Le Coureur 1776, model 1:48 by muchi

muchi said:
There is a problem with the balance because the position of the Trunnion (gun ear) of the barrel is about 2 mm too far forward.
I think I should change the position of the Trunnion, but I don't have the tools and skills, so I changed the position of the Gun carriages receiver.
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When I meassured the gun barrel, I found out, comparing with the Boudriot drawing, that the position of the trunnion is correct.

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The problem is, that the barrel is not drilled, only the first mm, so that the weight in front is too big - with this they are prone

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I drill the barrel for appr. 1cm, but only to have the imagination of a "hole" - the unbalance of the barrel I solved with a drop of glue
 
This is looking amazing, and the attention to detail is breath-taking. Jolly well done Sir!
 
Uwek said:
When I meassured the gun barrel, I found out, comparing with the Boudriot drawing, that the position of the trunnion is correct.
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Hello Uwek, the barrel is as shown in the drawing.
In the side view, there is a Base ring around the rear axle of the Gun carriages, so I thought the barrel was too forward.
Is the axle of the turret dolly a little wider?
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muchi said:
Uwe and Adi Thank you for your excessive comments.

Finishing outfitting and adhesive fixing.
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The door has been remade.
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You can open and close the door, but the hinges aren't accurate enough, so it's a little tricky to close.
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The cannon in my kit was a bit problematic.
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The barrel is slightly bent upwards, I tried to fix it by applying heat, but I gave up immediately.

There is a problem with the balance because the position of the Trunnion (gun ear) of the barrel is about 2 mm too far forward.
I think I should change the position of the Trunnion, but I don't have the tools and skills, so I changed the position of the Gun carriages receiver.
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The train tackle block is small, isn't it?
It seems that it will disappear if the soot is scraped.
It is likely to go missing as it is.
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I am having the same issues with a few of my 1/30 Royal Caroline cannons. Frustrating to say the least!!!!!!!!!!! One could at least expect straight cannon barrels on such expensive model ship kits?????????
 
We exhibited at an exhibition in Osaka.

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It was my first exhibition in 3 years because of Corona, and all 3 of them are my works.
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It was decided to hold it a month ago, so I made it in time so that I could exhibit it in a hurry.
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The exhibition is over and all the CAF model Granado has been sent, so Le Coureur will take a break for a while to make it.
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Great looking model of the Coureur - Bravo!

And I am very happy to see, that you also got the Granado kit from CAF, which I have also in moment under construction.
So please show us your work on the bomb vessel in a building log - it would be highly interesting :cool:

BTW: Did you made also photos of the other models on this exhibition? Maybe you can show us some more - would be interesting to get an insight in the japanese modeling szene
 
WOW - wonderful models - amazing Victory and also the Aurore -> many thanks for sharing with us !!!
 
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