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Gerhardvienna got a reaction from mtaylor in USS CAIRO by Gerhardvienna - RADIO - live steam
Johnhoward
When I compare that pics to the photo from the Vicksburg museum entrance, I`m not sure what carriage they used for the 12 pounder. Could be possible too that there was a wodden carriage similar to the sledgelike boat carriage in your post above. Does anyone live near Vicksburg who could take a close look (and photo) from that entrance poster?
Sad that it`s such a long way from Vienna/Austria/Europe to the museum
Regards
Gerhard
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Gerhardvienna got a reaction from Canute in USS CAIRO by Gerhardvienna - RADIO - live steam
Hi johnhoward
Great infos about that, thank you!
I`ve never watched this photo so close, but I think I found the 12 - pounder on the hurricane deck of the Cairo....
Source: https://www.nps.gov/vick/learn/historyculture/images/museum-entrance-mural.jpg
Now I have to look for better photos or drawings to make even that gun correct!
Best regards
gerhard
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Gerhardvienna got a reaction from Cathead in USS CAIRO by Gerhardvienna - RADIO - live steam
Hi again, and many thanks for all of your nice likes!
While I was waiting for the wood delivery, I made another 3D Part, the barrel for the 8inch smoothbore guns. Three needed for the Cairo, will take some time to print them.
Best regards
Gerhard
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Gerhardvienna reacted to johnhoward in USS CAIRO by Gerhardvienna - RADIO - live steam
Gehrhard,
You may want to consider these photos before committing to a field carriage for your 12 pdr. Early in the Civil War the lightweight version like these were used on ships primarily to minimize handling weight. Later they decided the weight savings wasn't so important. We also concluded that it is a 12-pdr lightweight in the Cairo mural photo but couldn't detect much of a wheel rim.
By the way, the hurricane deck camber is pretty obvious in the bow casement.
johnhoward
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Gerhardvienna got a reaction from Cathead in USS CAIRO by Gerhardvienna - RADIO - live steam
Hi johnhoward
Great infos about that, thank you!
I`ve never watched this photo so close, but I think I found the 12 - pounder on the hurricane deck of the Cairo....
Source: https://www.nps.gov/vick/learn/historyculture/images/museum-entrance-mural.jpg
Now I have to look for better photos or drawings to make even that gun correct!
Best regards
gerhard
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Gerhardvienna got a reaction from coxswain in USS CAIRO by Gerhardvienna - RADIO - live steam
Hi again, and many thanks for all of your nice likes!
While I was waiting for the wood delivery, I made another 3D Part, the barrel for the 8inch smoothbore guns. Three needed for the Cairo, will take some time to print them.
Best regards
Gerhard
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Gerhardvienna got a reaction from coxswain in USS CAIRO by Gerhardvienna - RADIO - live steam
Hi Popeye
Yes, it is. But I`ve been working on my 3D Program to get the first Gun barrel ready for printing, the parrot gun is done.
Not sure what kind of filament I will use for the barrels, but tending to Black PETG or ABS. Time will show, when the printer is built, maybe in about 4 to 5 weeks.
Regards
Gerhard
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Gerhardvienna got a reaction from coxswain in USS CAIRO by Gerhardvienna - RADIO - live steam
Hi Johnhoward
Would be great to see what changes are to make for an accurate model. The guns and their carriages are important to me, but the most of "invisible" interior parts are not so important for a floating model. This will be more important for a showcase ship. I need most of the inner space for the engine and the RC-Stuff. As far as I am at the moment, I still can do some slight changes, as long as it is for the casemate, and the rudder/steering unit. The paddlewheel should too be as close as possible to the original thing for its visibility. I have signed in for your St.Louis building report, so I will not miss anything from that!
Hi to all interested too.
Some progress made this days, small portions for the floor are done. But still a long way to go!
All the cutouts in the frames will be done when the deck is finished and all the "boxes" for the engine and RC components are set in.
Best regards, thank you all for your interest
Gerhard
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Gerhardvienna reacted to Roger Pellett in USS CAIRO by Gerhardvienna - RADIO - live steam
Dixie Gun Works, in Union City, Tennessee sells monographs of US Civil War artillery. They have one on the Dhalgren light 12 pounder boat howitzer and its field carriage. You could literally build one from this monograph. Look them up on the web.
Roger
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Gerhardvienna reacted to JerryTodd in USS CAIRO by Gerhardvienna - RADIO - live steam
Did someone say boat howitzer?
I needed to research this a bit for Constellation's launch
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Gerhardvienna got a reaction from Canute in USS CAIRO by Gerhardvienna - RADIO - live steam
Johnhoward, Thank you again!
Seems to be this one I found in the meantime by searching at google https://markerhunter.wordpress.com/2011/01/17/dahlgren-12-pdr-small-bh/
As there is a listing of the different measures I will be able to build it correct for the Cairo. Carriage and wheels will be made from brass, the barrel 3D Printed or turned from brass.
Great hint!
Regards
Gerhard
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Gerhardvienna got a reaction from coxswain in USS CAIRO by Gerhardvienna - RADIO - live steam
Hi johnhoward
Great infos about that, thank you!
I`ve never watched this photo so close, but I think I found the 12 - pounder on the hurricane deck of the Cairo....
Source: https://www.nps.gov/vick/learn/historyculture/images/museum-entrance-mural.jpg
Now I have to look for better photos or drawings to make even that gun correct!
Best regards
gerhard
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Gerhardvienna got a reaction from mtaylor in USS CAIRO by Gerhardvienna - RADIO - live steam
Hi again, and many thanks for all of your nice likes!
While I was waiting for the wood delivery, I made another 3D Part, the barrel for the 8inch smoothbore guns. Three needed for the Cairo, will take some time to print them.
Best regards
Gerhard
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Gerhardvienna got a reaction from Piet in SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse 1897 by Mirabell61 - FINISHED - scale 1:144 - POF - first German four stacker of the Norddeutscher Lloyd line
Hi Nils
Back again for more work on my models, your Kaiser is just amazing! So much progress made, WELL DONE!!
Regards
Gerhard
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Gerhardvienna reacted to johnhoward in USS CAIRO by Gerhardvienna - RADIO - live steam
Gerhard,
This is a pretty good photo of the light 12 pdr except the wheels are the heavier field version. The attached (carriage only) photo has the correct lightweight wheels. "12 Pdr Boat Howitzer Carriage Model(1).bmp.
johnhoward
12 pdr Boat Howitzer(2).bmp12 pdr Boat Howitzer(2).bmp
12 pdr Boat Howitzer Carriage Model(1).bmp
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Gerhardvienna reacted to Mirabell61 in SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse 1897 by Mirabell61 - FINISHED - scale 1:144 - POF - first German four stacker of the Norddeutscher Lloyd line
Small update...
am just making the front panel of the bridge after the card template and filed out the 5 square windows for celluloid glassing. There was the question as how to do the glassing from the rear side CA would "frost" the celluoid and PVA would be too smeary during mounting. I came up with a solution that requires minimum space and can take up a stipe of celluloid shifted in horizontaly and directly on the rear panel surface, by soldering 6 mini-braces that leave a space of 0,5 mm to the panel surface
Nils
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Gerhardvienna got a reaction from mtaylor in USS CAIRO by Gerhardvienna - RADIO - live steam
Hi johnhoward
Great infos about that, thank you!
I`ve never watched this photo so close, but I think I found the 12 - pounder on the hurricane deck of the Cairo....
Source: https://www.nps.gov/vick/learn/historyculture/images/museum-entrance-mural.jpg
Now I have to look for better photos or drawings to make even that gun correct!
Best regards
gerhard
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Gerhardvienna got a reaction from popeye the sailor in USS CAIRO by Gerhardvienna - RADIO - live steam
Hi Johnhoward
Would be great to see what changes are to make for an accurate model. The guns and their carriages are important to me, but the most of "invisible" interior parts are not so important for a floating model. This will be more important for a showcase ship. I need most of the inner space for the engine and the RC-Stuff. As far as I am at the moment, I still can do some slight changes, as long as it is for the casemate, and the rudder/steering unit. The paddlewheel should too be as close as possible to the original thing for its visibility. I have signed in for your St.Louis building report, so I will not miss anything from that!
Hi to all interested too.
Some progress made this days, small portions for the floor are done. But still a long way to go!
All the cutouts in the frames will be done when the deck is finished and all the "boxes" for the engine and RC components are set in.
Best regards, thank you all for your interest
Gerhard
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Gerhardvienna reacted to johnhoward in USS CAIRO by Gerhardvienna - RADIO - live steam
Regarding the previous Wikipedia comment on "the 12 pounder rifle" for the USS Cairo; each of the City Class Ironclads were allocated one lightweight version of the 12 pounder boat howitzer (not rifled) & a portable wrought iron carriage while commanded by the US Army. (until October 1862) . These were the supposedly removed when the US Navy took command, however the carriage and a box of fused 12 pdr ball howitzer shells was reportedly recovered with the USS Cairo in 1963 while the barrel supposedly had been removed during a stop over in Cincinnati, Ohio just prior to its sinking in December 1862. These howitzers had two potential functions on ironclads: one was to repel possible enemy boarders and the other was to be either transported or mounted in the bow of the cutter for offensive or defensive action. We haven't found any record of the howitzer ever being used in action. A version of this howitzer is on display at the USS Cairo Museum in Vicksburg.
We plan to mount a model of this howitzer on the Hurricane deck of our 1:24 scale version of the "USS Cairo" sister ship, "USS St. Louis" in its "boarder repel mode" just prior to its renaming to "USS Baron DeKalb" and transfer to the US Navy in October 1862.
johnhoward
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Gerhardvienna got a reaction from popeye the sailor in USS CAIRO by Gerhardvienna - RADIO - live steam
Hi again, and many thanks for all of your nice likes!
While I was waiting for the wood delivery, I made another 3D Part, the barrel for the 8inch smoothbore guns. Three needed for the Cairo, will take some time to print them.
Best regards
Gerhard
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Gerhardvienna got a reaction from hexnut in USS CAIRO by Gerhardvienna - RADIO - live steam
Hi Johnhoward
Would be great to see what changes are to make for an accurate model. The guns and their carriages are important to me, but the most of "invisible" interior parts are not so important for a floating model. This will be more important for a showcase ship. I need most of the inner space for the engine and the RC-Stuff. As far as I am at the moment, I still can do some slight changes, as long as it is for the casemate, and the rudder/steering unit. The paddlewheel should too be as close as possible to the original thing for its visibility. I have signed in for your St.Louis building report, so I will not miss anything from that!
Hi to all interested too.
Some progress made this days, small portions for the floor are done. But still a long way to go!
All the cutouts in the frames will be done when the deck is finished and all the "boxes" for the engine and RC components are set in.
Best regards, thank you all for your interest
Gerhard
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Gerhardvienna got a reaction from Canute in Phantom by Elijah - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1:96 - New York Pilot Boat
Hi Elijah
GREAT JOB DONE!!
Congrats to that build!
Regards
Gerhard
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Gerhardvienna got a reaction from Eddie in USS ST LOUIS by thorn21g - 1:24 - POF - Civil War Ironclad - Gateway Model Shipcrafter's Guild
Just signed up for this one! Great work so far
Regards
Gerhard
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Gerhardvienna got a reaction from Canute in USS CAIRO by Gerhardvienna - RADIO - live steam
Hi again, and many thanks for all of your nice likes!
While I was waiting for the wood delivery, I made another 3D Part, the barrel for the 8inch smoothbore guns. Three needed for the Cairo, will take some time to print them.
Best regards
Gerhard
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Gerhardvienna got a reaction from Piet in Cutty Sark by NenadM
Hi Nenad
I`M back too from admiral-forced break As I`ve read above you plan to play with a 3D Printer: Same idea friend, I`m planning to build a DIY printer, some parts arrived yet, still a lot more to come til I can start to build it up. Rhea has become a big one, friend!
Regards
Gerhard
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