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10 inch seacoast mortar
AJLaFleche
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Posted: Thursday, July 28, 2005 - 04:54 AM UTC
This is the Verlinden 10 inch seacoast mortar in 54 mm scale. It comes with the base as seen with accessories. I used S&Ts Union artillery officer with a Shenandoah head wearing a Hardee hat. The trooper is from an unknown source. His head had to be replaced when I noticed one ear was very deformed. I added a cigar to disguise a slightly malformed mouth. The snow is Hudson and Allen slush and the dead grass is from 3 Guys Hobbies of Buffalo.










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Posted: Thursday, July 28, 2005 - 05:11 AM UTC
Very Nice Al. Any chance for some more overall shots?
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Posted: Thursday, July 28, 2005 - 05:16 AM UTC
WoW...Al that really in striking..... excellent job.
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Posted: Thursday, July 28, 2005 - 05:18 AM UTC
Looks good Al. I'm with John, can we see some more (from the front) pic's?
I have one question, should the powder pan on the Mortar have a hole drilled out, or does the pic not show it?

Cheers
Henk
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Posted: Thursday, July 28, 2005 - 05:49 AM UTC
I love Civil War stuff. Too bad there isn't a larger variety.
AJLaFleche
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Posted: Thursday, July 28, 2005 - 08:36 AM UTC
As requested, here are some more shots of the mortar.










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Posted: Thursday, July 28, 2005 - 10:39 AM UTC
You did a very nice job on this dio. The ground work and weathering is nicely done. And It's not a subject seen too often on this site. I do have a few minor nit pics though. The shadowing on the Officers coat is a little too dark, and it looks like the inside of his holster wasn't painted. Overall, good job. Thanks for sharing.
EasyOff
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Posted: Thursday, July 28, 2005 - 10:49 AM UTC
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AJLaFleche
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Posted: Thursday, July 28, 2005 - 11:47 AM UTC

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The shadowing on the Officers coat is a little too dark, [/quate]
Maybe. But the navy blue serge of Union uniforms give very little light.
{quote]and it looks like the inside of his holster wasn't painted.


Definitely a trick of the camera here, I double checked to be sure, at my age, things do get forgotten. :-) The inner surface of the flap is llight brown to show unfinished leather and what you're likely seeing is the higher gloss of the metal between the grips in his pistol which are dark brown.
Thanks for the comments. Fresh eyes are always good.
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Posted: Thursday, July 28, 2005 - 01:35 PM UTC
It looks great Al.! The details on the figures looks great. I like it. Thanks for sharing it with us
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Posted: Thursday, July 28, 2005 - 01:54 PM UTC
Very, very nice Al! (As usual!) The more CW mortars I see, the more I'm likin' 'em!

If interested (and with your permission), I'd like to post a photo of that here. Either the 3rd or the 4th ones down on your second batch as I can't decide which one, would be just great. If you have an off-armorama location to the rest of the photos, I'd like to provide a link to there as well.

Thanks,
Kevin
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Posted: Thursday, July 28, 2005 - 04:41 PM UTC
Kevin,
I figured you'd be caught by the "mortar" in the title. :-) Fell free to copy the pics as long as credit is given. If need be, I can e-mail you the picture you want.
Al
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