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Post by skibble on Jun 19, 2016 12:50:23 GMT
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Post by scottwashburn on Jun 19, 2016 14:11:23 GMT
Very cool! Although I think disappearing mounts behind concrete would be most effective against the line-of-sight Martian heat rays.
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Post by hardlec on Jun 19, 2016 16:51:43 GMT
I was not able to open the link.
The disappearing mount was made obsolete when air power moved out of the realm of science fiction.
Martians have no air power.
Scott is again sagacious in his remarks.
Now I need to learn how to model a disappearing mount.
I will again point out the value of the Martello Tower.
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Post by scottwashburn on Jun 19, 2016 16:55:42 GMT
Well, when the Martian Grenadiers come along the disappearing mounts become more vulnerable and would need some sort of overhead protection.
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Post by boxholder on Jun 20, 2016 13:23:43 GMT
Engineering the overhead protection for the disappearing gun mount would not be an intractable problem. Since the guns recoil back and down, only a slot would be needed for the gun to protrude for firing. The roof could be cantilevered from the rear or supported on a few columns. The latter would restrict the angular coverage some, but ya give a little-ya get a little. Modeling them would not be a big problem. If you want the model to move, w-e-l-l that's a bit more trouble, but possible. The gun is mounted on a couple of big columns attached to a relatively nondescript whatsit mounting. A smaller strut makes the gun stay horizontal as the mount recoils back and down.  |
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Post by madmorgan on Jun 28, 2016 17:08:21 GMT
I thought about the 'disappearing' guns a bit and concluded that you'd need some sort of system to open the supposed heavily fortified top, but with steam power it shouldn't be a problem. I do hope Old Glory gets things going soon on their rerelease of their old Coastal Batteries line they promised last year.
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