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20 – Aft Superstructure & 47mm Guns
Thank you David and Mike,
Work has continued with the Stern Superstructure. There will be a pair of 47mm rifles needed on each side of the docking bridge. Those will be located beneath the deck that sits on top of the docking bridge (seen in image 155). Because that location will continue to be less and less accessible, installation of those guns needs to be done now.
47mm rifles are very commonly found on nearly all pre-dreadnought battleships. This one will carry between 12 and 16 of them. Each one has 7 parts with paper rolled gun barrels. The parts are all hand cut except for the “shoulder stock”. Those are laser cut. I used the Russian 47mm guns found on the Peresvet class battleships as my guide for the design work. So my “Ulfberht” version should bear some resemblance to those.
Railing will be needed for the aft superstructure. The template with the railing can be seen in image 160.
Kind Regards,
Mike
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