HMS Bellona Corel 1:100

[AllanKP69]

From the treatise by John Muller in 1768 the side pieces (brackets) for an 18 pounder were 69 inches long and 5 inches thick. There are drawings of the 1760 carriage from Adye that was drawn in 1766 on page 377 of Volume II of Caruana's The History of English Sea Ordnance for a 24 pounder and the length matches the chart below so I am pretty sure this chart is a good one to use. With the exception of a different design of the cap square, it is very similar to the 1732 pattern carriage. Do you have drawings based on contemporary sources of the 1732 or 1760 carriage?

What surprises me is that the carriages appear to be the same length for any barrel length of the same caliber. Maybe someone else has another contemporary chart with more information.
Allan

Muller chart from 1768


The below is a chart from 1775. The dimensions are slightly different but the Muller chart above is about the time of Bellona so maybe the best one to use.

 

[FriCap]

Hi Allan!
Thank you for such detailed information! Now I see that you shouldn’t always trust artificial intelligence! According to the table you provided, the carriage length for an 18‑pounder gun in 1:100 scale should be 17 mm. I don’t want to use the carriages from the kit because they look too rough. Besides, their length is 19 mm.
I’ve already mounted the guns on those kit carriages under the quarterdeck — they’re barely visible there. But on the open deck space, I’d like to use commercially available kit carriages. The problem is, their lengths are either 16 mm or 22 mm. I was thinking of using the 22 mm ones, but now I see that’s too much. I’ll use the 16 mm ones on the forecastle and quarterdeck for the 9‑pounder guns.
Anyway, I’m still thinking about the best way to proceed…
Best regards,
FriCap

 

[AllanKP69]

If you cannot make your own, it may be better if you used the chart from 1775. If you do use that chart the brackets should be (63.11/ 100) X 25.4= 16.027mm
so your 16mm brackets should be perfect.

For the shape and fitting of the carriage, the below may be helpful. It is the carriage drawing of the 1760 pattern for a 24 pounder. It is from Volume 2, page 377 of The History of English Sea Ordnance by Adrian Caruana using measurements recorded by S. P. Ayde in 1766.

 

[FriCap]

Allan, thank you very much!