DaveBaxt Posted February 14, 2023 Share #1 Posted February 14, 2023 (edited) I have just been looking over my Caldercraft Diana 1 :64 kit and think the carriages for both the 18lb and 9lb cannon are not great and I am thinking of replacing them with Vanguard carrages but there is quite a bit of difference in the sizes. The lengths of Vanguard cannon are similar to the sizes of the Brass cannon supplied by Caldercraft and happy with them. here are the caldercraft sizes for 18lb Carrage 28mm and cannon 42.5mm, 9lb Carriage 25mm and cannon 40mm. Vanguard carriages are 25.25mm and 20.2 mm respectively. I have been thinking about going with the next size up ie 24 lb and 12lb carriages which are 29.6mm and 24mm or 27 mm depending upon it is a long cannon or not. So these sizes are pretty close, but would they work? Best regards Dave Edited February 14, 2023 by DaveBaxt Completed St Canute Billings Dec 2020 Completed HMS Bounty Amati May 2021 Finished Currently building HM Bark Endeavour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldsalt1950 Posted February 14, 2023 Share #2 Posted February 14, 2023 (edited) I would go with the size that comes closest to the original carriages. You don't want to change the size drastically as your cannon and carriages will look out of proportion. You can always shoot Chris an email and see what he recommends. Jim Edited February 14, 2023 by Oldsalt1950 mtaylor, Canute and DaveBaxt 3 Current Build: Fair American - Model Shipways Awaiting Parts - Rattlesnake On the Shelf - English Pinnace 18Th Century Longboat I stand firmly against piracy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris watton Posted February 14, 2023 Share #3 Posted February 14, 2023 I would go with Jim's advice, I have noticed that some guns do look too large the carriage they're seated on, but this seems to have been the way. mtaylor 1 Vanguard Models on Facebook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveBaxt Posted February 14, 2023 Author Share #4 Posted February 14, 2023 Cheers guys I will take your advice. Canute and mtaylor 2 Completed St Canute Billings Dec 2020 Completed HMS Bounty Amati May 2021 Finished Currently building HM Bark Endeavour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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