mtbediz
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Thank you Allan. I know very little about the history of ship equipment and I can't say that I have done much in-depth research. I'm just trying to stick to the drawings in Goodwin's Alert book for my model. If I just think logical about what you're talking, I think that a single and a double block should have been used for the larger cannons, and two single blocks should have been used for the smaller and lighter cannons. -
The ladders done.
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Port steps were made and installed.
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Rails and swivel gun pedestals have been done. I made the swivel gun yokes out of brass wire and blackened with chemical.
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Thank you so much Bruce.
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Gun rigging has finally been completed. The other deck fittings have not been glued yet.
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Gun side tackles and their rope coils have been done and the gun carriage traversing tackles are started.
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All the gun breeching ropes attached to the bulwarks and I started to attach the gun side tackles. The hooks, rings and eyebolts were made from brass wire.
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Rigging of the gun carriages starts.
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Thank you Brian. The pain is in the nature of this job. Bu we love this job.
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Still working on the guns.
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Continued to prepare the guns.
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Mine is a lazy job
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I have started the trunnion cap squares of the carriages. I photographed how I made them. Maybe, it can be an inspiration for some.
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Thank you Allan. I don't round the axles, I use round fake axles. I put the fake round axle extension on the wheel and glue the wheel on the axle.
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I added tge gudgeon braces and made the shot racks.
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Thank you Dave.
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I painted the rudder, added pintles braces and iron hoops to the rudder head and fixed the gudgeons to the stern post.
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I am fixing the pintles to the rudder. I will add the brass braces after painting the rudder.
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Before any of the deck fittings is installed and while I can still do upside down the hull, I prefer to make and install the rudder at this stage of build. I am using the drawings in the Alert book for the rudder details.
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Thank you so much Nzreg.
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Thank you Cisco. I bought the brass cannons online from a local hobby store. I am using hornbeam for the carriages and the other fittings.
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I'm putting together the pieces I prepared for the Carriages.
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I started building the carriages. As always, I use the drawings from the Alert book
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Windlass is complete.
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