Like the Brennan torpedo launching station, the Mucking Battery (which was also known as Fort Bean) began life as a wooden box from THE WORKS. In this case it was a large oval jewellery box that cost me £4.00.
I removed the lid from the box and put the bottom part to one side. I then filled in the screw holes with a mixture of PVA and fine sawdust.
On the bottom I marked and drilled two holes 50mm from each end of the centreline.
I then created the two gun mountings, starting with the pivots. These were made by three small hexagons of thin plywood, topped with a small circle of plywood.
I drilled a small hole though each one before using PVA glue to glue them into position.
(Please note that I used a small 1-inch nail pushed up through each of the holes I had drilled to act as a guide and to make sure that the pieces making up each pivot were correctly aligned.)
Another nice use of a wooden box Bob! Do you have the guns already or are you scratch building those too?
ReplyDeleteMaudlin Jack Tar,
DeleteFunny that you should ask about the guns. I was going to use some that I built quite a while ago, but then I found some resin ones in a spares box. Ill be writing about them in my next blog post.
All the best,
Bob
An excellent start Bob and look forward to seeing the guns deployed and of course the whole thing finished:).
ReplyDeleteSteve J.,
DeleteI am hoping to get the whole thing finished by the end of January ... so keep reading my blog on a regular basis to find out if I do!
All the best,
Bob
BOB,
ReplyDeleteGood to see your getting on with the scratch building - will you use the two Resin Guns from the recent purchase? KEV.
Kev Robertson (Kev),
DeleteI am going to use two resin model guns that I bought some years ago. I’ll be writing about them in tomorrow’s blog post.
All the best,
Bob