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Thanks Max! Will do!

what about underslinging a smaller barrel as the battery under the housing at the front? where the barrel of the gun lies. that way its battery is a part of the carriage and doesnt require carrying




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BTW... anyone seen RW? I haven't seen him about in days... and well I miss the fething weirdo's jokes

That's make it easier to transport than the actual Lascannon though.

Yeah, the battery needs changed quite often

Although it could be fun if it could shoot the expended batteries out at the enemy. But then that seems more Ork-like and you'd have to forget the things are rechargeable and likely worth the same as the crew, if not more, alone.

So, Dave's troops are now arm4ed with a big las-cannon!

have you thought about laying down the battery instead of positioning it standing upright? i think that might look better... sort of like a whiskey barrel when it is not moving around...woth tow resting thingies made from the same wood...the cables and the conductors by the way look ace... and i just love the chain you used...that is for sure some chain that looks the right scale!!!

dsteingass wrote:hmm..All I have are big barrels, and small barrels, nothing in-between- This'll do I suppose.

I think the middle sized one would be a better fit. As it is, your battery is bigger than a man (but maybe that's just because it's crude and inefficient? )

dsteingass wrote:Rawson, you don't have anything to be ashamed of bro...especially not when you get your hobby on!

Thanks for the morale support, Dave

Given the power requirements, I would say that the battery is just about right. It probably needs some handles on the side. The only batteries available around the ACW era were wet batteries, large, sloshy affairs. Plus, the need to make them quickly refillable with the catalyst liquid/replace the anodes. Wartime would have seen a ton of barrels converted to field batteries.

--B.

PS: Get it? FIELD BATTERIES!

Maybe on the side?


I forgot to have the power cables coming from the SIDE of the barrel as well. Imagine it like that.

I think it looks great as-is, but with the addition of handles and Tie-down hooks.

RSJake wrote:I think it looks great as-is, but with the addition of handles and Tie-down hooks.

You are onto something there!

good ideas..got any reference pics?

Anyone seen RW

dsteingass wrote:good ideas..got any reference pics?

Of course I couldn't find a pic of exactly what I was talking about, so this mock-up will have to do.

Sorry for the crudness of the image, but I didn't have time to build it to scale or paint it

RSJake wrote:

Sorry for the crudness of the image, but I didn't have time to build it to scale or paint it

Thank you Doc Brown!

I knew you'd get that!

That is the best line in all 3 movies!

I agree! The look Marty gives him after he says that is priceless!

Anyway, the mock-up didn't show EXACTLY waht I had in mind, but maybe you can see what i meant.

I like it so far though! The battery does look large and cumbersome, but it should!

Yep! Good idea there Jake! I like the Tie-down hooks best! They would roll and heft the barrel by hand like any other barrel, but the hooks would definately be needed in the recharging process.

And that is why I run so many ideas past you lot! If I were doing this, I would have added the handles thinking they looked cool, and you would have come along and said "That looks good jake, but how are they going to roll the barrel?"

<nerd> The recharging process is replacing the acid in the battery, and replacing the anode/cathode as they degrade during the process. Rechargeable batteries won't exist for... </nerd>

Sorry.

--B.

They just have Las-tech ok It's just being industrialized, like everything else in the mid-19th Century
Don't try to rationalize it If IG can wear Pith Helmets and be accepted, so can this


Look, RIVETS!

I am too distracted by the beautiful rivets to question any more anachronisms! Amazing work as always, Dave.












(That's what you were going for, right? )

Thank You Scarp!


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I think she is ready for paint!

woh whats this?? i definatly like this cannon dave!

WB RW! and thanks..You were only gone a few days, but Childe was very worried about you.

lol man it seemed like months! no cable no computers, i would have died if my FW order didnt come in (although i had zero glue when it did so i had to rely on bluetac)

oh that sucs..but I bet you got everything sanded real good!

well i got to stare at them for a few days, so nice and resiny!