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The Wurst Artillery Set

Posted by FredG on 17 Jan 2018, 20:19

Harnessing up the team will need quite a bit of time so I've shelved this set for the moment. I'll get back to it when there's a bit more daylight to play with. :yeah:
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Posted by FredG on 19 Jan 2018, 14:10

I was searching the internet for a reasonable diagram of a six -horse team harness and the best one I've found was in my own library.
I've decided to go with the RHA version.

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The rearmost horses will still be connected by the Austrian method and as a whole should be reasonable.

OR do you think differently? :P
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Posted by Kekso on 21 Jan 2018, 14:34

FredG wrote:I was searching the internet for a reasonable diagram of a six -horse team harness and the best one I've found was in my own library.


It is the last place we look. Usually, when I misplace something, it is on my paint desk, right in front of my nose :xd: :xd: :xd:
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Posted by FredG on 06 Mar 2018, 09:15

Wiking wrote:The pic clarifies the four in a row.
I thought in the first instance it is a joke. But it look like a real transport for the user of the gun.
The headgear is not well chosen for this kind of ride I think.

I remember from Revell a WW II German horse and carriage for a gun.
Two soldier sit forward and two backward. Far more comfortable as the soldiers pose show.


With the wurst riders in position the guns did travel slower than a "standard" cavalry piece but they could dismount and fire off two shots in the time it took a "standard" crew to dismount.
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Posted by sansovino on 06 Mar 2018, 20:01

A wonderful project and a very precious source of informations for my own Austrian Artillery Project....
Thanks a lot for your helpful advice and presentation of your austrian artillery....
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