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Lower Gun Deck Gun Ports Port Side
I decided to use Titebond Translucent Glue for all this work.
Something I found is that once you put pressure on the White Glue, the piece will stay in place with both the adhesive and suction.
Lower Gun Deck Gun Ports Starboard Side
Started work on the Lower Gun Deck. These Gun Ports have a Faux Cannon that I stick into those Basswood blocks that I made before.
I use a combination of Dap Weldwood Contact Cement and SuperGlue for this.
I found that around 17mm from the edge was the idea distance for the Cannons to protrude.
The Kit didn’t specify using blocks behind the Gun Ports. They wanted the builder to figure it I suppose. I had some spare 25mm Basswood Blocks lying around which I used for this.
Gun Ports and Bulkhead
I am just starting this after contemplating it for a day or 2. ..
Gun Ports Starboard Side
I was just thinking to myself that I’m going in a semi-assembly line process instead of each door seperately.
What I mean is… I first sprayed all the Guns…
Then I drilled all pf the upper rope holes for the Doors.
I use Aleene’s Rapid Dry for this. Apply it to the Carriage and to the Gun. Waiting time is 2 minutes.
It has a rubbery feel at first, but once it sets, it sets strong. It’s rubbery so you have a bit of wiggle space.
Here is my review of it… Aleene’s Rapid Dry Glue
So these Gun Port Doors. They require custom work on all of them because I first have to adjust the Widths so that they’re the same as the Gun Ports.
I figured out that if I make the “Hinges” the little slat that I glue on the end and put 2 wires to simulate Hinges. I taper these 2 Slates so that when I insert them into the Gun Ports, they slide right in.
Guns / Gun Ports
Now that I finished all the Standing Rigging, I decided to finish up the Guns on the lower Gun Deck.
I had to Primer and Paint all the Guns and preparing them for install before I add all the Gun Port Doors.
Painting Gun Ports
Painting the inside of all the Gun ports as Sky Blue…
Poop Deck – Part 3
This Poop deck is taking a bit more work than I expected. There are a lot of details that need to be right.
Making the Gun Ports while making the Bollards and Caprails.
Just discovered that Weldwood Contact Cement works great for this work.
Opening Gun Ports
I forgot to mention that when I was closing up these Tanganyika Planks across the Gun Ports, I planked over the holes along the tops resulting in these half Gun Ports which I’ve been cutting out with a Xacto Razor.
I find that using a shaving motion across and with the grain gets the best results.
HMS Surprise – Thoughts
Up until yesterday, I was doing pretty good with this Ship.
Then I realized that the misalignment that I did with the Gun Port placements has got me into a real bother.
It’s not that it doesn’t look good the way they are, it’s just I get a really bad nagging feeling about it not being as “perfect” as I would have liked it to be.
Anyway, yesterday I went through a whole gamut of emotions trying to figure out what to do about it. Everything from scrapping the Ship all together… to perhaps planking over all the Gun Ports to hide all those Guns and to make this ship into an armed Merchantman or something to that effect.
I suppose I can just leave it alone and just continue on… After all, no 2 ships are exactly the same.
I even went as far as watching Master & Commander to see what that ship looked like… Hmmm…
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