Hi all
Once again I am so chuffed that so many of you are following this and I'm very encouraged by your kind comments.
Now this has slowed from my usual snail's pace to a geriatric snail's pace
. That is mostly due to the complexity of the next stage - four 32 pounder cannons to go in the lower gun deck. There are 2 wooden frets for the carriages and wheels.
... and metal barrels which needed some clean up.
The barrels were primed with Stynylrez, which worked fine, and then I airbrushed them black and then gave a coat of satin varnish. The carriages went together fine and were painted Yellow Ochre. You drill holes in the carriages to fit in the gun
rigging rings. I airbrushed the rings with Stynylrez and when it died it simple flaked off - God knows what metal the rings are made of. Anyway I found a tin of exterior black metal paint in the garage, left over from a metal gate I had painted. So the rings were painted with that
The trunnions have cap squares over them. The kit gives some pins which are too long and the heads are the wrong shape. Luckily I have a rivet maker so punched out styrene rivets and CAed them in place. You can see the kit pin in the photo.
Each cannon was built with a slightly different barrel angle. They have wedges fitted at the back to adjust the angle for aiming.
So after a good bit of time I now have four 32 pounders. Daft as it seems each cannon has 25 parts
Rigging them next which looks a nightmare.
As always thanks for sticking with it and all your comments and likes.
Jim