In the summer of 2019 I made up some limbers, using converted Gribeauval limbers by Warbases, for my SYW collection. I painted them natural wood: They didn’t look right, so I didn’t post anything. I decided to buy more and paint them up in there national colours – Prussian blue; Austrian ochre; Russian red. Then, once done, I posted about them in March 2020.

A picture from the March 2020 post.

Four for each nation, with interchangeable teams of horses.

In the interim, I had taken one of the limbers to Fiasco to show Martin (Warbases‘ propriator). He was interested enough to take a couple of pics. I picked up more Gribeauval limbers, some windows, doors, from him, and that was that. 

Then, last year, I received a packet from Warbases with this addition to the Warbases catalogue. 

Unfortunately, after it arrived I put it away and promptly forgot where. I came across it yesterday and thought I’d better do this much belated post.

I’m not sure it appears in the WB catalogue, at least I can’t find it, but for those who might wish to skip the conversion stage, Martin does have the pattern for some simple 18C limbers. He’s always very approachable, so drop him an email if you want some. I’m sure he’ll come back with a very reasonable price to cut them for you.