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Making Cannon

Do you think i should leave the low-caliber guns undecorated and only include a 24-gun as the main decor gun?

No, no, no. You can't pass that decision on to me, sorry :).

Do you perhaps have a 16pdr or 24-gun from this period?

The 16-pound calibre is not a system calibre in Spanish naval artillery. Instead, I am sending you a standard, i.e. system 18-pound cannon. In addition to the 24-pound one, as requested. Both are from the same 1783 system as the earlier reproduced 36-pound gun (all Spanish archives :)).


24-pounder of the system 1783:

1783 - Diseño del Cañon de fierro colado del calibre de a 24, arreglado a el proyecto de Artil...jpg

18-pounder of the system 1783:

1783 - Diseño del Cañon de fierro colado del calibre de a 18, arreglado a el proyecto de Artil...jpg

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There is a book on this subject, "Naval Patternmaking Technique and Application" by Isidre Oliveras Parera, which belongs to the Barcelona Museum.
 
@kuba91nt A friend of mine came across a copy of this book at a fair during his trip to Argentina and took photos of some of the pages and sent them to me. I also searched the internet but couldn't find anything.
 
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