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The Rochefort book is now sold, thanks to all who took time to look. Bruce -
Yes, I can send you pictures if you want. PM me?
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Yes, and thank you for asking. It made me realise I had copy & pasted the wrong price! 🙄 Silly me, I will edit the post above: correct price is £50 including UK delivery.
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Ahhh... According to my father, who grew up working in a blacksmith shop, there is a big difference between 'fiddling ' and 'fettelling ': fettelling is adjusting (maybe drastically) and fiddling is working without a plan or purpose. Ask me how I came to need this explained to me 🤐
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Hello all, I have too many projects, so after some serious thought I am letting go of a few. Le Rochefort Yacht de Port - 1787. All plans (1/36) and text including the English language supplement. £50 including delivery to mainland UK. If you are anywhere else, no problem but we will have to work out the postage and packing costs. I can do some pictures if needed. I'd like to see this go to a good home with an MSW contact rather than Fleabay so let me know. EDIT: PRICE CORRECTED
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Hello all, I have too many projects, so after some serious thought I am letting go of a few. First up: Both volumes of The Naiad Frigate by Edward Tosti, with all plans and DVDs. VGC £90 including delivery to mainland UK. If you are anywhere else, no problem but we will have to work out the postage and packing costs. I can do some pictures if needed. I'd like to see this go to a good home with an MSW contact rather than Fleabay so let me know.
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Hello Len, A warm welcome to MSW from chilly Sussex. I look forward to seeing a build log for the tug, several people here have a soft spot for working boats. Regards, Bruce
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This was produced by Sir George Augustus Elliot, captain of HMS Phaeton from 4 December 1849 to 25 January 1853. Phaeton was converted to a screw frigate in 1859: the attached piece is undated but was clearly written before conversion to steam. I found the section on the launching of boats and the equiping of armed boats interesting; I expect those of you who are better informed on rigging practice than me will get something from those sections as well. Watch_bill_station_bill_and_routine_for.pdf I don't think it has been posted here before, apologies if it has.
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Found this: Digital Store C.T.85.-1.-_Sketch of a Ship-Carriage- constructed and used in Siberia ... Originally printed in the United Service Journal_extract.pdf I believe there is a model of something like it in a museum somewhere.
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Ugo, this may help: British Smooth-Bore Artillery - English PAGE 103 - 115 CARRONADES.pdf Bruce
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Carronades evolved. They were in production for decades and made by many different foundries on different continents. The basic design was patented but certain features changed with time. You will find variations in the sights, quoins and the muzzle. If I may suggest, pick a carronade illustration that matches the profile of the barrel in the kit and make the details match. There have been many nice models made from the Mantua kit, looking forward to seeing yours.
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Hello Ugo and welcome to MSW from the UK. Very nice work on the gun, you have made it come alive. Perhaps you will post something in the new members introduction thread and tell us about your interests? Regards, Bruce
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RA, welcome to MSW from Sussex 👍
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Greetings! Reporting aboard from Florida.
bruce d replied to Luord's topic in New member Introductions
Luord, welcome to MSW from chilly southern England. There is a thread here for giving a glimpse onto the workbench without an entire blow-by-blow account: Perhaps you would like to post a photo or two of your Lightning project before plunging into a build log? -
More tape? 😉
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Were can I get this clamping device
bruce d replied to Cablejim's topic in Modeling tools and Workshop Equipment
Hello Jim, welcome to MSW. I echo what Allan says. The tool-aholics here are probably all hoping to see a useful 'clamping device': I know I am ✔️ -
I have seen a V10 run on the exhaust of a vacuum cleaner for test purposes. Not elegant, but it worked 🤐.
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Alan, that really is a good looking model, a tribute to one of the escorts of convoy SC118. You probably already have it, but just in case here is the other side: The date was December 1942. HTH, Bruce
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Hello John, and a warm welcome to MSW from the UK.
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Richard, The V10 is a great engine. I look forward to seeing the finished item (and the reversing gear) running on air. 👍
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48pdr cannon
bruce d replied to Thanasis's topic in Discussion for a Ship's Deck Furniture, Guns, boats and other Fittings
Thanasis, I may be wrong but it seems there is still some confusion about the cannons in post #43. The size of the bore is a very reliable way to identify the size of a cannon/carronade. Here are some of the bore sizes of artillery pieces popular in the middle of the 19th century: - size - - bore - 6 pounder = 3.67 inches 9 pounder = 4.20 inches 12 pounder = 4.62 inches 18 pounder = 5.30 inches 24 pounder = 5.82 inches 32 pounder = 6.40 inches 42 pounder = 7 inches I did not find a figure for 48 pounder but there is a formula for calculating the bore for any size of shot. As you can see, the bore of a 48 pounder will be over 7 inches. If you know the bore of the cannons in the photo (post #43) and the drawing (post #52) you can definitely identify their size. Good luck with your research. HTH Bruce -
48pdr cannon
bruce d replied to Thanasis's topic in Discussion for a Ship's Deck Furniture, Guns, boats and other Fittings
Hello Thanasis, The thread has covered a lot of ground and discussed different times and places. Sorry if I am missing something but it seems I did not understand the basics. The cannons in the photo (post #43) are not 48 or 68 pounders, they are much smaller: see comments from Lieste in post #44 and #46.. In post #45 Waldemar asks what other information you have. Since you have all the information concerning the supply of the gun in the drawing, and the dimensions, what is the remaining question? I hope you understand my confusion 🙂. -
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bruce d replied to Thanasis's topic in Discussion for a Ship's Deck Furniture, Guns, boats and other Fittings
“The gun is formed like a carronade except that it is longer and has trunnions resembling those of a long gun.” The dimensions are at the right hand side and may hold all the clues. I will defer to anyone with better resources but I do not believe this piece is British. Hope this helps, Bruce -
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bruce d replied to Thanasis's topic in Discussion for a Ship's Deck Furniture, Guns, boats and other Fittings
Hmmmmmm. Both of those officers called it a carronade? Two officers describing a piece as a 'carronade' seems conclusive. It is unlikely both would have mistaken a howitzer or long gun for something as distinctive as a carronade. This thread has covered a lot of ground and I would like to dwell on a point: the guns from KARTERIA do not match the accompanying drawing (see posts #43 & 44). Two officers independently identified a 'carronade': the drawing does not show a carronade. A carronade was a patented device with set proportions and while the drawing shows something of the same general idea as a carronade it does not conform properly to the proportions. However, a gun conforming to that drawing may easily have been described by observers as a carronade because of its general shape. It would help to untie the knot if we knew more about the source and relevance of the drawing.
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