grsjax Posted October 10, 2015 Share #1 Posted October 10, 2015 (edited) I believe the British painted broadside gun carriages red during the war of 1812. A couple of questions, 1; Did they also paint pivot gun carriages the same and 2; did American Naval practice follow the British fashion? Edited October 10, 2015 by grsjax mtaylor 1 Quote My advice and comments are always worth what you paid for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadeusz43 Posted October 10, 2015 Share #2 Posted October 10, 2015 Hi, HMS Victory pivot gun. Tadeusz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stockholm tar Posted October 10, 2015 Share #3 Posted October 10, 2015 Grsjax, I have never heard of broadside gun carriages nor the carronades, here the 68 pdrs on either side of the Victory's fo'c'sle, of ships of the line being painted any other colour than yellow ochre and certainly not as late as 1812. (1812 incidentally was the final year of Victory's last sea-going commission). I believe however smaller vessels may have had different colour carriages, but not specifically at that date. The Endeavour replica, for instance, has them painted red – for which there must be a reason, but that was pre 1812. Canute 1 Quote Kester Current builds: Sherbourne (Caldercraft) scale – 1/64th; Statsraad Lehmkuhl (half model) 1/8th" – 1'. Victory Bow Section (Panart/Mantua) scale – 1/78th (on hold). Previous build: Bluenose ll (Billings) scale – 1/100th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grsjax Posted October 12, 2015 Author Share #4 Posted October 12, 2015 Don't know why I didn't think of this first. I looked up pictures of the USS Constitution's guns. The carriages are painted a red ochre color with the trucks painted black. Don't know if this was a standard color scheme for US Navy ships but it is the best data I can find. Quote My advice and comments are always worth what you paid for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
normanh Posted October 18, 2015 Share #5 Posted October 18, 2015 The Snake model from Jokita specify red orche for their carriages rather than yellow. Noman Quote Norman Current build Trumpeter Arizona 1:200 with White Ensign PE and a Nautilus Wooden Deck. Built Caldercraft Convulsion, HM Brig Badger and HMS Snake. Awaiting - Zvelda HMS Dreadnought planning to get the Pontos Deck and PE Upgrades, Panart 1:23 Gun deck model and couple of the cannon kits Manatu - French siege mortar, and American coastal cannon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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