syartbox Posted July 5, 2013 Share #1 Posted July 5, 2013 Dear All: I am new one for this website, but, I am a ship builder, I want to make some kind of cannon by casting to myself, such as English/Spanish/French/Russian for 16-17 Century, if some one has the plan/picture/draw to supply me, it will be tks, or I buy it. tks for your help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syartbox Posted July 5, 2013 Author Share #2 Posted July 5, 2013 also, 18 Century's cannon is ok too, tks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntonyUK Posted July 5, 2013 Share #3 Posted July 5, 2013 Hi. A few questions. What do you want to make the cannon out of ? And what scale do you want ? And how realistic do you want ? Have done casting myself and there is a lot of help on Google that gives excellent advice. Making the master plug is the most important part of the process. If you are thinking of using metal then there is a lot of things that can and will go wrong. Trust me I did it in my apprenticeship. Resin is a very nice friendly product to use and gives fantastic detail from the plug. Also paints well and can be coloured. Regards Antony. Quote Best advice ever given to me."If you don't know ..Just ask. Completed Mayflower Completed Fun build Tail boat Tailboat Completed Build Chinese Junk Chinese Pirate Junk Completed scratch built Korean Turtle ship 1/32 Turtle ship Completed Santa Lucia Sicilian Cargo Boat 1/30 scale Santa Lucia On hold. Bounty Occre 1/45 Completed HMS Victory by DeAgostini modelspace. DeAgostini Victory Cross Section Completed H.M.S. Victory X section by Coral. HMS Victory cross section Completed The Black Pearl fun build Black Queen Completed A large scale Victory cross section 1/36 Victory Cross Section Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syartbox Posted July 5, 2013 Author Share #4 Posted July 5, 2013 Dear Antony: Tks for your advice, pls call me SY, tks. To be honest, I am a parts marker, I am very specail on brass product, casting/etching/pressing product, becasue I think brass is a valueable materail then rise the model's price, also, the old cannon is made by brass, if I use brass to cast it, it might 100% return what is it. The size, frist, I want to make 50-55mm long, if it is workable, I might make some small or bigger, such as 38,45mm or 100,150mm. In the market, I can find some cannon which made by CNC, you know, these product is without the decoration, it is feel so cheaper, what my problem is I am not able to find the decoration's plan at Internet, do you know where I can buy these plan? By the way, I made good type of ship Figurehead. Tks for your help, SY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bisschop Posted July 5, 2013 Share #5 Posted July 5, 2013 Dear Anthony Try this link regarding 7 provincien http://www.otteblom.nl/tekeningen/ look under "geschut". Dik has in his book also emblema of the canons from the 7 provincieen Regards Werner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syartbox Posted July 5, 2013 Author Share #6 Posted July 5, 2013 Dear Werner: Tks for your information, I will go to see it. Best wishes sy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syartbox Posted July 5, 2013 Author Share #7 Posted July 5, 2013 Could you psl teach me how put the photo on website, tks. best wishes sy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntonyUK Posted July 5, 2013 Share #8 Posted July 5, 2013 Hi SY. http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/540-how-to-add-pictures-in-your-posts-and-pms/ Here is the link on how to add Photos to the Page. Regards Antony. Quote Best advice ever given to me."If you don't know ..Just ask. Completed Mayflower Completed Fun build Tail boat Tailboat Completed Build Chinese Junk Chinese Pirate Junk Completed scratch built Korean Turtle ship 1/32 Turtle ship Completed Santa Lucia Sicilian Cargo Boat 1/30 scale Santa Lucia On hold. Bounty Occre 1/45 Completed HMS Victory by DeAgostini modelspace. DeAgostini Victory Cross Section Completed H.M.S. Victory X section by Coral. HMS Victory cross section Completed The Black Pearl fun build Black Queen Completed A large scale Victory cross section 1/36 Victory Cross Section Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syartbox Posted July 5, 2013 Author Share #9 Posted July 5, 2013 Tks Antony， I know it now, pls see the photo of my product freewheelinguy and janos 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WackoWolf Posted July 5, 2013 Share #10 Posted July 5, 2013 Excellent work. Quote Wacko Joe Go MSW :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syartbox Posted July 5, 2013 Author Share #11 Posted July 5, 2013 tks, we also have the Hms warrior's Figurehead by brass casting, later, I will put it on. sy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WackoWolf Posted July 6, 2013 Share #12 Posted July 6, 2013 Yes Please do, I would like very much to see that. Thank you. Quote Wacko Joe Go MSW :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bisschop Posted July 6, 2013 Share #13 Posted July 6, 2013 Wow , excellent work indeed , real craftmanship. What is the scale? Is the figure engraved in wax or is cast in wax from a mould? Werner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syartbox Posted July 6, 2013 Author Share #14 Posted July 6, 2013 HI Werner: Tks for your kind words, yes, the size is for 1:75 Victory use, we original made it at 3years before, we did not make it about 1year, so, I could not remeber the size of figure, maybe 8-10cm, later, I try to find the photo of finished prodcut for your information. For casting, frist at all, we will make a wax mould which is as photo showed, then, we are casting it by brass. We have good knowledge on it, we can make the design on right size in one time. Now, I am looking for some information for cannon, this is my purpose in this year. best wishes sy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafi Posted July 7, 2013 Share #15 Posted July 7, 2013 The decoration of the guns changed frequently. In the Navy the guns got the monogram of the king ruling at the moment of it´s cast. In front of the museum in Vienna (Heeresgeschichtliches Museum Wien) there are severeal dozen of great brass guns, plenty of french origin: all are different in design and decoration. Perhaps it is possible to find one form that could be the closest to a certain type that would be not wrong to be used as a general type. DAniel Quote To victory and beyond! http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/76-hms-victory-by-dafi-to-victory-and-beyond/ See also our german forum for Sailing Ship Modeling and History: http://www.segelschiffsmodellbau.com/ Finest etch parts for HMS Victory 1:100 (Heller Kit) and other useful bits. http://dafinismus.de/index_en.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syartbox Posted July 7, 2013 Author Share #16 Posted July 7, 2013 Dear DAniel: Tks for your help, it is sad I could not visit Museum, so, on information in my hand, if anyone can give me a nice photo, I am able to produce it. best wishes sy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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