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  • Member since
    June 2014
  • From: New Braunfels , Texas
Posted by Tanker - Builder on Saturday, December 10, 2016 9:36 AM

Hmm;

   Very nicely done .  T.B.

  • Member since
    November 2003
  • From: Virginia
Posted by Mike F6F on Saturday, December 10, 2016 9:32 AM

Jake,

I thought so too.  I used the line supplied in the kit because it has been so long since I modeled any actual "rope" rigging I had nothing else.

Thanks for your tip.

Mike

 

"Grumman on a Navy Airplane is like Sterling on Silver."

  • Member since
    February 2003
  • From: Lacombe, LA.
Posted by Big Jake on Thursday, December 8, 2016 12:32 PM
Mike, If you can you may want to replace the 'Recoil Check Cable" with something heavier, that gauge line you have it most probably too light. But she looks great no matter.

 

 

  • Member since
    November 2003
  • From: Virginia
Posted by Mike F6F on Tuesday, December 6, 2016 3:48 PM

Robert and Don,

Thanks for your comments.

Mike

 

"Grumman on a Navy Airplane is like Sterling on Silver."

  • Member since
    November 2009
  • From: Twin Cities of Minnesota
Posted by Don Stauffer on Saturday, December 3, 2016 10:15 AM

Very nice!

Don Stauffer in Minnesota

  • Member since
    January 2012
  • From: Atlanta Metro, Georgia
Posted by fright on Friday, December 2, 2016 2:28 PM

Nicely done! I like your rigging on the gun. A great little project Smile

Robert O

  • Member since
    November 2003
  • From: Virginia
Carronade
Posted by Mike F6F on Friday, December 2, 2016 12:45 PM

Here's a few shots of the Guns of History Naval 32-pound Carronade kit.  I thought I'd give it a shot as a "diversion-build" since I hadn't worked in wood, or rigged anything with thread in a long time.

The kit is designed to build up as a carronade on a small sloop, etc., so the kit piece acting as the "ship's" bulwarks was way too thin for what I wanted to do.  I intended to make the model somewhat "Constitution-like" so I laminated strips of sheet styrene and added them to the bulwark piece.  Yes, I know I've committed heresy by combining plastic and wood together in a single model.  Or, at least it was heresy years ago among the wood model ship builders I knew

The kit contains a rammer, bucket, etc., for hanging inside the bulwarks and includes a port lid but I chose not to use them. The port lid wouldn't be correct for Constitution and   I didn't want to glue them to the deck.  That could have led to a mess requiring resanding the deck planks.

The gun was painted with Acryl aircraft instrument black and weathered with medium gray dry brushing.  A gray wash was applied to the wooden deck planks. The outboard bulwark was painted with Acryl semi-gloss black.  The outboard side looks very plain, but I couldn't see trying to mock-up chains or shrouds leading to "nowhere."  That side will be against the wall anyway.

Of course aboard Constitution the main deck guns are closer together and wouldn't have a much space to each side as the model shows.  I added a couple of pin rails to fill the blank space.

Looking at the rigging now, I realize I should have waxed the thread.  Not doing that was dumb and I knew better.  The rigging was copied from photos taken of the 64 pound gun aboard HMS Victory. None of the Constitution's carronades show all the rigging the model provided and leaving it as coils on the deck didn't quite feel right after studying lots of deck photos.

It was a different, fun project.

 

Mike

 

"Grumman on a Navy Airplane is like Sterling on Silver."

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