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A working trebuchet

in What are you working on? Mon Jun 04, 2012 3:24 pm
by Paul´s Bods • 1.314 Posts

Before I try to build a 1/72nd scale working vewrsion of a trebuchet i decided to try and learn a bit more about them..so I built a large scale version :-D

A couple more pics and two mini films of it in operation HERE

RE: A working trebuchet

in What are you working on? Mon Jun 04, 2012 3:47 pm
by Ben90 • 430 Posts

That´s pretty cool! Great work

RE: A working trebuchet

in What are you working on? Mon Jun 04, 2012 6:34 pm
by Paul´s Bods • 1.314 Posts

Thanks. It´s nozt very "historically" accurate but it does the job. I might now build one twice the size

RE: A working trebuchet

in What are you working on? Tue Jun 05, 2012 11:13 am
by Michigentile • 202 Posts

well as an excellent painter of miniatures, are also becoming a good engineer!

RE: A working trebuchet

in What are you working on? Tue Jun 05, 2012 8:03 pm
by Valdemar • 2.175 Posts

Yes and the engineer can now destoy small castles, just saw the video and looks relly noce. I did go to the "Middelaldercenteret" here in Denmark, and here the vivitors helps the local captain fire the huge trebuchet.

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