KORTES

I covered the  hull with flax oil and put it aside to dry. It's time to do the spar.

Unattainable level of work.

I made and installed chainwales

Manufactured and installed pin rails

They not go right through

Made a of set of cleat.

Elimination of discrepancies.

Greetings, dear Johann, thank You very much for Your attention to my work and Your constructive remark. You are right, i remeasured the wheels and saw that theres a descrepency in proportions. I'm now working on its improvement. Ive made different wheels, apart from that i remade rear carriages of gun carriages. My very best regards

In the end.

Then , the blackening and assembly.

Ialso decided to weld the eyelets instead of  bending them. 

I spent a lot of time working on the fasteners for the gun trunnions, if I understand correctly they are called capsguare. Ive also made a stamp and some tools. After some unsuccessful attempts,  i finally achieved what i wanted.

I made the cheeks of the carriages using a well-known technology, gluing them into a pack. The wheels are made using a grinding wheel.

I would like to show the manufacture of gun carriages.

All that remains is to collect everything.

Some aiming details.

 I  ve prepared and blackened the barrels- some of them had to be refined, as there were some small defects from the moulding.

8 hours ago, archjofo said:

Hello Kortes,
I am an admirer of your model-making skills.
You have made these carronades with great finesse and precision, like all of your wonderful models.

As I have now seen, the upper parts of your carriages are equally strong at the front and rear.

As you also value historical accuracy, I did not want to withhold the following information from you.

 

I studied the carronades for the La Créole intensively during construction.

Accordingly, I noticed that the upper part of the carriage tapers slightly towards the rear.

I have marked this with red lines on the drawing section of the monograph.

This taper is also clearly visible on the historical black and white photo of a French carronade.

My greetings,  dear Johann. My work on the corronades  was based mainly on Your Masterclass on the carronades creation. I have never seen a more detailed and informative report. Concerning the constructio n I ve payed attention that the upper, movable part of the gun carriage is thinner than the lower part, so i made it like this ,but i did not know that it has trapezoidal shape. Im very grateful to You for such a valuable information ! I will definitely know that for the future. But these gun  carriages will be left as they are, moreover that in my case the inclination will  be of the size of a fraction of mm. Please, allow mw to express my gratitude to You for the information,  its an honor for me that You as a Maître of such a level  paid attention to my work. My very best regards

I found some time for the artillery. I oil coated it, and installed the parts of the corronades lafets.

Another amazing masterpiece of the outstanding Maître ! Im very glad to have had the possibility to contemplate the creation of this incredible masterpiece. My congratulations! Wish You inspiration in the next projects. My very best regards.

Its just a fitting at this step.

Unfortunately, I got the artillery with a shortage, there were no trunnions for the carronades. I had to make it myself. The main difficulty was producing a large number of identical parts. Since I don’t have enough metalworking equipment, I had to use wood.I made it from black hornbeam which took me some attemps. I deliberately made it  simplified, on my scale and with my “machinery park” - I think this is acceptable. 

I need to blacken the metal and assemble.The carronades will have to be refined due to some mistakes in dimensions.

Lately , i dont have much free time. The work on the shipyard is going slow. Several shots of the work on  the carronade carriage.

Dear Ron its with great interest that i visited Your page. Wonderful,  outstanding work. Thank You very much for sharing your technology,  i have found a lot of interesting for myself , which i would implement in my work in the future. Wish You inspiration in Your further work. My very best regards, Alexander