reports from my workbench and elsewhere ..
This is a new section meant to contain mostly Karl XII militaria, but there might be exceptions ..
Jun 22, 2019 : A bit odd to start this new section with an exception, but the cause is simply lack of the correct measures for a Carolean cannon. This is instead a french cannon from the 1800s I found the measures for, to start with until I get the swedish ones. The..
Jul 01, 2019 : My hunt for measures finally paid of. I got in contact with Smalands Caroleans or "Smålands Karoliner" as they are called in swedish. They are an association who shows how swedish soldiers and army looked like during the time of king Charles the XII, ...
Jul 06, 2019 : Now when I had both closeup photos of the real deal, plus also a lot measures on all major parts, I could start draw up the cannon. As you can see on the first picture I use the free download of Adobe Acrobat Reader DC to measure. Since I know the real...
Jul 08, 2019 : The barrel and all middle pieces are now done.
Jul 11, 2019 : The ammo wagon was done today! These were used for both ammunition and general supplies.
Jul 12, 2019 : The mill wagon was done today! Inside the big box is two stones for grounding grain and extra room for grain sacks. I forgot to take closer photos inside the wagon when we visited Eksjö so below arrangement with the stones is just an estimate from ....
Jul 21, 2019 : Möllerheim field forge, a necessary vehicle for a moving army in the 1700s. Each regiment had these for repairing wagons, cannons, horse shoes etc. This model is made from measures taken a few weeks ago in Eksjö at Smålands Karoliner (Smalands Carolean
Jul 21, 2019 : Möllerheim bullet wagon. The 3-pdr cannons did fire one bullet per minute, in fact faster then muskets from that time, so a lot bullets were needed. This model is made from estimated measures, only the length of the box is known. Above first picture is..
Jul 28, 2019 : Vacation almost done and we are back home. Back to the office tomorrow.. Started printing some things in 1:16 scale to determine which scale I want to model in when it comes to my cannons and wagons. My original idea with 1:16 scale was to make ...
Jul 28, 2019 : Napoleon was 169 cm long, or in mm 1.690. Since wargame figures are calculated from toe to eye, we need to take of about 10cm from the length to compensate for the upper half of the head. 1.590 / 28 makes a 28mm figure 1:56 scale ...
Jul 31, 2019 : BIG ANNOUNCEMENT - New Cooperation with DigitalSculpt.se !! We had our first meeting yesterday after a couple of weeks of communication. I will make cannons and wagons which match there figures and they in turn will do new series of figures making it p...
Jul 31, 2019 : Assembled and painted both the cannon and my new carolean gunner this afternoon. To have somewhere to place them I made this quick first diorama. I will do much more advanced ones later on.
Aug 01, 2019 : When I entered the cave this afternoon I was met with a giant shouting from the 1-16 boys! They were very angry that they hadn´t got any colours, when the 1-20 guy got his. They claimed they were printed first after all and should have been paint...
Aug 02, 2019 : Reached not only cute level with this 54mm (1:32 scale) version today, but also practical size limit. Any smaller and prints don´t get well and details to small to see and paint. Good that I did this, the 120mm (1:15) version is to big and this is to ...
Aug 09, 2019 : Started printing the Carolean ammo wagon or rustvagn as we say in swedish. Last picture shows the second new carolean gunner, a rammer which cleans the barrel. This and the first one on the photos will soon be available in several scales from SW...
Aug 15, 2019 : Last weekend when I first printed the body for the supply wagon I noticed something strange, it did not look right beside the figures I had printed so far. When I did measure one of the figures I found out it was in fact 70mm (1:25), not 90mm (1:20) as...
Aug 17, 2019 : I painted the body and wheels today plus a couple of powder kegs I had laying around since the 0 scale days. They was intended as wine barrels, but works as good for kegs in this scale. The frame was also not quite to my liking when I compared to the real
Aug 18, 2019 : Finished the ammo wagon today. Also painted some old boxes, in fact the very first boxes I did in CAD.. Played with washes for the first time. Good that I started with these kegs and boxes, cause there is some technic to it, as in not to much and not...
Aug 26, 2019 : Finished the limber this evening, by painting both cannon and limber in the true blue/yellow painting it should have. Above first picture shows another cannon from the same period, in this case a howitzer, taken this summer 2019 when my wife and I visited
Sep 05, 2019 : Printed this gunner figure tonight. Took 4 hrs 40 minutes. The scale is 54mm (1:32), smaller then the previous 70mm (1:25) scale, still the result is MUCH better ... Odd, partly maybe cause I posed it a bit more standing up, not 45 degree as I done....
Sep 06, 2019 : Collection is growing! The little guy to the right is the newly painted one. Surprisingly more difficult to paint. Bought some new brushes also which was a big improvement compared to the Tamiya brushes I usually use. These were more pointy and with just
Sep 11, 2019 : Started with the forge wagon last week, but (again) struggled with the printer.. This time it refused to feed more than a few cm of filament, then it freeze up! After several trials, changing nozzle, print bed cover, cleaning etc, I found out that left...
Sep 13, 2019 : Prepared a 54mm (1:32) scale version of the Carolean 3-pdr cannon a while ago, including uploading to Shapeways. Doing so I noticed they added a new material called "Gray PA12" which was supposed to be like FUD but not so brittle. At least I was hoping so
Sep 14, 2019 : Today I painted the cannon I let SW print. Ok, paint disguise a lot, but still not as fresh as that my own fdm printer can do.. I have removed that material from the SW page now. Not sure about the "tire" colour. The idea was that they should look as they
Sep 15, 2019 : Finished the forge wagon today. Did it in two versions, one with the firebox open for duty and another closed for transport. Last picture shows the real thing, photographed in Eksjö this summer 2019 ....
Sep 25, 2019 : Time in the cave is limited, but I got these parts printed. My printer has been in a very good mode now lately, which is nice. As you see the parts comes out very good now.
Oct 12, 2019 : Painted the mill and bullet wagon this evening. This was the last of the cannons and wagons for now. Next is building a (real) diorama and make something "alive" looking in it.
Oct 20, 2019 : Time for a real diorama for the cannons and wagons! While the printer been busy printing one more bridge and sleepers, lots and lots of sleepers.. I started with the 1700s diorama this weekend. As usual I ran out of green grass, so could only lay first..
Nov 03, 2019 : While waiting for glue to dry and the computer to do it´s magic, I put on some 12mm green grass on the diorama.
Nov 03, 2019 : Seems I got back a bit energy today cause I also continued preparing wagon drawings for Shapeways! In time all wagons will be there, so far only the cannon is. Also started preparing them to be printed on the photon in due time. Plus found two...
Nov 20, 2019 : I started adapting the drawing for the resin printer this evening. I realized quite a lot is/was designed for a fdm printer, so at first I just fixed that, but in the end complete chassis was re-done. It was easier to make a new one compared to fixing ...
Nov 24, 2019 : Adapted the remaining wagons for SW and my resin printer yesterday. When that was done I did continue draw up the "real" supply wagon and a hay wagon. The hay wagon is a basic type from my childhood but with a carolean chassis under. The supply wagon is..
Nov 24, 2019 : I should be in my cave right now and clean up for the fumes cabinet to be,.. but drawing CAD is much more fun then cleaning .. so here is last one in my planned wagon series, a bridge wagon for carrying pontoon boats and all kind of materials for build...
Dec 11, 2019 : Started with a Haubitz from 1775 this evening. This is not really a "Carolean" cannon, since King Charles the XII died in 1718 and his army´s setup lasted until about 1750, so this is after that. Wheels is done and the carriage is coming along. The ba...
Dec 15, 2019 : Finished the howitzer today.