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Thursday, 18 January 2024

The inspiration for the design of the Mucking Battery or Fort Bean

The design of the model coastal defence battery/fort I have built is imaginary, but it takes its inspiration from several similar installations I have visited or seen photographs of. These include the following:

Napier of Magdala Battery, Gibraltar

Oscarsborg Fortress, Oslofjord, Norway

New Tavern Fort, Gravesend

4 comments:

  1. Great pics Bob - your model really looks the part.
    (Shame about the graffiti on the Gravesend gun)

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    1. Maudlin Jack Tar,

      Cheers! The guns in Gravesend are in a public park and are therefore a ‘target’ for those people who self-esteem depends upon ‘tagging’ thing like this.

      All the best,

      Bob

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  2. Ah sunny Gravesend, home of the Rejects!

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    1. Ray Rousell,

      Gravesend was recently described as being a ‘turd town’ on the YouTube channel with that name. My impression is that there are far worse places in the county.

      Long live the Rejects!

      All the best,

      Bob

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