Bomb Vessel Granado 1742 - Cross Section - 1:32 Scale - Scratch Build by DocBlake [COMPLETED BUILD]

[dockattner]

A wonderful result Dave! Congratulations!

 

[shota70]

Dear Doc
As I have said all along, this is an amazingly beautiful model thanks to your professional and precise work. Well done friend

 

[Jeff T]

Beautifully rendered model. My question on having a stock of shells stored on the deck would be whether it would be safe to do so since they were filled with explosives, unlike a solid ball.

 

[DocBlake]

Beautifully rendered model. My question on having a stock of shells stored on the deck would be whether it would be safe to do so since they were filled with explosives, unlike a solid ball.

Thanks for the kind comments, guys!

Jeff: I don't mean the shells would be on deck for permanent or long-term storage. There are two shell rooms in the hold, one below each mortar pit, to do that. But when a bombardment of a shore emplacement is to begin, the shells need to be easily accessible but not bouncing all over the place. A rack or two of 5 shells each would keep the mortars in business while the crew is actively replacing fired shells during a bombardment.

 

[Kurt Konrath]

Maybe one of the pit doors also served as shot holder when flipped upside down

I would assume all the extra eye bolts on cannon were for lifting when needed

 

[DocBlake]

Thanks for the kind words and the "likes"!



Here are a few more shots of the model as a "whole", rather than a series of closeups!

 

[Norway]

Nice work as usual Dave, congratulations greetings Knut-

 

[Madhatter]

Your work has inspired me to GET BACK TO WORK.
Thank you

 

[Albert Mary]

Outstanding result! Congrats...!!

 

[Uwek]

Congratulations
You made a wonderful model - BRAVO Bravissimo

Refering the rack:
I do not think, that the shells were stored, also not for a short time on deck,
because they were shells filled with powder, filled with powder as short as possible before the use, because it was too dangerous

 

[pkv]

FYI 1/4" and 1/2" scale plans are now available for download from the MSB Projects page.

Ops! 1/2" scale plans are unfortunately not found

 

[RichardG]

Wow. Inspirational work.

 

[Winston]

bvk. Problem was a file naming issue. My bad. I've corrected it. the 1/2" scale plans are now available.