tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-794332685653784854.post343605910187112431..comments2024-03-27T00:38:57.402+00:00Comments on Small Scale World: A is for Artillery...Big Guns, Cannons, Howitzers...Hugh Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10689023221814673819noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-794332685653784854.post-36755117770083139312015-07-19T15:27:22.511+01:002015-07-19T15:27:22.511+01:00So it must have been the Green Mountain Boys (with...So it must have been the Green Mountain Boys (with Indians?) attacking the British?<br /><br />Cheers Mark<br />HHugh Walterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10689023221814673819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-794332685653784854.post-50691835694209016812015-07-19T15:23:59.490+01:002015-07-19T15:23:59.490+01:00Hi Mark - When I was six my Father was seconded to...Hi Mark - When I was six my Father was seconded to Fort Bragg for six-months and he sent us loads of postcards, one of which was of a diorama showing (I think - it was a long time ago) an attack by a mixed force of Brits/Allies and Indians (I do remember lots of Indians) against a wooden pallisade/barrier defended - presumably - by Washington's men or French?<br /><br />The historic details Hugh Walterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10689023221814673819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-794332685653784854.post-11221696009562760312015-07-19T15:10:05.315+01:002015-07-19T15:10:05.315+01:00The black one seems similar to one which I got as ...The black one seems similar to one which I got as a souvenir at a US historic sight in the 1960's. We went to lots of them but I'm associating this cannon with Fort Ticonderoga in New York for some reason. Unfortunately it's lost to the sands of time somewhere so no photo available. I'm afraid nothing on their website either. <br /><br />http://www.fortticonderoga.org/store/Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07452558163485669567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-794332685653784854.post-56614016730547284442015-07-18T14:54:16.203+01:002015-07-18T14:54:16.203+01:00PS - Nice figures in that Broadsides & Boardin...PS - Nice figures in that <i>Broadsides & Boarding Parties</i><br /><br />HHugh Walterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10689023221814673819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-794332685653784854.post-90141863649528310372015-07-18T14:52:39.130+01:002015-07-18T14:52:39.130+01:00It's close Uncle B...but the ones in your link...It's close Uncle B...but the ones in your link are quite realistic with long barrels that have a rather phallic tip on them! This one is stubby and more cartoon-like with a flat end...something like it I'm sure, or possibly one of the more 'infant' orientated sets with - typically - short, fat, vinyl pirates?<br /><br />Thanks for the kind words...I'll do this post again one Hugh Walterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10689023221814673819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-794332685653784854.post-51271012589403712152015-07-18T14:21:17.752+01:002015-07-18T14:21:17.752+01:00Could the small black cannon in the last photo be ...Could the small black cannon in the last photo be a piece from this game?<br /><br />https://www.boardgamegeek.com/image/86499/broadsides-and-boarding-parties<br /><br />Thanks for posting pictures of all those guns - You certainly have a varied artillery park!Uncle Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00975932783227453858noreply@blogger.com