Pages

▼

Saturday, 22 October 2011

Trebuchet - Mini History

Made from resin, produced by Mini history and it came with the problems that large resin kits can bring..more later. 
The machine, when finally built is an impressive beast....large and being made from resin..heavy. 
I´m not too sure wether it would actually, if it were real, be able to fire. The winding gear appears to be in a bit of an odd position. It  looks as though it would be smashed by the stone being  launched.!!
I created the "firingpin" myself..wether it´s correct..??..  I´ve added a bit of mattgloss  to represent oil that was used to reduce friction as the sack with the stone slid along the running board

Now the Problems
The wheel for the winding gear had very thin pins one of which broke off straight away so i replaced the whole thing with a section of pen, which I filled with green stuff and then pushed a copper rod through the middle. One side of the device was quite  bent and when I used hot water to try and straighten it up, the support holding the winding gear axle..snapped!! 
The axle supplied was way too weak and I didn´t even attempt to use it..it went in the bin with the winding gear.


Hello to Fromhold from Jak to na wojence blog.   Jak to na wojence has no 100% translation into english but it basicall means "how nice it is in war"..(with a touch of cynicism). Fromhold does Turkish/russian wars in 1/72nd
at

18 comments:

  1. Jason Meyers22 October 2011 at 07:51

    Looks great Paul! A model that big should be able to sling small objects at your buddy's minis. ;-)

    ReplyDelete
  2. Remco22 October 2011 at 07:58

    Awesome work, love it!

    ReplyDelete
  3. Anonymous22 October 2011 at 08:07

    Man what a beast.

    ReplyDelete
  4. Herkybird22 October 2011 at 11:48

    Nice rock chukka! - sad you had to do so much to make it functional.
    I have seen several pics of trebuchets shooting, and it does look right - but you have the precise measurements on the model!
    Perhaps you should have done another Bodkin and Bodger 'disaster' tableau, withe the trebuchet shooting and demolishing itself!

    ReplyDelete
  5. Scott B. Lesch22 October 2011 at 12:03

    I'd like a REAL trebuchet! They have been showing up in movies like Ironclad,The Messenger, and Kingdom of Heaven. Somehow they have more "shock and awe" visual value than the usual engines. Yours looks great!

    ReplyDelete
  6. Rodger22 October 2011 at 13:20

    Very nice Paul. Good work on the repairs too.

    ReplyDelete
  7. Paul O'G22 October 2011 at 13:23

    I love it! The treb is my favorite siege machine. I have built several working ones, the largest having a frame about 2 feet high, so about 4 feet high when loaded and cocked. It can fling a golf ball about 100 yards :-)

    ReplyDelete
  8. Paul22 October 2011 at 14:24

    Big and troublesome, just like the real thing I fear. Nice recovery.

    Well done.

    ReplyDelete
  9. Dan22 October 2011 at 14:51

    That looks great!

    ReplyDelete
  10. Ray Rousell22 October 2011 at 16:14

    That's a great looking piece of kit!!!

    ReplyDelete
  11. Springinsfeld23 October 2011 at 01:44

    An impressive piece sir. Thanks for sharing
    cheers-Mike

    ReplyDelete
  12. peter23 October 2011 at 05:31

    You did it again Paul! You made a masterpiece of it! And you managed to solve the problems!

    Greetings
    Peter
    http://peterscave.blogspot.com/

    ReplyDelete
  13. MiniMike23 October 2011 at 07:22

    Impressive beast indeed. Great modelling once again...Cheers, Michael

    ReplyDelete
  14. Michael Awdry23 October 2011 at 08:03

    Wonderful looking model and ingenious problem solving. Great stuff.

    ReplyDelete
  15. Biff Tanner23 October 2011 at 14:38

    That's pretty sweet looking.

    ReplyDelete
  16. Jay23 October 2011 at 15:34

    That's a huge fighting machine, and should put "the fear" into those who are across the battlefield watching it wind-up for the toss.

    ReplyDelete
  17. Thanos24 October 2011 at 02:11

    Beware of the trebuchet!
    Your touch on the model made it a unique piece!
    T.

    ReplyDelete
  18. Phil18 August 2018 at 12:13

    Realistic and fantastic job!

    ReplyDelete