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And also contemporary pictures of repairs in the 1:1 originals look quaite the same

Short interlude, "What if."

I wonder what the Constitution would look like with a 12 cylinder sports engine?



A contemporaneous anchor nozzle from HMS Royal George at Thorsminde actually still survives. A lead pipe with the ends flanged around.



So new hawse inlays printed, with 3 mm inside, 4 outside and the curves at the flang.



Hawse holes drilled out to the nea diameter, inlets pushed in ...



... and inside still another fake flange put on.



Now the whole area is also neatly wallpapered in one piece, the closed port is no longer visible, and the intersection of the plastic strips is in the middle of the port and will be covered by the gun

XXXDAn

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A short excursus.

The printer has once again spit out something, a small collaborative work from http://www.segelschiffsmodellbau.com



A small iron swivel for older ships.

Faramir had built the original file of the barrel, with me making a few more adations.

Interesting are the dimensions of the trunnions with 0.3 mm and the matching eyebolt of the holder. This actually results in a fully movable gun even in this scale

All modern drawings known to me show the powder chamber handle always pointing upwards. After the first test prints I saw a Life-Fire video and realised that the handle was turned to the side and so the fuse hole was on top, otherwise the fuse would not have been able to reach it. So I turned the handle and inserted the fuse hole.

And there they were, the new prints. For painting, I put the barrels on a needle and noticed that the difference in diameter is not very big. With a very dry brush I brushed them with black paint, which doesn't put to much volume on and rubbed them carefully with graphite on a Q-tip.



I was most surprised that the firing hole is actually visible



And because it is so beautiful, different views.













There you go, the bad boys may finally come



XXXDAn

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And now on to new adventures. After I was once again amazed by the print results of the iron swivel gun, I wanted to try out something I had been thinking about for a while.

One of the most time-consuming parts of the gun deck is the gun rigging, especially the side tackles. And you don't see much of it. Why not try something new there? A quick test shot ...



... which showed that in principle it fits

So I made it a bit more precise and quickly installed it.











Still a bit much spiral spring, but I think something is possible.


As a next step I made the ropes of the rigging a bit thinner, 0.3 mm instead of 0.4 mm diameter. I also broke up the uniformity a bit and added minimal variances. Old on the right, new on the left.



Then I swung the brush, added shading to each colour as usual, and added some ink to the whole thing.



This was the time for a little setting test. The inner planks were marked with a pencil, the knees were glued on and I noticed that the holes for the bolts were still missing...



... so I got out the shish kebab skewers with the incorporated drills and ...



... drilled all the way through the ship

Attached the side rigging to the gun and tested the position.



Fits, only the breech rope is missing.



The length is determined, all fittings are attached and ...



... wrapped the rope around the grape as in the Constitution.



Since the breech rope is longer than the rest, this could be glued in place without any finger knotting ...



... and then the gun is pushed towards the ship's side, the guide rails are guided into the glued holes and the gun is placed, a little glue with the toothpick under the wheels and done







XXXDAn

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Wow, that looks fantastic Daniel!

Well, we are close to relegate our traditional tools to the back of the cupboard ...

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Truly impressive work.

Jawdropping dafi! Simply outstanding

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Thank you Sirs!

Somehow it was time to do something to this little USS chick again. The infamous gunnade in the bow was still missing.





Even if it has already been questioned, I decided in favour of the variant with the GRIII crest.

Then I prepared the space on deck for it, fitted the lower deck knees and printed the nailed interior bulkward ...



... and glued it in.



Then checked the size of the blocks. The 2.5 mm were too long after all.



So it became the 2 mm blocks



I now also have a technique that works quite well. You sharpen a toothpick well ...



... and clamp it in a vice.



Then put a piece of paper over it to make it easier to see, and press the block onto the tip.



First check which side you need to start on so that the rolls are on the right side. Then apply 2 mm of superglue to the yarn and press it onto the correct side, ...



... pull the ends forwards, tie a knot and secure with glue. Then knot the hook, secure it, cut it to length and the double block is finished.



For the single block, first knot in a hook, apply some superglue to the hook´s knot ...



... and as with the other one ...



... with a little superglue at the back and tighten the ends to the front.

Then tie a knot, secure and cut to length.

Now comes the most difficult part in my eyes: the correct run through the blocks so that nothing crosses over

And that's it.



It also looks good on the 24-pounder



And then it was time for the trial fitting.















XXXDAn

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Great Progress dafi!

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