H is for Hinchliffe's Heavy-metal H'artillery!

Shot these a while ago, but an email from Gisby earlier today on another matter reminded me they were in the queue, so I finalised the editing of the photographs this evening and they can go up, we don't have enough metal here, but it was and is again mostly in storage!

Couple of variations in Hinchliffe packaging, with a later poly-bag on the left and one of the earlier boxes on the right, they soldiered-on is shops like my local; Concord Models for years as shop-stock boxes though.

Between them are the two Wellingtonian guns I have, one unpainted might be from the 30mm range - ME/30/1 - British 9 PDR. 1800-1860 - while the other painted is the same as the one in the bag, from the 25mm range: 25/K - British Napoleonic 9LBR Gun.

You can see the larger piece is much better made and more detailed, I wondered if it was the 24lbr., from the 25mm range, but am pretty sure now it's the 30mm piece, they (Hinchliffe) also made 54mm stuff, distributed through Rose Miniatures for a while.

Detail shots of the larger piece, the chains have been soldered-in by the owner/modeller, as have the buckets. not much more I can say, it is what it is, a bare-metal casting, assembled! Scale aside - this piece has a narrower track than the 25mm 9lbr.

Catalogue image, it doesn't say what it is, but my crew have the typical heavy, oblong/square bases of the 25mm range so this may be the 30mm set, but the gun looks a bit basic?

I also shot these as a bit of fun; Hinchliffe gave you a paper flag with each bearer, but you had to colour them in yourself! Quite a good idea with the English Civil War, as a lot of them followed a similar pattern/format but were all different colours with dots or stars and things (rank-amateur vexillologist talking here) you'd need to draw/paint onto the main field, but I wouldn't fancy painting the small French one, they're busy little buggers, while you'd need a steady hand to do the nappy 'Queens Colour' Union-flag one justice!