Anaga,
Thanks for the data. So I guess we can assume that 4.5mm x 14mm is the right size or close to it for the copper plates. The croquis of the Spanish 24 I have. Found it on the net somewhere and have used it a great deal.
As for the guns, I believe there were:
34 36# guns in the 1st battery
34 24# guns in the 2nd battery
36 12# guns in the 3rd battery
This accounts for 104 guns. In the kit, there are ports for another 34 guns on the main deck. This would bring the total to 138 guns. Finally, if she carried 144 guns into Trafalgar, that put 4 in the stern and 2 on the quarter deck.
On the main deck she had 10 24# howitzers (although I did find data stating she had 14 of them at Trafalgar). That would leave 24 guns if there were 10 howitzers. A lot of the data I found showed she had 18 8# guns and 6 esmerils. Do you have anything that spells out the guns on the main deck and their placement? I do plan on making the correct guns or buying them if they are available. I just set this part aside because I wanted to complete planking the hull. She is coming along nicely on the planking but cutting out the cannon ports is time consuming.
I love the internet also. I don’t think I would have been able to do the ST without it.
2.7mm eye pin comes to 243mm or 24.3cm or about 9.6” in a 1:90 scale. That seems big to me. I found a place that has them down to 1.8mm which I believe is big but closer. I have all the ones I need for the moment that I made. They are around 1.2mm. The trick of course is can I use them or are they too small. I have a plan that will work I think. I want to rig the cannon in a mockup and then install them on the ship fully rigged. I have played around with this and it appears I will be able to do it this way.
I have the 2mm single blocks for the cannon. I found them at http://www.syrenshipmodelcompany.com. I also found rigging rope in varying sizes. If the rope does not work, I will certainly consider the wire idea you showed me. Thanks for sharing this.
Later,
Don
Thanks for the data. So I guess we can assume that 4.5mm x 14mm is the right size or close to it for the copper plates. The croquis of the Spanish 24 I have. Found it on the net somewhere and have used it a great deal.
As for the guns, I believe there were:
34 36# guns in the 1st battery
34 24# guns in the 2nd battery
36 12# guns in the 3rd battery
This accounts for 104 guns. In the kit, there are ports for another 34 guns on the main deck. This would bring the total to 138 guns. Finally, if she carried 144 guns into Trafalgar, that put 4 in the stern and 2 on the quarter deck.
On the main deck she had 10 24# howitzers (although I did find data stating she had 14 of them at Trafalgar). That would leave 24 guns if there were 10 howitzers. A lot of the data I found showed she had 18 8# guns and 6 esmerils. Do you have anything that spells out the guns on the main deck and their placement? I do plan on making the correct guns or buying them if they are available. I just set this part aside because I wanted to complete planking the hull. She is coming along nicely on the planking but cutting out the cannon ports is time consuming.
I love the internet also. I don’t think I would have been able to do the ST without it.
2.7mm eye pin comes to 243mm or 24.3cm or about 9.6” in a 1:90 scale. That seems big to me. I found a place that has them down to 1.8mm which I believe is big but closer. I have all the ones I need for the moment that I made. They are around 1.2mm. The trick of course is can I use them or are they too small. I have a plan that will work I think. I want to rig the cannon in a mockup and then install them on the ship fully rigged. I have played around with this and it appears I will be able to do it this way.
I have the 2mm single blocks for the cannon. I found them at http://www.syrenshipmodelcompany.com. I also found rigging rope in varying sizes. If the rope does not work, I will certainly consider the wire idea you showed me. Thanks for sharing this.
Later,
Don