San Felipe 1690 by ZHL

[Etwas_63]

 

[Etwas_63]

I finally got around to painting the gun barrels I had 3D printed.
I built a paint booth out of scrap materials. I used a kitchen hood, left over from a renovation. I almost threw it away, but it came in handy. The rotating platform is a sports disc my daughter used when she was younger. And some corrugated cardboard from some household appliance. Figuratively speaking, I "assembled it from scratch." First, I primed it with Tamiya primer from an aerosol can. I airbrushed it with Tamiya F 34 acrylic, but thinned it out a bit with black paint. After everything dried, I sealed it with Tamiya semi-gloss acrylic varnish. Painting a hundred guns is a bit tiring, after all.




I spent almost the entire day on what seemed like a simple job. Also, due to asthma, I have to wear a respirator when using an airbrush. My bronchi are very sensitive to isopropyl alcohol, which is the base for acrylic paint thinner.

 

[Etwas_63]

Considering how much work remains to be done with the gun carriages and assembly, it is likely that the guns will not be in their places on the deck for at least two weeks.




I was just thinking about how much humanity wastes on war. Just one manowar consumed so much cast iron, metal, hemp, canvas, and human labor worthy of better use. But in reality, it all decays... and nothing changes in this world, alas.

 

[Peter Schaap]

Considering how much work remains to be done with the gun carriages and assembly, it is likely that the guns will not be in their places on the deck for at least two weeks.


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I was just thinking about how much humanity wastes on war. Just one manowar consumed so much cast iron, metal, hemp, canvas, and human labor worthy of better use. But in reality, it all decays... and nothing changes in this world, alas.

Well... the big, tough leaders of the world simply have to show how powerful they are...
A lot of human suffering and major economic damage.
But anyway, let's not pay any attention to that here, as it will probably only lead to heated discussions....

 

[DARIVS ARCHITECTVS]

Considering how much work remains to be done with the gun carriages and assembly, it is likely that the guns will not be in their places on the deck for at least two weeks.


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I was just thinking about how much humanity wastes on war. Just one manowar consumed so much cast iron, metal, hemp, canvas, and human labor worthy of better use. But in reality, it all decays... and nothing changes in this world, alas.

It is the very nature of war and conflict. It consumes.