GrandpaPhil

All eighteen carriages are ready to take their guns.  

Now, I just have to make them.

 I think that I will try carving them first, from a dowel rod.  If I don’t like how that goes, I will try chucking said dowel rod in a drill and making a makeshift lathe.

But, carving sounds safer, so I will try that first.

4 x 9 lb long gun carriages and 2 x 12 lb long gun carriages:

The carriages for the 4 x 9 lb. long guns are coming along:

12 x 12 lb. carronade carriages:

Patrick,

  Incredible work!

First carronade carriage has wheels and is test fitted!

I learned to carve with the tutorial in this section.

I downloaded the scale carving patterns in this tutorial and glued them down to 1/16th inch basswood and started cutting.

 I primarily carve with an X-Acto knife.

This carving intro is very helpful.  I highly recommend it.

My log is here:

Personally, I like Delta Ceramcoat.  It is my workhorse.  

I usually prime with a thinned down white or black paint, depending on what I am painting.

Vallejo also makes some really nice model/miniature paints.

Excellent work!

Excellent work!

12 carronade carriages, mostly assembled:

Well done!

Busy weekend.

 I rearranged my shipyard so I can put in an actual workbench.

 I installed eyebolts in the sides of my gun carriages.

 I tested my new scalpel out on wood.  It worked perfectly.  I still have all fingers, lol.

 I need to make the rest of the parts for my gun carriages and assemble them.

On 2/24/2019 at 7:56 AM, Wallace said:

Nicely done too sir if I may say so. 

Thank you very much, Mark!

Prayers from the Admiral and me.

All gun carriage sides are cut out.

I am making:

12 12 lb. carronades 

4 9 lb. long guns

2 12 lb. long guns 

I’ve got enough sides cut out for 14 of the carriages for the 12 pound carronades.  I only need 12, but I made a couple of extras.

 I’m working on the sides of the carriages for the 9 pound long guns.

On a separate note, the scalpel is working well.  The handle isn’t the most comfortable to use, but it will be okay for now.

I want to get a couple of the plastic molded grip handles.

I’m on my third copy of Historic Ship Models by Wolfram Zu Monfeld.  I use it so much that I just discovered over this past weekend that the spine is starting to disintegrate (like my other two copies did).

3 hours ago, Wallace said:

Give us a finger count on Monday Phil....... 😏

Lol!  Will do!

I got my scalpel and blades in the mail today.

 I ordered them after reading the thread on scalpels on this forum.  

According to the thread, they work better and last longer than X-Acto blades, which is very important to me, because I burn through an X-Acto blade a week.  

So, I figured I would try a scalpel out.

 I tested it out on a carronade carriage when I got home tonight.  

It worked beautifully.  It made a very clean cut, even when I tried just shaving the poster board (which usually doesn’t work very well).

I’ll see how the scalpel does on wood, this weekend.

I’ll let you guys know how long the blade lasts.

Patrick and Mark,

Thank you very much for the comments!

 I started cutting out the carriages for the carronades last night.

 I also bought a 1/8” dowel rod to make the wheels from.

 I am learning as I go.

2 hours ago, Wallace said:

That looks like an onerous task there Phil, good luck with that sir!

It is slow going, but not onerous.  I enjoy it.

18 gun carriages:

12 12-lb carronades - from Search for Speed Under Sail

4 long 9-lb cannon - from AOTS Bellona

2 long 12 lb cannon - IBID

Now to let them dry and then start cutting 

All gunport lids are rigged 

Starboard and stern gunports are rigged.  I ran them to cleats attached to the bulwarks.