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 Registered Member #1023 Joined: Sun Jul 25 2010, 08:41AMPosts: 57 | Sheer rails on place and cannons at lathe. Spanien        | ||
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| Registered Member #1023 Joined: Sun Jul 25 2010, 08:41AMPosts: 57 | Guns & Carriages Regards, Spanien              | ||
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  Registered Member #126 Joined: Tue Jul 21 2009, 04:20AMPosts: 875 | Spanien, Your gun construction is outstanding -- very well done. I like your alignment method for the carriage parts. Gene | ||
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  Registered Member #4 Joined: Thu Jun 25 2009, 05:40PMPosts: 84 | Hi Spanien, Great job! Like Gene, I think the craftsmanship on the guns is outstanding. Can't wait to see her completed. Jeff | ||
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| Registered Member #1023 Joined: Sun Jul 25 2010, 08:41AMPosts: 57 | Many thanks Gene and Jeff for your support, it is a honor coming from both of you. One question.. What do you think about the the following pictures? I'm still wondering how it was possible that the ship's crew could manage the central gun in this cross section. There is practically no room for the gun recoil due to the mortar pit and also the gun's mouth could not be fully accessible from the deck. According to the Goodwin's Anatomy of the Ship Bomb Vessel Granado, that gun is in the correct place. Also the pictures of the NMM model show only one gun in the ship and curiously enough is in that position slightly in diagonal to the gun port. I'm afraid that due to the history of this vessel, this is due to her brief history as a Sloop. Goodwin said that the general design lines of this ship are typical of a Sloop and just one year later after launching as a bomb vessel she was fitted as a Sloop. Probably this gun port was never used during her duty as a Bomb vessel... Spanien   | ||
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| Registered Member #1023 Joined: Sun Jul 25 2010, 08:41AMPosts: 57 | Mysteries solve!!! I been reading and watching the plans of the cross section for more than year and a half. Now I’m realizing, thanks to a good friend, that the plans make reference to 12-pounder guns rather to 4-pounder guns who were the original ones following Goodwin’s book: “Initially eight 4-pounders were carried”. Apart from that, still there is not enough space for the normal gun operation at this point. I’m almost sure the central gun port of the cross section was never in use during her service as a bomb vessel and was in use most probably during her time as a sloop. Goodwin said: “Initially eight 4-pounders were carried, but this number was increased to ten after the ship’s conversion to a sloop, with the additional guns placed either under the forecastle as bow chasers or at the fifth gun ports.” Cheers, Spanien | ||
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| Registered Member #197 Joined: Thu Aug 06 2009, 04:31AMPosts: 21 | Hi Spanien, I am enjoy your build log very much - a real beauty. Thanks, Greg | ||
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| Registered Member #1023 Joined: Sun Jul 25 2010, 08:41AMPosts: 57 | More progress. I’m trying hard to learn soldering techniques, which have been a pending issue for me. The mortar is now in position with all the metal fitting in place. A couple of chains have been added for securing the main hinges. Spanien             | ||
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