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Thanks Fred.
Regarding the "Anchor Cradle" . . . sounds like you got the same impression I did. |
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Hello Mike,
at the "Anchor Cradle" you and Fred are right. This part swings the anchor away from the hull to prevent damage, when he is dropped. You can find similar constructions at different french navy ships of that time. As usual, outstanding work on this old coal munching iron! Cheers Wiwo |
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Belatedly commenting on the latest work: the 47mm guns, wheel, anchor cradles and anchors, and other detail parts are all superbly crafted and Neptune looks très formidable bristling with armament. As always, the period images are wonderful and put your work in context.
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Thanks Wolfgang for the confirmation. Mystery solved.
Thank you Don for the "très formidable". I agree, the vintage images are a pleasure to present. Thanks to Renaud, I am lucky to have quite a few to show. Mike |
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Such an amazing project, so much change from only a few decades before, and then the continued technological change over the following few decades. The whole of the architecture and hull form is so unique.
Doug |
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031 – 130mm Hull Guns
Thank you Doug.
The vintage image shows the 130mm (5-inch) guns arrayed across the hull. That is the area I am trying to replicate in this update. I needed 14 barrels, as seen in the first image (245). The ones on the left are rejects. The ones on the right passed inspection. For me, rolling gun barrels from paper always follows the same routine. The first half dozen don’t work out so well. But with each one the process improves until my fingers seem to memorize the right “roll”, eventually getting decent results. As you can see from the vintage photo, the doors on each side of the gun openings had brass rims around the portholes. I was able to get my printer to replicate those, even at this scale. A nice detail I think. Kind Regards, Mike |
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What is the purpose of the netting and booms below the guns in the vintage photo?
I think your portholes turned out great
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Hello ole friend. I am so pleased to see you are still at it. I so look forward to another of your works of art.
Rick
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Thanks V-King. The netting and booms are the "Torpedo Net" deployment systems. Torpedo nets were a ship's defensive device against torpedoes. They were in common use from the 1890s until ?? Maybe sometime between the First and the Second World Wars. |
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Thank you Rick. It is nice to see you active here again. Mike |
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