dafi Posted November 6, 2013 #1 Posted November 6, 2013 (edited) Just one more question to our black-powder aficionados:If I see the nicely white washed inner walls of the decks and I think about "exercising the great guns" with live ammunition? Does the whole area of the walls needed to be washed down or even had to be repainted after each of these exercises because of all the black (?) smoke traces of the gunpowder? Also the sponge: Nicely white on the museum ships, but dirty grey in real life? Or even dark anthracite? Questions over questions ...Cheers, DanielPS: I even do not dare asking for the walls condition after a long battle ... Edited November 6, 2013 by dafi mtaylor 1 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), USS Constitution 1:96 (Revell) and other useful bits. http://dafinismus.de/index_en.html
popeye2sea Posted November 7, 2013 #2 Posted November 7, 2013 Daniel, The sponge for our working 6 pounder, which gets exercised/fired regularly, quickly turns a dirty grey color but does not seem to get any darker than that. Regards, dafi 1 Quote Henry Laissez le bon temps rouler ! Current Build: Le Soleil Royal Completed Build: Amerigo Vespucci
dafi Posted November 7, 2013 Author #3 Posted November 7, 2013 Big thanks Henry!!! 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), USS Constitution 1:96 (Revell) and other useful bits. http://dafinismus.de/index_en.html
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