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I had a lot of doubts about the rigging and not yet convinced. I just went the Hollywood way: “making it look good”… The author proposes a sheave traveling on a rope. There is even a photo of a life-size model rigged that way, but it is hard for me to believe if it really worked . Then the model...

I simplified the scene and intend to use only one figurine. The initial sketch depicts a rookie on night watch, before the trebuchet is even fixed to the ground. The pose of the chosen figurine differed a little, so I’m working on it with a pose I remember to see in my youth when traveling to...

As suggested I added weight inside the counter-weight. Reinforced the box with thick cardboard and then plied a piece of lead sheet and taped in place. The arm swings perfectly acted by the weight. Not as violent as I imagine it would have been in the real thing that was able to throw a 300...

The author provides a jig to help assemble the model straight. This proves to be vey helpuful, as with time, parts tend to warp as they are quite long. If you build this model please avoid my mistake: I was so excited assembling the beams I forgot to leave the face with the paper joint facing...

I went to wikipedia and made this short version of the trebuchet’s: “A trebuchet is a siege machine employed in the Middle Ages…” “ ... The counterweight trebuchet appeared in both Christian and Muslim lands around the Mediterranean in the 12th century. It could fling projectiles of up to three...