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1/30 Royal Caroline cannons

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Hello all..need some advice..My AOs RC book says brass finish barrels as opposed to blackened. The cannons with the kit seem more Spanish in appearance. They are 50 mm in length. I have purchased a large quantity of finely turned brass cannons of various lengths.. They resemble the ones in AOS RC . The book also says the cannons of the same caliber could be different lengths. I would like to substitute these for the kit ones. The question is are the supplied cannons accurate and period correct or should I swap them out? Thanks in advance!
John Coryea
 
manning16 said:
My AOs RC book says brass finish barrels as opposed to blackened.
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I have no idea why that would be except for glitz. The standard guns for British ships in 1750 were Armstrong pattern iron but for a royal yacht, it could very well have been a different thing altogether. It will be interesting to learn more about this. :)
If you want to have them in brass, go for it. If you don't have the means to turn them on your own you can get them printed in resin, either black, or if you prefer, brass colored. I have the 3D STL drawings of Armstrong pattern guns if you want to have them printed as well as contact information of a printer in the US that has done a lot of cannon in black for me with great success for less than $1 per barrel at our most common scales. Please feel free to PM me if this information would be of interest as I have learned the hard way it is a bad idea to post email addresses in public forums.

Allan
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Hi Allen..yes, I was going on what AOS said about brass being used for RC..but who knows.. I bought literally hundreds of very nice brass barrels from old stock which are Armstrong - like but I was wondering if the supplied 1/30 scale barrels were not accurate and I would swap them out .. fyi, we now meet at Moorings Park. Naples for our meetings.. not when you came to Landmark a few years ago.. we have come a long way since then... feel free to pop in.. we meet Sat every two weeks.
 
manning16 said:
we have come a long way since then... feel free to pop in.. we meet Sat every two weeks.
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Thank you very much. I have been helping run our Saturday golf league the past few years so it has been hard to break away. I hope to get there at least once or twice before year end though, as I want to slow down on the golf organizing. It has been like herding cats most weeks.

Regarding the cannon, 3D drawings in STL for most British cannon from Pitt to Blomefield patterns as well as some Spanish and French are readily available for anyone interested.
Allan
 
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SZKUTNIK said:
Yes, we can print. No problem.
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Hi Kris,
What is the cost, including shipping to the US for twenty 12 pounder Armstrong pattern (NOT Armstrong Frederick) cannon in black resin at 1:64 scale if I send you the STL drawings?
Thanks!
Allan
 
Your guns really do look good. From the photos it appears you went to the trouble of including the cap square hardware with the joint bolt and key. For the future, from Caruana's The History of English Sea Ordnance, Volume 2, only 32 pounders and larger had a double block on the train tackle and running out tackle. Is the black on the trucks supposed to be a metal piece? Metal bands were not used on ships as they would destroy the deck planking, but it was common practice on land based ordnance.
Allan
 
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