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HM
Gunboat William Construction
Nelsons Navy
Page 10 of 12
| 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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View through the waist hatch, looking aft. You can see the bunk beds, scuttles, store barrels, fore-and-aft mast carlings and four of the ten oars. |
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View through the waist hatch, looking forward. You can see the bunk beds, scuttles, the fore-and-aft mast carlings, mast pivot supports, ships stove and chimney. |
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The cast bronze ships stove and chimney, complete with door and hinge detailing on the stove. |
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View of the ships stove as seen through the waist hatch. The stove has been painted Admiralty Paints matt (metal) black. |
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Shot of the mast pivot supports, off the model, showing their forward facing edge and the lower locking strap holding the mast in place. |
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Identical shot to that above but with the lower locking strap rotated open. |
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Identical shot to that above but with the 'false' mast shown rotating aft. |
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A shot of the mast pivot supports, on the model, as seen through the waist hatch. Note also the upper locking strap, holding the mast against the after face of the waist hatch coaming, and the pivot bar held in place by straps across the top face of the supports. |
Model designed entirely in-house by Rich, Dave and John.
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