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Museum Quality Models & Miniatures
This website is a showcase of a private collection of highend quality bronze, brass and wooden cannons, mortars and reproduction of ancient models in different scales and from different ages. Feel free to contact us if interested in purchasing any of them.
American Civil War, 1861
12-pounder field cannon «Dahlgren», model 1861 .
Scale 1:8
A fine exhibition large desktop scale model.
A fine exhibition 1:8 scale brass, iron and wood model. The heavy cannon is entrely casted in brass with wooden water bucket & rammer accessories. This model has been masterfully handcrafted and is based on Aeropiccola "Cannone da Campo" Civil War Cannon Kit. Produced by Aeropiccola of Torino, Italy, the kit is no longer in production and the manufacturer is out of business. Cannon dimensions are 43x30x8.5(h)cm.
The «DAHLGREN»
This 12-pound cannon was named after its designer, Rear Admiral John A. Dahlgren USN in 1861. Dahlgren guns were designed with a smooth curved shape, equalizing strain and concentrating more of the weight of the metal in the gun breech. It's a bronze smoothbore muzzleloading artillery piece that was adopted by the United States Army in 1861 and extensively employed in the American Civil War.
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