Hello Everyone,

I was wondering if any kind soul out there would mind translating a portion of this instruction sheet for me? I'm guessing it's Korean(?)



I'm mainly interested in:
1. The kit name
2. The kit scale.
3. The nation/country of origin of the cannon.
4. The war or era the cannon was in use.

I would use an online translator if I knew a way to extract the text from the image.

I apologize for the dried glue across the top of the page.

Thanks in advance!,

Keith

Keith,
The instruction sheet as shown doesn't give any of the info you're interested in.
I did a Google Korea search on it and the kit description says:
1. Lincoln Cannon
2. No scale specified
3. U.S.A. Union army or navy
4. Civil War and post 1890

The instruction main headings are:
Cannon chasis assembly
Cannon body assembly
Artillery shell box assembly
Assembly completion

Other info from my search - kit was produced in the 1980's and has been discontinued sometime. Its original price was $3.

James,
Thanks! And Happy Fathers' Day (if it applies).
All good info.
I picked up the kit while stationed in Korea in 1992. It's built and finished, but I've always been at a loss as what to call it. Now I know!

Thanks again,

Keith

The instruction sheet you've pictured looks like a copy of the old Life-Like or Pyro Colonial or American Revolution Cannon, which was marketed in the1960s in about 1/16 scale. The split trail with tool box between shows that it was a Napoleonic era artillery piece at the latest, which ended in 1815, or an American Revolutionary War era cannon circa 1776. The design pattern of these guns was from the early to late 1700s. It is certainly not an American Civil War era Cannon which had a single trail.
VR Russ

Russ,
Thanks for taking the time to weigh in.
What you said makes sense. I am in no way an artillery expert, but the design and layout of this cannon always appeared to me to be older than the single trail, gun mounted high-on-the-frame weapons of the US Civil War era. On my website and on a few contest entry forms I have referred to it as a Revolutionary War piece.

1/16th scale seems about right. It is a bit of a large kit.

Thanks again for your help gents.

Keith

Keith,
The gun you picture is definitely a 1700s design, and now that I see it in completed form, it actually looks more like an early howitzer, maybe even earlier than the Napoleonic era. I'm pretty sure it's a Korean knock off of the old Pyro/Life Like kit of the early 60's. Not to confuse the issue, but the smoothbore 12lb "Napoleon" cannon of ACW fame was a far cry from these more ancient weapons. Really nice job on the gun by the way!
VR, Russ