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  1. mtbediz
    Thanks for your comments gentlemen. I'm on the dark gray side too. I'm guessing it will take on more of a metal look once it's varnished.
  2. mtbediz
    Thank you so much for your contributions my friends. I decided to paint the carronades as I found it more appropriate to match the general appearance of the ship. I made two attempts for this, painting one of the guns black and the other dark gray. The black doesn't look very realistic to me, as if the dark gray one is closer to the guns on the real ship. Do you have any idea my friends? Thanks.
  3. mtbediz
    Thank you for the feedback Peter.
  4. mtbediz
    Thanks for the feedback, Jon. Before applying chemicals, I soaked the Carronades in alcohol to clean them, but it seems that this did not help much. Now I will try acetone as you suggested. The worn-out look of the carronades also attracted me, but they seemed incompatible with the rest of the ship. A uniform finish would make it look more elegant, and a look like the one in the photo Peter posted would be more appropriate.
  5. mtbediz
    I tried to blacken the carronades with chemicals, but it looked like this. Carronade did not blacken everywhere, but it looked as if it had been worn out. Now I will have to decide whether to leave the carronades like this or paint them black. Anyone have an idea?
  6. mtbediz
    It's a shame you're having trouble building the kit. The fact that some laser cut parts do not fit properly can be tolerated and overcome to some extent, but sending missing material is unacceptable. You're doing a great job, Greg.
  7. mtbediz
    The carriages were painted red and the trucks were installed.
  8. mtbediz
    Hi Greg, thanks. The holes that will represent the bolts are not very deep, they are just a mark on the surface (I would say 0.2-0.3 mm deep). Therefore, I will not fill it with anything, I will just paint the carriage red and leave a mark inside these holes with a mechanical pencil. I tried it on the prototype before and saw how it would look, here is the photo.
  9. mtbediz
    I continue to build gun carriages. I spend a lot of time because there are so many details. I drilled holes on the bases to represent the bolts, I glued the gun beds onto the bases, I am making the carriage trucks out of wood because I dont have the tools or skills to make them out of metal on this scale, they won't be very visible anyway.
  10. mtbediz
    Thank you!
  11. mtbediz
    Thank you Greg. Merry Christmas!
  12. mtbediz
    A very good decision wishing you and your family a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
  13. mtbediz
    Thank you very much Jon, I also thank my milling machine, it does a really good job. Every home needs one.
  14. mtbediz
    Production of the gun beds and bases are complete. Wishing everybody and their family a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
  15. mtbediz
    Mass production of the carriages starts. 20 carriages will be produced.
  16. mtbediz
    I am using pear wood, Greg. It is a solid but easily processed wood.
  17. mtbediz
    For this scale, a router bit with a radius of 9 mm will be needed, and I don't think our MF70 has the torque to turn it while under load, but you can still try it.
  18. mtbediz
    I'm sorry the drill bits didn't work, Jon. I have used them to drill brass sheets with a maximum thickness of 0.8 mm and they worked well, but I have never worked with thicknesses above this.
  19. mtbediz
    Greg, since I had to cut a large surface at the beginning of the job, I used a 2 mm cutter, which I thought it would be more durable, but 1 mm can also be tried.
  20. mtbediz
    Because I wasn't happy with what I did before, I created a table that showed me how I should move the router bit in order to give the appropriate shape to the rear part of the carriage, which was difficult to make, and I milled accordingly. Thus, I achieved a more suitable profile. I can say that I acted like a CNC machine in a way.
  21. mtbediz
    Prototype carriage completed and tested on the deck.
  22. mtbediz
    Thank you Greg. A modeller friend of mine made the carronades for me with lathe.
  23. mtbediz
    Unfortunately, I think it would not be possible to work with an ogee bit of this size on my micro milling machine. In the meantime, I'm working on a prototype carriage for testing. Then I will start mass production.
  24. mtbediz
    Actually, I'm not very happy with the result. I'm looking for ways to do it better. Is there a router bit you can recommend?
  25. mtbediz
    Yes, there are traces of layers on mine too, but since I painted them, I didn't care much. The best way for you is to make templates and cut them out.

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