1/24 Brooke 6.4" rifled cannon models

[Coot]

I just put a pair of .50 caliber Brooke 6.4" two band rifled cannon on order. They are steel smooth bore & fully functional. Can a 1/24 model of the CSS Albemarle be in my future?

 

[deerstalkert]

my Boss still says "NO" not just no! still working on her!
i have miles of river to defend!

 

[Rich44]

Well it sounds like you will be in command of the waters in your area.
Will need a picture of your two new cannons to see the armament.
Good luck with them.

 

[kemart17]

my Boss still says "NO" not just no! still working on her!
i have miles of river to defend!View attachment 164635

wow!!!! you really need to work on her. you deff needs a cannon. my boss says i need 1, but just not yet.....lol

 

[deerstalkert]

wow!!!! you really need to work on her. you deff needs a cannon. my boss says i need 1, but just not yet.....lol

anymore when i bring up the extreme "need" for a cannon, the bride responds with that distinct sound, you know, the one caused by air traveling through a nose at mach 1! very similar to the sound of a disturbed whitetail.

 

[chorizo]

anymore when i bring up the extreme "need" for a cannon, the bride responds with that distinct sound, you know, the one caused by air traveling through a nose at mach 1! very similar to the sound of a disturbed whitetail.

You need to read Patrick McManus "Gunrunning" excellent primer on how to get it past the wife.

 

[deerstalkert]

You need to read Patrick McManus "Gunrunning" excellent primer on how to get it past the wife.

i have all of Pat's published writings, and many of a personal nature.
be seeing ya soon Pat!

 

[chorizo]

i have all of Pat's published writings, and many of a personal nature.
be seeing ya soon Pat!

The only writer where I laughed so hard and so long at one of his stories, that I passed out.

"Never cry snake"

 

[deerstalkert]

he was a gem, and lives on. in our hearts and our laughter.

 

[Coot]

I just put a pair of .50 caliber Brooke 6.4" two band rifled cannon on order. They are steel smooth bore & fully functional. Can a 1/24 model of the CSS Albemarle be in my future?

I screwed up. When working out the scale, I went down, not up - a .50 bore for a 6.4" gun works out to a scale of 1/12, not 1/24. Actually the .50 bore is a bit oversize for the 9 & 58" long barrels so I may compromise on a scale of 1/16. Looks like a trailer may be in my future as well

 

[SOLANCO]

my Boss still says "NO" not just no! still working on her!
i have miles of river to defend!View attachment 164635

Unfortunately you asked permission first. Now you will have to wait for it.
If it had just shown up? Well generally they can only stay angry for so long. Although I once had a woman friend who was a world record holder.

 

[deerstalkert]

the bride is Scot! she remembers things . like me using a sauce spoon from a wedding gift to melt lead in! 54 years and counting. still gets tight lipped about that little lapse.

 

[TDM]

Sure wish I’d bought one years ago. A 1” would be plenty to play with and here at the camp there’s no one to bother. But too late, too late.

Edit: I took the time to look at what DGWs has now. They have 2 or 3 with an 1 1/2” - 1 3/4” bores for under a $1,000. Maybe one day.

 

[TDM]

my Boss still says "NO" not just no! still working on her!
i have miles of river to defend!View attachment 164635

I’d say at least 3 or 4 batteries would be needed to protect that view!