Gatling build finished 27 pics old & new

Modeling Subjects Armor
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Hi guys

I have finally finished up my Gatling Gun build, model 1866 , 1" caliber. 1/16 scale.

The model is made from aluminum,brass,white oak,mahogany,sheet styrene,apoxie sculpt,lead sheet and 4 parts I cast by pressure forging apoxie sculpt.

The model originally was a 1/16 canon . I picked it up at a tag sale. In the box there were 2 bent wheels, a ruined axle and the 2 side pieces the cannon rests on ( called cheeks) and a large lifting rung. I knew I HAD to have it !

After some investigation, I discovered this was a ’ Napoleon model 1812’ canon chassis… a good starting point for many types of canons (which is what I was gonna originally buid)…somewhere during investigation I found the drawing of the Gatling Gun and recognized the gun carriage as being the Napoleon 1812… now we’re getting somewhere! This is a very large caliber weapon (for a gun) and needed the extra big canon chassis to hold it. It was, at the time, considered a piece of artillery, and able to fire approximately 300 to 350 rounds per minute. Each round was an individual shell, hand fed by the loader… no belts or clips as with smaller caliber Gatling guns of the time. Four types of shells could be used… 3 had shaped internal pieces of varying sizes ( like a shot gun) and 1 type fired the huge 1" low velocity slug…ouch.

I guess thats enough history.

Much of the model is from scratch(complete gun) or highly re- worked like the Apoxie Sculpt wheel hubs,axle and cheeks. The smaller metal parts are shaped lead, the grab handles are flattened solder… the skid plate is lead…the handles to adjust gun angle is a model boat casting I fixed up, and styrene pieces I made . Each shell is 3 pieces of brass I soldered together and will represent a slug type shell.

The 2 pieces that hold the gun assembly in place ( the trunnion keepers) were the most trouble…they are from lead sheet. I could have made them out of styrene, but working with metal results in a less fragile piece. All the metal pieces have been polished with my Dremel. Lead is toxic. wear latex gloves.

I built the model to be as much like the original as limited data would allow and replicated the way the gun is held on the chassis and wheels to the axels ect.

Now I have to dis assemble everything for paint!

I hope you enjoy the pictures

thanks,

tread

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William you can quit your day job now !http://th677.photobucket.com/albums/vv139/qqzzy/th_brownbriksbg.png

and go into turning this item out as a kit.

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This is a fantastic rendition of unique skills and abilities coming together to produce “a one of a kind” piece of work.

Super !http://th44.photobucket.com/albums/f24/koolwhip3722/smileys/th_sweet.gifdetail

and well thought out 'ma man…

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Outstanding work all around on this one brother tread! [Y] [Y] [Y]

I can only imagine what life as the loader would have been like on this weapon…that hopper isn’t too deep so keeping it fed to accomplish 350 rounds a minute would’ve been a great workout!

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hiya Bill : ) the hopper could actually accomadate maybe 6 more shells… it seems they were just piled on top of each other and the internal workings of the gun let them fall into a pre chamber then into the firing chamber… It was known to have its fair share of jam-ups though… what I read was it was more used like burst fire than constant speed fire… thanks for the interest !

tread

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WOW !!! Tread thats a beaut !!!

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Out freakin’ standing!

That sir is a work of art.

G

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Thank you ’ G’ : )

I appreciate each and every comment !.. It is an odd piece and doesn’t really fit here on the forum to well…but sometimes people need to be exposed to diversity. Thanks for the kind words

tread

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Hi, Bill I remember you sent me pic’s of this on FB a while back, my God I’m looking at it again and its just mind blowing.

You don’t post your work very often but when you do its always something that raises the bar.

Your pal,

Terry.

P.s is that Steve “disastermaster” Davis fella still calling my o’l buddy Gabby?

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Unreal…super details…another tread special…don’t ask any question, you belong here. as far as the weapon…it’s part of the armor family tree

Rounds Complete!!

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Freakin’ AWESOME!!!

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Hey Bill!

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Yeah.

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Hiya Terry,Mike and bbbrowniii : ) thanks for stopping by and checkin it out !

I really appreciate it !

and Steve I am gonna paint it… I need to get a special high acid self etching primer for the lead and aluminum pieces . I will be going back to work soon so I will wait till then, We have gallons of it.

I kinda think it looks cool unpainted … the color scheme , to be realistic is pretty bland. the wooden parts are called ’ olive drab’, but it was olive drab of the 1860s … more of a lighter blue/green … I have samples I will mix paint to match, all or the iron work will be black but the gun is ( you guessed it) gun metal with parts of brass and bronze. the paint on the wooden parts was made with boiled linseed oil so it will have a slight ‘sheen’ to it.

thanks again guys

yer pal ,Gabby

p.s. Yeah because he sure as heck don’t look like ’ Howdy Doody’… lol… I had to get out my enigma machine to 'cypher that one !

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Bow To Each Other

I’m impressed with your informed insight as to the correct method of painting this multifaceted piece of work. Most people would not have considered this priming requirement.

SobbingToo bad you don’t have two of these so you could display them in both themes of existence.

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heya Steve : )

I work at a MB dealer as a body tech. been a painter for 15 yrs. so I know all about special primers and undercoats for all kinds of materials. Cars nowadays are made of so many different composites and they all need special primers for proper paint adhesion… but I’m not saying you can’t paint an aluminum barrel and get away with it… I was more worried about the pieces of my model that I made from lead.

yer paintin pal’

bill

P.S. I wish I knew how to cast pieces from resin or if big stuff like the wheels could be cast… I would make a duplicate and keep the metal one. I posted this over at Missing Lynx, and guys over there felt l should consider doing that also.

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Awesome build and fantastic skill displayed here! My hat’s off to you!

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Thank you Hercmech for the nice comments : ) Hey guys I know there have been resin casting tutorials on the forum in the past… Can any body recommend any one in particular or exact products to use? I would like to try and make a casting of a wheel from my build so I could make the ‘limber’… the ammo carrier… It would compliment and complete the build to a better level.

thank you,

bill

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If you like lego blocks, here’s something… X

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