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Re:Starting On My First 15mm Ship.

--- In SGoM@yahoogroups.com, "Mark A. Siefert" <siefertma@...> wrote:
>Still scratching my head about what to do about guns. I've heard that if you
ask Peter Pig nicely, they can sell you suitable guns, but I don't know what
varities they come in. I might have to try to find a standard Gatling gun and
glue some plastic card bits to make it look more like a Hotchkiss.
>
> Any ideas would be appreciated.
>
> Later,
> Mark A. Siefert
>

Hmm, I think someone used to make a pack of 15mm guns for the Spanish American
War that had some Hotchkiss guns on carriages. I want to say that it was Old
Glory but I might be wrong.

Tom




Wed Jun 10, 2009 1:19 pm

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Inspired by dampfpanzerwagon's 1/300 scale scratchbuilt ships, I've decided to try my hand at building an Aphid gunboat of my own. I had originally intended to...
Mark A. Siefert
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Jun 3, 2009
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Mark very nice work. I think you might be right about the port holes. It is an excellent start thought Terry [Non-text portions of this message have been...
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Jun 4, 2009
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Looking good so far - and thank you for the comments. The first Aphid that I ever built was to 15mm scale. One piece of advice, build the hull in cardboard...
Tony Harwood
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Jun 5, 2009
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... Hmmmm... I'll keep that in mind for the next ship. Thanks for the suggestion. I want to build another Aphid and/or one of the variants (i.e. Locust or a...
Mark A. Siefert
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Jun 10, 2009
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New pictures of my larval Aphid (Insect humor... get it?) are in my photo album. I got the bottom hull roughed out along with the tail section. All it needs is...
Mark A. Siefert
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Jun 10, 2009
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... Hmm, I think someone used to make a pack of 15mm guns for the Spanish American War that had some Hotchkiss guns on carriages. I want to say that it was Old...
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