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Offline gary michie

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Trunion latches
« on: July 14, 2009, 08:27:13 AM »
Hi: ;D
I'm drawing up the shop plans for my full scale 12 lb. Whitworth carriage. I see that on the Armstrong Pic. on a thread here a while back, that the trunions had 2 levers/ bars with rings,or the like, latching them. the pic were of a carriage with a beautiful wood finish, in a museum in GB I think.
Does Any one have any good pic. of the trunion cap and latches?
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Re: Trunion latches
« Reply #1 on: July 14, 2009, 12:30:24 PM »
Hi Gary,

Is this the cannon in question? I'll have to see which folder I put the rest in....... I am also checking in my favorites for the site,

The Whitworth is a fine gun, I have been researching the Armstrong system and am in the process of building a scale rendition

of one.

If memory serves me this gun lives in Australia, it was found on a farm the carriage was not restorable   so someone used it as a pattern

to build a new one using the original hardware.
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Re: Trunion latches
« Reply #2 on: July 14, 2009, 08:14:11 PM »
Gary,

These are pics (with views of cap squares) from the original thread on British block trail carriages, that's the best definition (first photo) I could get on the cropped photo of the Armstrong gun that was refurbished in Australia.

 







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Re: Trunion latches
« Reply #3 on: July 15, 2009, 08:27:48 AM »
Hi: ;D
Boom J good pic. if that is the standard then I can go from there. Kabar 2 yes that is the carriage I'm talking about,see the rings then the chain,but befor the ring I think I see a bar going up to a pin maybe not Wish I had a farm field with that in it. Here we find stuff in barns no cannons so far.
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