fortress guns

[Anonymous]

would be very interested to see them rick - intructions are in the beginners start here posts.

Its fairly straightforward - if I can do it anyone can.

[rickb]

If I could figure out how to post pictures, I would show the RR guns I'm working on... will keep trying

[paultheloon]

back in the  2001  october issue of garden railways, somebody described how he modified a big bang cannon into a railway gun.

[Anonymous]

this site has some interesting pictures and drawings - more ship like than dalek tho
http://rkkaww2.armchairgeneral.com/galleries/Arm_trains.htm

[Anonymous]

i have scanned a couple of items from a history of railway artillery , relates to civil war usage

[tangerine-jack]

Vic, Grant never went to Richmond that was General Sheridan's job.

Take a look at the movie The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, there is a Union train in one scene that has a cannon mounted on the last car very similar to the photo you posted.

Yes, I agree that a steam powered Dalek styled rail gun would be cool. It's more "Wild, Wild West" than "Dr. Who", but cool none the less. Besides, the Wild Wild West featured a train in every episode. Where is Dr. Miguelito Loveless when you need him?

[Anonymous]

a couple more pics of my railway guns - photography is not brilliant but gives a feel of the construction




next project is an armoured train of broadly polish pattern with armoured loco.

[Anonymous]

louvres are a bit wavy on my ammo wagon - its down to my lousy assembly tho the prototype picture its based on had similar damage - gentle treatment at the hands of some bored conscripts i guess

[Anonymous]

one last picture - a us ammo wagon - these contained an overhead winch rail and had end doors - scratch built on aristocraft trucks

again my favoured leather punch styrene rivets and flattened copper wire for ladders etc

[Anonymous]

if you are into railway artillery a good book tho sadly out of print is rail guns published by John Batchelor -it contains a full history of all nations guns and many line drawings and photos .

[Anonymous]

picture of my gi joe based railway gun - the shells are real 7.62 mm nato bullets , rest apart from wheels is out of my junk box



my kids telescope gun - again whells are lgb rest is junk box with appliead styrene rivets

another view - gun elevates by means of a handwheel and gears

[Anonymous]

I have buit two garden railway gun -one based on a 155 mm gun that was made for I think GI joe by Marx and one using a telescope from a toy shop for the barrel . the remainder was scratch built from plasticard and junk . happy to email my efforts to any interested party tho I am hoping to post pictures soon. I also built an ammunition wagon to match . they are not based on a specific prototype but more generic to give the right feel. As far as motive power if they are long range guns they will be pulled by a normal ocomotive . short range were usually part of an armoured train with an armoured loco which is easy to scratch build as the drivers are skirted and cannot be seen try http://wio.ru/rr/ww1white.htm

[Anonymous]

I am still working on my WW2 Field Marshals train with a gun mounted in an open waggon. Have a look at the LGB 60512 which is designed for Mogul trucks but can easily be modified to suit normal bogies.

My idea is to connect the gun up to this device which will activate it at a certain point, fire the gun off and send a ball skipping across the surface of our pool.

Try to beat this Jack or anyones else for that matter.

This is a true challenge and your countries honour is at stake.

ian

[paultheloon]

years, somebody , in another magazine built a scale model of that railgun plus the locomotive to with it.

[Anonymous]

I don't think thats it!

Ian

[vsmith]

Gungnir Thank you,
THATs the pic I've been trying to find of the gun I mentioned above!

adding the little

Like I described, a navel cannon mounted with an angled cowl for crew protection.
[:D]

[Anonymous]

Here's a Civil War one that comes pretty close to the function in the original post:

http://americancivilwar.com/pictures/train_gun.jpg

[Anonymous]

You may be right mate but i have seen something that looks very much like that weapon mounted on a rail waggon on Satellite TV. I watch a lot of WW1 and WW2 war shows on channel 644.

Rgds ian

[paultheloon]

to iandor: the weapon yuo"re thinking was a ww1 16 1/2 inch seige howziter and not a railgun.

[Anonymous]

I think i remember nopw Bertha wa the daughter of a WW2 German arms manufacturer and i think his name was Karl Krupps. A bit like Karl Benze he named his car after his daughter Mercedes.


Rgds ian

[paultheloon]

the confedartes used a 32-pounder naval cannon on a custom-built rail carriage. i think contacting a american civil war buff should clear up the confusion.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Capt Bob Johnson

John,
Perhaps you could find something suitable in the model naval gun dept?

Perhaps.



1.75" bore.... about the size a golf ball fits. [:D][:D][:D][:p][:p][:p]

[vsmith]

it IS a mortor.

This set up was first used by Lee, but was quickly adopted by the north. This is a Union rail mounted mortor used during the siege of Vicksburg or Richmond. Grant went so far as to mount one of the largest naval mortors in the US ****nal onto a flatbed like this and used it to reign terror on the poor folks of Richmond and later Atlanta, it was called the "Dictactor"[:D]

I have seen in books but cannot find e-copies of a rail mounted naval cannon used by the North, it was mounted like a regular naval gun but had a protective wooden cowl angled at 45degrees to protect the crews. It had metal plates on the cowling but was open at the rear, a kinda a railway ironclad! Wish I could find pics of that! I'll double check my "Civil War Railways" book later tonight!

editOK that word up there is A-R-S-E-N-A-L but the [censored][censored][censored][censored] auto-censor keeps deleting the [censored] thing! Apparently A_R_S_E is a bad word to some people! Even it it just PART of another [censored][censored] ligitimate word !!!!!!!!!!!!! [:(!]

[Anonymous]

I am not so sure that it is a mortar, I admit it looks like one. However i watch a lot of stuff about ww1 and ww2 on satellite TV and i thought it resembled something else but i can't remember what, possibly a short range howitzer. I am pretty sure it was an American weapon however,


rgds ian

[paultheloon]

the weapon in the photo is a 300 lb. pounder coastal defence mortar on a rail truck.[wow][yeah][tup]

[Capt Bob Johnson]

John,
Looks like a naval mortar that has been rail mounted; if so, would have one heck of a kickback as the old naval bombships were framed and planked particularly heavy to withstand the kickback! Perhaps you could find something suitable in the model naval gun dept?

[vsmith]

I found this image on the PBS site for "The Civil War" documentary. I had a hard time finding any thing else from this era. As you know almost everything on the internet today has nothing to do with education and everything to do with selling you junk.

[John Busby]

QUOTE: Originally posted by vsmith

Well I dunno about a 5 pounder, how about this....

Hi Vic
Now we are geting down to the sort of sizes that are practical in the garden.
That one might even be multi function Blue or Grey might even get away with Red[:D]
Where would I find out more on the ACW rail mounted Artillery.
regards John

[vsmith]

Well I dunno about a 5 pounder, how about this....