Very nice work on the barrels, I hope mine comes out half as good as yours I will be pleased,
Best Buy John,
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Very nice work on the barrels, I hope mine comes out half as good as yours I will be pleased,
Best Buy John,
Thank you YiFan for the infomation about the Micro Tape, I managed to buy some .7mm, 1mm, and 1.5mm but every where was out of stock of the .4mm,
best regards John,
I have been wondering about these barrels, they seem quite large, they measure 34mm in length and 25mm at the widest, which at 1/48 scale makes them nearly 1.8 m long and 1.2m at the widest ( six foot long and four foot at the widest ) , that seems way to big, does anybody know the maximum size of the barrels used,
best regards John,
best regards John,
You are way ahead of my build, but have made a couple of barrels while glue dries on other things. To me they look fine in the bottom of the section where as the smaller ones in the kit are tiny. Guess it comes down to what look right to the builder.
G'day Ross, you wouldn't have a pic of one of your barrels would you, I have been having a difficult time with mine,
best regards John,
best regards John,
I have only put the frames together so far, did you notice the ends and part No.2 have faint laser lines to mark where to fair them to? Cladding them looks really fiddly and if mine dont turn out nicely I have 
some ready made ones in a few dif sizes I can use.
some ready made ones in a few dif sizes I can use.
Yes they are a bit on the fiddly side, you only have approx 1.5mm each end for the overhang, I was using CA super glue to attach mine, but had varying degrees of success, its funny you should mention the ready made ones I was looking at them earlier on today and thought they would make a great back up, actually those ready made ones once they had a couple of black bands around them would look good, I will post a couple of pics of mine tomorrow,
best regards john,
best regards john,
Good morning John, I was thinking of trying Selleys Kwik Grip contact adhesive to do mine, I'll try some today and see how that goes. Attached is a pic of a ready made barrel with the black bands done with a texta.
The black bands really make a big difference, they look really good, I might end up going this way if the supplied one's don't work out, thanks for posting the photos,
Best regards John,
Best regards John,
I think I've found something more boring that making oars!! Never been a fan of superglue, kudos for using it for the barrels, contact cement works well for me, but my kit did not have anything for the black bands. So I think I'll be using the ready made barrels, reckon they look better. 
Wow, i think your barrel came out a lot better than mine, but they are a pain to make, I kept on stuffing up the overhanging bit,
best regards John,
best regards John,
So what size is that ready made barrel, it must be approx 35mm x 20mm, is that right,
best regards John,
PS Iv'e got to stop adding that on every message,
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best regards John,
PS Iv'e got to stop adding that on every message,
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I really like the left barrel (from the kit) better! It is definitely worth your workmanship and deserves to be chosen. I even see it with an oil finish where individual planks will stay proud. Yea!!! As for the bands, you can make them out of black paper or Kyosho micro tape (black)
Yes Jim, Ross has made a good job of them, I might try and continue with them myself,
Hi JohnSo what size is that ready made barrel, it must be approx 35mm x 20mm, is that right,
best regards John,
PS Iv'e got to stop adding that on every message,
The ready made barrels I have are 30mm x 23mm, 17mm x15mm and 14mm x 12mm. I got them from here https://www.modelerscentral.com/fittings/barrels/
Jim....Thanks for you compliments, the smaller sizes of Kyosho micron tape are hard to find in Australia, a few suppliers have 1mm and bigger but they don't seem to stock the .4mm and .7mm. Can you advise a US supplier? Thanks
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I saw a garagraph in book《the 74-gun ship Vol2》，It said that the volume of tuns（the biggest barrel） is 968 liters.So what size is that ready made barrel, it must be approx 35mm x 20mm, is that right,
best regards John,
PS Iv'e got to stop adding that on every message,
That means the diameter（button） of the barrel is 3 feet and the height is about 4 feet.
Converted to 48 ratio, that is 2.7cm high and 2.0cm in diameter
Looking fantastic John, like all your builds.
Thanks guys for the comments and the likes, they are really appreciated,
Best regards John,
Best regards John,
Ross you can get the micro tape here at Australian Hobbies, they do not have the .4mm, but they have the .7mm, 1mm and the 1.5mm,
https://www.hobbytools.com.au/kyosho-1860bk-micron-tape-7mm-x-8m-black/
I paid the $10 express post and had them in four days,
best regards john,
you must have cleaned them out, says out of stock....like all the other Aussie suppliers I found. 1mm is all I've found here.