$4.00Guns and Carriages for 17th and 18th Century Sailing Ships (English and French)

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These guns and carriages go with my cannon crews. They are based on historic sources and I will expand and supplement them as time goes by.  The native scale here is 1:72.  The first set are english cannon from around 1650 for Anglo-Dutch wars scenarios in five basic sizes: 32 lb. demi-cannon, 18lb. culverin, 6lb. saker, 4lb. minion, as well as a swivel gun.  Update 23.06.2021: Added seven categories of french cannon and cannon carriages from around 1770.  I am currently using them to upgrade a 1:150 French model ship (a 86-cannon second-rater), so pictures will follow shortly. The categories are 32lb., 18lb., 12lb., 6lb. long, 6lb. short, 4lb. long, 4lb. short. Update 24.06.2021: re-sized some of the french carriages to better fit the barrels, also adjusted slightly the outer muzzle ring diameters on three of the 1650 english guns. Update 04.07.2021: consolidated all carriages as single parts.  Previously the wedge that was used for aiming (the quoin) had been designed as a separately printed part.  This was a challenge to glue together at 1:72 scale, at 1:150 scale it became quite impossible.  Now the carriages all come with the quoins included, which is how they should have been from the start.  Also, the older one of the heavy 32lb cannons needed to be slimmed down slightly to be more realistic.  Update 11.07.2021: re-scaled some elements to keep the 1770 entries consistent with the 1650 ones as the smaller calibre french cannon had been sized 10% too small.  Also, the handle on the back of the falconet, while accurate, gave me problems when printing out at 1:120 scales or smaller and needed to be reinforced.