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<p>[QUOTE="the blacksmith, post: 9554054, member: 20148"]Maybe the seller was pleased to get shot of it........................ Sorry, couldn't resist it......................you can't keep me muzzled.............. does this count as a breech of the piece ?<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/tongue.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":p" unselectable="on" /> I am sorry, any more bad puns like this and I'll get fired.....................<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/frown.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":(" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie66" alt=":nailbiting:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/rolleyes.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Lovely model. I think that the coat of arms are probably from an old army button, kings crown, so probably George V or VI. I think the carriage, which as Komo has said is back to front, probably belongs to it. I know people who make cannons like this still. </p><p>The keeper for the trunnions is a simple thing to make, and if you need brass pins, let me know the size as I probably have them laying around in the workshop. Be nice to see it repaired and pristine again.....in fact it will be a blast!..........................OK, I'm off.........[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="the blacksmith, post: 9554054, member: 20148"]Maybe the seller was pleased to get shot of it........................ Sorry, couldn't resist it......................you can't keep me muzzled.............. does this count as a breech of the piece ?:p I am sorry, any more bad puns like this and I'll get fired.....................:(:nailbiting::rolleyes: Lovely model. I think that the coat of arms are probably from an old army button, kings crown, so probably George V or VI. I think the carriage, which as Komo has said is back to front, probably belongs to it. I know people who make cannons like this still. The keeper for the trunnions is a simple thing to make, and if you need brass pins, let me know the size as I probably have them laying around in the workshop. Be nice to see it repaired and pristine again.....in fact it will be a blast!..........................OK, I'm off.........[/QUOTE]
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