HMS Vanguard Gun Carriage

[hamletmike]

I am trying to put eyebolts on the carriages for the guns found in the HMS Vanguard, Victory Model kit.  The carriages are metal (I think pewter) and I am ruining all my small drill bits trying to drill a hole to attach the eyebolts for rigging.  Does anyone have suggestions on how to do this without drilling or where to find small drill bits of a single size that can cut into metal without buying an entire kit of drill bits.

 

hamletmike

[Rick01]

Yuo asked this question in your introduction and you'll find it has been very well answered there. Building your own wooden carriages isn't really hard. I'm a beginner like you and was building the carriages myself for the first armed model I built.

 

Rick

[RMC]

I used small brass eyelets with long shafts stuck under the carriages. It worked well. It's in my Vanguard log. You will find it if you search for 'guns'

 

All the best

 

Bob (rmc)

Edited September 16, 2016 by RMC