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Welcome to the forum! 👍😀
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I’m a bit late, but for 1/64, your cannons are insane! Outstanding! What did you make the canon “axle” strap from? I plan to rig my Rattlesnake cannons exactly as you have done. I’m marking this page for future reference! 👍😀 -
Hi Sam, welcome to the forum! 👍😀
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Welcome to the forum! 👍 Would you like to be called East, or Ender or some other name? 😀
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Very nice Sir indeed! 👍👍😀
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Welcome to the forum! 👍😀
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I have it, thanks. 👍😀
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Having had a real boat like this, have to ask. How do you keep the shaft log from getting water in it and destroying the wood? Is the hole (shaft log) large enough for no friction of the prop shaft in the wood?
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Good evening from New Jersey USA!
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Yep, that’s the stuff. My next cannon will be the bare wire. Thanks! 👍😀
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Thanks Glenn! I looked over your Cheerful build. Your eyebolts and rings… are those blackened annealed or blackened brass, or an off grey/black paint? They just don’t stand out like “black” painted parts. I like them and wish to emulate your process.
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I’m in. 🍿🥤👍
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Ok, 1 down, 9 to go. 😄 The omission of the breeching ring when I thought I was done was a boo-boo. I think I’ll have it on the eye when I put it into the carriage! I also painted all the metal after it was installed. The blackened annealed wire actually looks anemic when next to a black painted piece. So all the metal on the ship is painted or all not. What do you all do/think?
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Happy Saturday to All, Well… I don’t think this is a difficult decision. 😆 This took me most of the day. I imagine the time will shorten as I get the rhythm going. This was a first, made all my own eyes and nails (just noticed I don’t have the breech rings on yet). Hats off to Syren for a nice carriage kit. The cannon is the MS Britannia, I’m happy with it. I know, missed the axle wheel retainers. At this scale, they’re going to stay missed. 😄 Went with natural wood wheels on this one just to see if I liked it, they might end up black. Thanks for dropping by! 👍
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OUTSTANDING Sir! Around 5 years to build… and it’s your first? I want to be around to see the perfection of your 2nd or 3rd venture! Well done! 👍😀
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That’s what I’m looking at. Thanks Greg, just making sure that 4” was circumference! 👍😀 Ordered some scale rope from ROS.
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Hi All, I know it’s been said, but I’m looking at the original page of breeching and tackle lines for the different sizes of cannons and ships etc., where those inches for the diameter or the circumference (as it actually makes a huge difference). Sorry for my short memory. 🫤
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Hi Rick, welcome to the forum! 👍😀
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Hi Bill, welcome to the forum! 👍😀
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Me too! 👍🥤🍿😀
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Hi All, The mood just hasn’t been there to get back into the hull of the ship, so I turned to the cannons. I cleaned up the cannons and I think they turned out satisfactory. The carriages… that’s another thing. I ordered some carriages from Syren for the smallest cannon he makes (which is a 6 pounder I think). Anyway, his cannons measure about a mm and some change longer than these do from MS. I’m going to build one and see how these guns fit. So, while on the gun topic, I had lots of correspondence when building the Lady Nelson regarding breeching rope, rings and tackle. Given both ships are 1:64 scale… is the difference between a 3 or 4 pound cannon and a 6 pounder going to have real differences in the size of the breech line and rings and eyebolts etc. that will be visible on the ship at this scale? I’ve got lots of different sizes of wire to make things from if it makes a difference. I don’t have much information on anything other than breech line size for a 6 pounder.
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Hi Mic, welcome to the forum! 😀
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