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Mike, After soaking, and while bending, apply heat. Some of us use electric plankbenders, some steam, some others use a curling iron. With heat, there's very little springback. If steaming, you'll need to clamp the piece into position so it doesn't spring back. If you don't want to use heat, try clamping the piece in the bent position while allowing it to dry. There will be some spring back but two soak, bend, and try cycles seem to work.

HI Mike, I moved your log to the proper place. By your request for access, I'm assuming you're wanting to build the full builid not the cross-section?

Bensid54, I'd like to suggest you open a build log in either the Kit area or the Scratch area. There's a pinned post that will tell you how to name the log so that it's recognized as an RC build. BTW, nice work on the backbone.

There are other sources for those kits here in the States. A bit of Googling on a given kit (or maybe ship model kits) should give you most of them. Now service, etc. probably won't be as good as ME.....

Add this one to the "What are some mysteries that you are dying to know?" in Shore Leave.... I guess we won't really ever know.

I asked about spiled since it seems to curve up at the stern... Yep... that's weird.

She's going to be a big one then. We do have some very knowledgeable people here for RC and steel navy, but I'm not one of them. Is your dad a member here?

Is that plank spiled and now upside down?

Forget the test, I don't want to deal with Homeland Security, the local constabulary, or the ATF... Rethinking this... the accounts do not say WHEN the gun bucked or jumped. Was it while run out of the port? During the actual recoil? Or at the end of the recoil? Logic would say near the end of the recoil. On an English/American ship, the breeching runs from the casabel, down to the ring and then up to the ring on the bulwark. So as the gun got to the end of it's recoil (or rope, literally) the rope would tighten and try to become straight from the casabel to the bulwark ring. The net effect, the muzzle and front of the carriage would go up.

Spoilsport.... :P

Your choice. Back in my plastic days (cars, tanks, ships, etc.), I usually painted on the sprue and then touched up after cutting it off. However, some parts need to be assembled before painting, in that case, with small parts, I got a pin hot and stuck into the part(s)/assembly in a non-visible location. The bigger parts just needed a jig. For example on a car, the body was assembled with masking tape in the hidden areas, the whole thing mounted on a carefully bent coat hanger and painted. Not just primer, but the color and clear coat also. There's a lot of different ways of doing this. I'd suggest check the Kit Log area out on how they've painted. Even with the wooden kits, the same techniques would apply.

I do agree Chris and Nigel. As I said, I'm reaching here. I'm still wondering about the double-shotting, double-charging or even just the double-shotting, if that would do it. And records do indicate that many times they double-shotted at close range. Recoil, as has been pointed out is a function of windage, gun weight, shot weight, etc.... Hmm... I wonder where I can find a naval 32 pounder and carriage that I could borrow for some "testing"....??? We'd need some balls, powder, and a gun crew also.

Nigel, While I agree with you in principle, I've seen some contemporary paintings where the gunners (some, not all even on a given ship) are hanging out the port to load. Makes me wonder.....

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Gary, Can you give us some background on this ship and also what scale you'll be building her?? Looks to be an interesting project.

Due to obstructions, such as hatches, etc. might not a shorter breeching rope be used and basically pull the gun up short on it's recoil? Yeah.. I'm reaching here...

Are you washing the parts first? All plastic kits have mold release on them. Wash in dish soap and water and rinse well. Try to keep your fingers off the surface to be painted. Also, use several very light coats of spray and allow to dry between coats. The coats should be fog like, thin, light, airy almost.

Roger, Do the plans show the keel and bulkheads at full scale? If so, you can some plywood from a craft store and make new ones.

It's very tricky to get those transoms lined up and you've done it very well. Excellent job!

After thinking about this... maybe the guns were being double-charged and double-shotted (or even triple-shotted as some have reported) when they closed in?

Richard, Post what you have to this topic. If there's interest, we'll pin it so it stays at top of the forum.

Hank, I agree with Eamonn and Evan. You'll come up with a better foremast. Hopefully, though, when the foremast is complete you won't re-look at other bits and decide to re-do them.

Aye, Aye, sir!

I like that sanding table idea. Hmm... I have some pegboard... And it'll keep the Admiral happy.

Just another beautiful bit of work, Danny. Thanks for the comparison to the coin as I for one, often forget how small things are when looking at pictures.