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[btavis]

Incidentally, in the course of doing this diorama I have found that the best French Lebel rifles are the ones made by Bruno Liebovitz of Metal Modeles. So, I sent an e-mail to Bruno asking if I could purchase some and he graciously responded to the positive. He also makes the best French Chassepots around. I have to say what a great thing it is to have so many supportive manufacturers that can respond like this. I also must add that Vincent Wai of Alpha Image has been equally responsive on something else I was interested in. Every manufacturer (Andrea, Fusilier, Pegaso, Michael Roberts, etc) that I have ever dealt with on this basis over the years has been very forthcoming where-ever possible. I hope this is true for others as well.

I think I can speak for most of my fellow modelers and state that this type of customized service is greatly appreciated and of inestimable value.

 

[LCoote]

Thanks Bob, I appreciate your comments, yes I've seen the Spoinkop piece , once in a while I will flick through Bill's book for a bit of inspiration.
Actually it's good to know that manufacturers are willing to help even if it's only a few weapons or accessories that you're wanting. Now if I could only get hold of some decent British new land pattern muskets I'd be right, the Historex ones are way too large.

 

[btavis]

Leigh, is that like a Brown Bess? I am not familiar with the musket you refer to.

 

[LCoote]

Bob, yes it's just a later version of the Brown Bess, you can see it differs slightly, this is from an issue of regiment magazine and has some very good information on weapons and equipment.

 

[LCoote]

Thanks, I'll do that, I had looked for Micheal Roberts weapons but for some reason thought they were all 120mm

 

[garyjd]

Leigh, I made the masters for the 54mm and 120mm "Brown Bess" sold by Michael Roberts. I do plan on doing more I'm just not sure when.~Gary

Below is a close-up of a 80mm Hessian Jager rifle I made. The acutal model is 1 7/8" long.

 

[LCoote]

Great work there Gary, weapons are a whole different ballgame. Were you able to look at the real thing and measure them so as to have a starting point .
I thought you had done the Micheal Roberts weapons but as I said I thought they were all 120mm.
I haven't gotten around to contacting Mike Stelzel yet but will do so soon.

 

[John Long]

Mike has an ever expanding line of 54mm figures, and accessories. Some of the figures are sculpted by Kwang Youl Lee, and they are terrific. I bought four of the muskets sculpted by Gary. They are terrific, well sculpted and cast.

Beautiful job on the Hessian rifle Gary. There is a terrific museum not far from here that has a big collection of firearms, including many of these jaeger rifles.

 

[garyjd]

Leigh, I always take a photo of the weapon I'm doing and and reduce it down to the scale size I'm working on. The reduced photocopy serves as a guide and template when I start constructing the stock.~Gary

 

[garyjd]

John, Thanks a lot. The Valley Forge visitors center has a nice little collection of weapons on view, and it's right across the street from the MFCA show.~Gary

 

[gordy]

Originally posted by garyjd@Oct 23 2003, 09:08 AM
Leigh, I always take a photo of the weapon I'm doing and and reduce it down to the scale size I'm working on. The reduced photocopy serves as a guide and template when I start constructing the stock.~Gary

lol, i do the same thing with mine!
helps tremendously