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Subject: 
Re: Horse Artillery (was Re: Hussars!)
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.pirates, lugnet.loc.au
Date: 
Mon, 30 Sep 2002 01:37:56 GMT
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In lugnet.pirates, Richard Parsons writes:
> In lugnet.pirates, Richie Dulin writes:
> > http://www.lugnet.com/loc/au/~1285/PortBrique/GrandArmie
> > 
> > Why horse artillery? Because I had a few spare blue torsos, and a lot more of
> > those old tyres... and some superficial research showing horse artillerists
> > wearing large busbies.
> 
> Magnifique!
> 
> I like the uniforms, the carriage, and the gun is wonderful - so simple, so
> elegant, so, just so!  Most excellent.

The limber and the gun carriage both have an unusual five wide construction
- I wanted the limber to have side by side seating, and six wide just looked
too silly (as did building a wider seat *above* the wheels). I built the gun
carriage five wide as well, but on reflection, four wide would have been
adequate.

> I already have a half dozen red
> Hussar types sitting on my monitor.

It's fun finding a use for all those old tyres, isn't it? And once you take
the tyres off, those old wheels are ideal for ship's cannon.

> Now its off to build some light field
> pieces.  i bet the out range and out accurate my clumsy ship cannon.

I'll look forward to seeing Port Bloc's efforts at the next STUDFest!

Cheers

Richie



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  Re: Horse Artillery (was Re: Hussars!)
 
(...) Magnifique! I like the uniforms, the carriage, and the gun is wonderful - so simple, so elegant, so, just so! Most excellent. I already have a half dozen red Hussar types sitting on my monitor. Now its off to build some light field pieces. i (...) (24 years ago, 29-Sep-02, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.build.minifigs)

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