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Wow that's some great milling work. Well done!

I finished my little 1/10th shell and barrow yesterday.

This is a Palliser shell with a chilled cast iron nose so it's nice and hard for armour piercing. It has a slightly hollow centre that was filled with gunpowder and would detonate on impact. The studs are indeed to engage with the rifling.

I saw this big gun at Hurst Castle. It's a 12.5 inch 38 ton on what appears to be a fake carriage. I thought the shell and barrow would make a nice little model so over Chritsmas I made a start. I've also drawn up this 7 inch RML which I hope to start building soon. Obviously I have been...

Don't Assume or you'll make an ASS out of U and ME. And If you need a tool and don't buy it you'll pay for it and won't have it.

Lovely finish on the parts, really impressed.

Yes I'm sure it was but here is one way. With a slightly different carriage but it shows their ingenuity. Clever how they got the wheels off I think.

Thanks for your kind comments, It is a Land Service Mortar, if you google this you shoud see loads of them. It was used all over the world wherever the Victorians went and got someones land they wanted to hang onto. It could be put into a fortress to drop shells down onto attackers or used to...

Here is my first piece. It's a Victorian mortar all made of steel and can easily launch a golf ball 500m across my field.