Help with No.1 field carriage

[Rotunda]

Hi can anyone help.

I am trying to build a 1/4 scale 3” Parrott mounted on a No.1 field carriage and could do with some help.
Does anyone know the full size dimensions of the square nuts on the sides of the cheeks and how many are there on each side? I have looked at photos on the net but none really show up.
 
Also what goes through the three counter bored holes on the top of the carriage that holds the Axle strap?  Are they coach bolts or long studs with nut at each end? Because in photos it looks like they are just three round disks.

Thanks 
Tony

[Double D]

Get your self a set of plans from Antique Ordnance Publishers.  There are cheep for what you get.  http://lassengunsmithing.com/AOPCatalog.htm  Plan set 12 is what you need.  $20 plus postage for 120  11" x 17" pages

[Zulu]

Rotunda,
There are really too many details to build a #1 carriage with no plans.
The three holes that hold the axle strap are countersunk on top, bolts dropped in, then the top of the hole is plugged with a wooden dowel.  This prevents water from getting in the hole.
Zulu

[Rotunda]

Double D,
 Thanks for the Antique Ordnance site. I emailed them and they got back to me fast, but living in England it’s not so easy trying to work out how to get an International Money order in US dollars.


Zulu,
Thanks for the information.  A friend gave me a set of Plans by William F. Green and these are what I am working too but they are just not detailed enough for the size of model they produce.

[carronader]

where abouts in England Rotunda ?

[Double D]

I didn't realize you were overseas.  I might be willing to help you.  Check your PM.

[Articifer Tom]

 If you have paypal and they'll accept it works great .I rescently  purchased a Hanix equipment manual form England . My only mistake was crossing euro and pounds symbols.

[Double D]

Tom,

AOP only takes check or money orders.

[Articifer Tom]

  Good point . Wild Horse Books and Art  also sells AOP and other interesting related books and does accept Paypal.
                                                          Tom

[Double D]

Good source for plans for the folks overseas, Thanks Tom.

http://www.wildhorsebooks.com/civil_war_artillery.htm

Yopu have to look around on site to find them, here is their payment options.   To order - you may send a US check or money order; mail or phone in with a credit card (Visa, MasterCard, Discover) or pay with PayPal- using my Email account books@wildhorsebooks.com. Be sure to include s/h charges. I do not have online ordering at this time other than paypal. Orders to other countries will require more postage and a $5 foreign exchange fee on credit cards as charged by my bank. You may email me for shipping rates.

[Rotunda]

Hi Carronader,

I'm in South East London. where abouts are you?

[Rotunda]

Thanks for everyone’s help and suggestions.


Double  D,  Please check your PM.

[Double D]

PM received and replied to...email sent to AOP.

[carronader]

London  North        Rotunda

[Rotunda]

I know I am preaching to the converted on this site, but anyone thinking of building a No.1 field carriage has to get a copy of book No.12 from Antique Ordnance Publishers, http://lassengunsmithing.com/AOPCatalog.htm , before they start construction. On advice with help from Double D, I just got my copy today and I can’t put it down. Dimensions are for full size Ordnance and there is a table in the back of the book to build reduced scale size models
We can’t normaly get anything as detailed as this on U.S. Civil War in England but I now have a great Christmas present from my wife.