Eric, well, the Canons are a straight shot with clearance, yep, if pointed down, it would blast the heck out of the channel. It is OBVIOUS that this model will NOT be winning any awards any time soon. The problem is this: IF the Channels would have been mounted lets say somewhat parallel with the water line as most do, THEN the Cannon port lids WOULD NOT close !!! I would have had to close the lids that are all UNDER the channel. So as you can see, there is almost no way to do enough forward thinking on this model to avoid it. Unless you were to read the picture manual like a thousand times and foresaw the problem.
I am not happy with the results. It does not look good nor right. It is what it is though.
Pat,
I do not know. I was thinking about looking through ZHL, Marisella to see what I can find. To be more specific, I like the HMS Vanguard and the HMS Agamemnon, but I said to myself that I was going to try a ZHL POF next. This is not quite answering your question and I guess time will see. I just want to get this SF off my bench !!! I guess I could make the SF a hull model only, but that will drive me crazy it not being finished. No sails at all will be on this one and that should cut the time down considerably.