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bruce d
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Were those the machines used in South Africa? IIRC they were local conversions with boilerplate for armour. You may as well have boiled yourself in oil. -
It seems likely that the museum exhibit and model are the same design, certainly the description credits them both to Kinsbergen. Thanks, nice find.
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Tom, I'll follow along if there is room, looking forward to seeing this. There is a small stash of pear gathering dust on a shelf in my shop, I wonder if this would be good for me as well?
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News flash: the Chinese invented the wheelbarrow as an aide to supplying troops in battle. Yup, I found this ... https://thegardenstrust.blog/2015/02/28/the-wheelbarrow-a-weapon-of-war/ ... which, after describing the events and players behind the original single-wheel cart with trailing handles invented to get supplies delivered over difficult ground, goes on to say ... "Later Chinese military strategists used wheelbarrows as a rapidly assembled and highly manoeuvrable ‘mobile fort’, deploying them around in a circle as a barricade. They were also developed into attack vehicles, with weaponry mounted on them." Here is a picture of a Ming Dynasty wheelbarrow-weapon-thingie - Yet another 'oh good grief' discovery.
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It has devices to check recoil, see last para of the museum description. I am guessing, but the issue of wear on a deck would not arise unless it was in use frequently, but might be acceptable if only used when attacked. Having said that, I believe Dutch gun carriage wheels (or was it Swedish?) were shod with iron in some cases. All guesswork on my part! I just cant see it as a practical device with that kind of heavy load except on a solid, firm surface such as a deck. It just wouldn't help anyone in a land battle to depend on a wheelbarrow to cross bare earth. On shore perhaps, but not for a travelling band of soldiers.
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A wheelbarrow as a gun carriage: well, why not? What is also interesting is that the model was in a naval archive before transferring to the modern Rijksmuseum. Perhaps a practical way of quickly shifting the position of a gun on deck, it is certainly not suited to a ploughed field. “Model of a Wheelbarrow Gun Carriage Netherlands, Netherlands, 1793 Object data wood and brass height 7.6 cm × width 19.7 cm × depth 8.5 cm × height 10 cm width 25.5 cm × depth 16 cm Provenance ...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883 Object number: NG-MC-745 Copyright: Public domain Entry Model of a wheelbarrow with one wheel. In the cart, the cheeks of a gun carriage are mounted, and the fore end is hollowed out to the shape of a gun barrel. On the sides forked posts for the loading gear are indicated. The wheel is shod with brass. The feet have telescoping pins underneath to check the recoil. This invention is one of many by Jan Hendrik van Kinsbergen (1735-1819). Scale unknown.” https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/NG-MC-745/catalogue-entry
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Steven, you do pick interesting subjects! 👍 Great start, hope you don't mind if I look over your shoulder?
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NAIAD 1797 by Bitao - 1:60
bruce d replied to Bitao's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1751 - 1800
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Hello Eurus, Welcome to MSW from the UK. That is a good looking whaleboat, and it doesn't look like a first attempt: well done! Bruce
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Is there a demo of this exciting concept anywhere? It sounds like just what the doctor ordered.
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Paul, that is very impressive planking.
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Hello Mike, and a warm welcome from a very wet Sussex.
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Beautiful! I have missed your evening pictures, glad to see such progress.
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Allan, I have cut down a couple of trees over the decades. What happenned in the video just wasn't a fair fight!
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Γεια σας Δημήτρη και καλώς ήλθατε στην ομάδα. Welcome to MSW from the UK. This is a great place to find advice and answers. Every problem in building a kit has already been solved by someone somewhere so I am sure there is a solution to your missing pieces. The best way is probably to start a build log so we can 'look over your shoulder'. Regards, Bruce
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Hello and welcome to MSW from the UK. It is a great place to get help and advice, hope to see a build log. Bruce
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Very nice, Karl. The finish is perfect, may I ask what is the wood?
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George, that thesis is a breath of fresh air in this subject. Thank you for providing a ray of light on a shaded corner of the hobby of modelling. 👍
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While on the subject, I have made small featherboards from tongue depressor/lolly-pop sticks, they are invaluable on the fiddly bits. The medical grade tongue depressors in my stash seem to be made from pretty good wood.
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The cutter was from a USN ship and ended up in another navy. See ... I don't know about the differences in rudder shape.
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Hello Mark, I am late to the game but delighted to have found the thread. Beautiful model, great use of the grain for visual effect, looking forward to seeing more. Bruce
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Hello Pete, Welcome to MSW, perhaps you will say a few words in the 'New Member Introductions' thread. This build is a bit special, isn't it? David has quite a fan club. Regards, Bruce
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