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HM
Gunboat William Construction
Nelsons Navy
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| HM
Gunboat William 1795 (1:32): |
Model designed entirely in-house by Rich, Dave and John.
HM Gunboat William (1:32) as fitted in 1795. Her armament includes 2 x 12pdr
carronades (aft) and 1 x 24pdr cannon (fore) mounted on a bearing race of
cannon balls.
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The oars as fitted, shown with copper tips, painted with Admiralty Paints copper. |
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The brass etched rowlocks, these are fully rotating as illustrated to the left and below left. |
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The brass etched rowlocks, these are fully rotating as illustrated to the left and above left. |
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The lower deck scuttles as fitted with brass etched hinge plates. |
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The lower deck scuttles, again fitted with brass etched hinge plates, this time shown in the open position together with various sizes of store barrels. |
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One of two 12pdr cast bronze carronades, these are detailed with integral trunnion bar, reinforcing rings, sights, touch hole, training handle and breech ring. |
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The brass etched carronade axle complete with brass rollers. |
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One of two complete and rigged carronade assemblies mounted across the transom, note also the transom capping through which the carronade bed was pinned so as to be able to rotate. |
Model designed entirely in-house by Rich, Dave and John.
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