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archjofo

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  1. Many Thanks Karl. Hello Dear Friends, gun locks were also used to fire the carronades. The rifle lock was fastened with a thumb screw. Later percussion locks came into use. The next picture shows one of the 1849. The production of the carronades of La Creole continues steadily. Here is a short update:
  2. Hello Ferit, thank you for your nice comment. With a few pictures I explain today the soldering of the Flanges on the tube of the carronades.
  3. Hello Ferit, today I saw your report on the construction of the frigate Berlin. He is very interesting and shows details of an outstanding performance.
  4. Hello modelers, thank you for the nice comments and the motivating words. Here is a small update of the report on the construction of Carronades.
  5. Hi Alex, I am very pleased about your nice comment. Here is an update of the report: Completion of the fittings for the carronades. So now the fittings are manufactured for the carronades. For assembling the brass parts still need to be blacked. In the following picture you can see almost all the parts to build a Carronade. All parts are now neatly sorted in a plastic box, ready for final assembly. Thus, over 50 items come together for a Carronade. For 20 carronades which means about 1000 parts.
  6. Hello, many thanks for your nice comments! Here are some photos for making the carronades pipe supports.
  7. Hello Friends, the aligning the carronade was performed with an iron bar. For this I made ​​the metal fittings.
  8. Hello, many thanks for the nice comments. It must be made ​​a total of 120 square bolt guns for the carronades. These are made of brass. The pictures clearly show the manufacturing process.
  9. Hello Karl, Your excellent work inspires me again and again. The interior is meticulously detailed exactly.
  10. Hi Ayutansin, many thanks for your nice comment. Here an update for building of the carronades. The guide pins on the top of the sliding carriage carronades is made ​​of brass. Here some images of explaining the process of manufacture.
  11. First time I see your build log . . . simply amazing . . . outstanding craftsmanship!
  12. Hi Alex, absolutely awesome and beautiful. One of the best work I have seen ever. It's art.
  13. Hello, more pictures of the construction progress of the carronades: Here the rings for breech rope are made:
  14. Hello, and it goes on with the details of the metal fittings for gun carriages of the carronades. The sorting box is filling up slowly but surely with the parts of the carronades.
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