Model 1841 12 Pounder Field Gun Scale Model

[brasssmanget]

Very nicely done! I built a small Frankenstein cannon some years back but it was nowhere near as as nice as yours. Great work!

 

[talvare]

@brasssmanget
Thank you
Ted

 

[talvare]

That looks awesome nice attention to detail!!!
Did you make the barrel out of one piece with included trunnions? If so how did you accomplish that task? What’s the overall size of this masterpiece? Nice work!

@Cadillac
Thanks for the kind words. The overall length of the cannon is 25". The barrel is 13" not including the cascabel at the breech end. The trunions were machined separately and attached to the barrel with 3/8" Allen studs. Probably easier to explain with a photo.
Ted

 

[Winegrower]

Great job...I'm sure you had many interesting challenges pulling this together. I really like not buying a kit and just reconstructing from pictures.

 

[talvare]

Great job...I'm sure you had many interesting challenges pulling this together. I really like not buying a kit and just reconstructing from pictures.

It was a very interesting project and yes, quite challenging at times. A lot of those challenges were directly related to my skill level. Several times it did require making fixtures or special tools to accomplish a task, but it was a great learning experience for me. Without a resource like the one I found from the Library of Congress, it would have been nearly impossible to achieve any level of accuracy.

Ted

 

[brasssmanget]

I thoroughly enjoyed doing my project cannon too. What a learning experience it was! Almost every piece was built from scratch.

Not to take away from your cannon - it is exquisite! Just a early pic of my finished cannon - rougher version of yours. [chuckle]

 

[talvare]

Very nice. I love seeing cannons that others have built. Have you shot it ?

Ted

 

[Janderso]

Beautiful job.
When I did Civil War reenactments the bronze 12 pounders burned a lb of FFF .
Cool!

 

[talvare]

Thanks Jeff. I can imagine that firing one of the real Civil War cannons was a lot of fun.

Ted

 

[silverhawk]

It was a very interesting project and yes, quite challenging at times. A lot of those challenges were directly related to my skill level. Several times it did require making fixtures or special tools to accomplish a task, but it was a great learning experience for me. Without a resource like the one I found from the Library of Congress, it would have been nearly impossible to achieve any level of accuracy.

Ted

What was your library of congress resource?

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