found a use for its wheels, I now wanted to utilise the barrel and broken carriage. Decided to link them with spare wheels belonging to a Britains 4.7" green Naval Gun. Plastic card was used to supplement the carriage and furnish a new elevation gauge. Now the exciting bit, what colours to paint it? As its a home-construct toy I wanted something rather bold. Decided on a dark red carriage, grey wheels, with a lot of black distinctions. I can see this gun being used by my Ruritanians or perhaps the Spanish.
Delightful!
ReplyDeleteThanks Ross, its always nice to clear the spares and end up with something useful.
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Nice looking gun , clever use of the bits and pieces .
ReplyDeleteThank you Tony, it does make a nice contrast to my green or grey cannon.
DeleteMichael
Excellent work, lovely cannons!
ReplyDeleteCheers Allan, a red cannon adds some festive colour to the table.
DeleteMichael
A fine looking piece of artillery!
ReplyDeleteAll the best for Christmas and the New Year
Thank you MJT, and the same to you and yours. The cannon is meant to be a fun piece to reconfirm the 'toy soldier' nature of my collection.
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