Retrofit ship columns

[snedley22]

Trying to retrofit my OcCre 1:90 Santisima Trinidad cross-section model, with new columns between floors. Need to find possible solutions.

 

31mm tall, and 4mm dia

[allanyed]

Hi Snedley

4mm equates to 14 inches which seems to be much too large to be realistic on every deck. While not Spanish, but based on scantlings from the Shipbuilder's Repository 1788 a first rate of 110 guns had pillars in the hold for the gun deck that were 9.5 inches X 9.5inches, less than 3mm at your scale and they get smaller as you go up.  For the pillars under the middle deck they were 7.75 inches across at the top and 8.75 inches at the bottom.  For those under the upper deck, they were 7" at the top and 8" at the bottom so about 2.5mm.     If yours are typical the largest pillars  will be square or close to square for about 10 inches at the top and 12-14 inches at the bottom then round in between.  They may be a bit fancier on some decks which means using a lathe.  If the simpler design was used, get square stock of the appropriate sizes and you can easily carve the cylindrical portion with a simple carving knife or chisel and sand paper.   The center portion was often more of an octagonal shape rather than round so very easy to make your own with a carving knife or file.  Note that the pillars were a bit larger by 1800 but only the beams in the hold were close to 14 inches (4mm).  The others were much smaller in cross section. 

 

Allan

 

 

Edited November 28, 2023 by allanyed

[snedley22]

Thank you sir! I really appreciate it.  This will help me out greatly. I don't haveva lathe, but I will figure it out.

[mtaylor]

9 hours ago, snedley22 said:

Thank you sir! I really appreciate it.  This will help me out greatly. I don't haveva lathe, but I will figure it out.

There are ways to work around this.   Some just us an electric drill and using sanding sticks "free carve" the pieces.   Others jig up the drill using plywood and make a lathe.   While it's not easy to figure out how to make  up a drill stand to use it as a mill, it seems to work.  Many moons ago I used a drill to turn cannon as didn't have a lathe.   It worked but it was a pain to do and use.