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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 24pdr rotating carriage bearing race, this is loaded with 24 steel cannon balls and located onto the forecastle deck. The steel cannon balls as provided in the kit come pre-blackened using a chemical etch. |
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The 24pdr rotating bed seated down onto the bearing race and forecastle deck. |
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The 24pdr cannon and carriage mounted onto the rotating bed, cannon shown run in. |
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The 24pdr cannon and carriage mounted onto the rotating bed, cannon shown run out. |
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A shot of the 24pdr cannon and carriage mounted onto the rotating bed, cannon shown run out, and demonstrating the ability to rotate the cannon to any desired position. |
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The fully rigged 24pdr cannon. |
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The gunnery equipment showing, from left to right, the 24pdr ladle, the 24pdr ram, the double ended rope 12pdr ram and sponge, the double ended rope 24pdr ram and sponge, the double ended rope 12pdr ram and sponge, the 24pdr sponge and the 24pdr worm. |
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One of three cast bronze buckets, with individual wooden slat detail and cast iron straps. |
Model designed entirely in-house by Rich, Dave and John.
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