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by pappenheimuk » Sun May 01, 2005 5:31 pm
Hi,
Does anyone know of a good print or plan of the above Crimean fortification.
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by barr7430 » Sun May 01, 2005 10:29 pm
There is a man I know......
A good friend in Lancashire called David Shuttleworth who may well have access to this very information. I think he is a subscriber to the forum and I'll e mail him to see if he can help out.
Cheers
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by pappenheimuk » Mon May 02, 2005 7:32 pm
Thanks,
Me and a couple of boys at our club were impressed with the Crimean battle that was run behind our game we decided to get some troops and give it a go. We decided to use mostly French troops as we thinking of building a model of the Malakoff redoubt to maybe use at next years Glasgow show.
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by thinredline » Mon May 02, 2005 10:55 pm
Hi,
Nice to know there are other people out there interested in the Crimean War. May I suggest "The Crimean War Research Society" An absolute mine of information and publications, and I would suggest probally the most accurate information available on the subject. These guys are historians, ex- and serving militaryand the likes, as well as the common and garden wargamer like you and I.
Of course, we are allowed to use some artistic license - best wishes wi the project.
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by barr7430 » Mon May 02, 2005 10:58 pm
Bob Lauder is just too nice a guy to say that it was HIS game at Glasgow that you admired Pappenheim and I agree, it was great!
I think his family are a well known Turkish sect who moved from Ismir to Motherwell.
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by barr7430 » Wed May 04, 2005 8:08 am
Thanks to 'JUTLAND'who as a librarian,wargamer and all round good egg has managed to acquire information from an original work by Elphinstone written I believe just after the Crimean War for the Royal Engineers. I have seen the book and it is a goldmine of engineering detail and drawings of the fortifications, siegeworks and engineering projects in the Sevastopol area 1854-1856.
I will post the info in a new Warchest section
ARCHIVE of the Malakoff fort. This should keep you Crimean buffs happy!!
Many thanks David. I think we owe you a beer for that one!
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by pappenheimuk » Wed May 04, 2005 11:04 am
Thanks guys,
Time to look out the old tetrion and foam board
"Anything but a one and you'l be OK!!!"
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by barr7430 » Wed May 04, 2005 1:39 pm
Guys,
visit 19th Century Archive in the
Warchest. The Malakoff plans have been uploaded.
Many thanks to David for supplying these gems.
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by thinredline » Thu May 05, 2005 9:51 pm
Barry,
Downloaded this excellent material for my records.
It would make a truly magnificent centrepiece on any table.
Thanks to "Jutland" for his efforts and best wishes to "Pappenheimuk" and his groups endeavour.
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by barr7430 » Thu May 05, 2005 9:55 pm
I think it is totally top stuff and have had the privilege of seeing the actual book from which it came. They don't make books like that anymore. Every page is a masterpiece and it had over 400 of them i seem to remember.
Go on Bob, build it(ha--- Bob the Builder)
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Sorry
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by thinredline » Thu May 05, 2005 11:22 pm
Sorry to disappoint you Barry, I believe Pappenheimuk and his lads might though !
It does give food for thought, but I could not possibly aspire to such a spectacular piece of terrain !
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by pappenheimuk » Fri May 06, 2005 9:56 am
Downloaded some pics from a site called Xenophon International about Sevastopol, I did a search for Malakoff and it found Kornilov bastion pics. Is the Kornilov a different fortification from the Malakoff? I ask as I am a complete newbie to the Crimean era. Anyone want a look at the pics, I have created pdf's of them?
David
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by barr7430 » Fri May 06, 2005 10:07 am
Hi,
The Korniloff(v) and the Malakoff are one in the same.Not quite sure why there are two names for the same fort.
Would love to see the pics
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by pappenheimuk » Fri May 06, 2005 10:10 am
How can I upload them?
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by martin terroni » Fri May 06, 2005 10:18 am
Eh! Bob , downloaded plans , I am willing to have a crack at it, if you are game, does not need to be exact, but could russle up something similar