Naval Deck Gun

[imation]

Hi all.
It has been some time since I made a contribution to this forum.
I know this has been done before, indeed I wanted to build one after seeing it in HMEM.
A start was made a couple of months ago and it only requires work on the elevation and rotation mechanisms.
The bore was made 3/16" deliberately so as not to break any rules in Australia regarding guns!
The plans were very poor but I think I am well on top now.
The female part of the breech was broached in the mill by locking the spindle. The most difficult part was the cradle which required jigs to hold things whilst silver soldering.
I will post some more pics if anyone is interested or when I fit the elevating mechanism.
Cheers for now.

 

[10K Pete]

Nice piece of work you have there. Very interested in seeing more of the
build.

Pete

 

[barnesrickw]

Nice work. Looks very realistic.

 

[Herbiev]

Love it woohoo1

 

[AAFitArm]

Looks good! I have been wanting to build something similar for quite a while now. Whereabouts did you get the plans?

-Birchy

 

[napoleonb]

Here you go, very nice model indeed

View attachment NordQFModel.pdf

 

[necchiom]

Awesome work: with compliment!

 

[barnesrickw]

Thanks for the scans of the build article. Ill add it to my hoard of plans.

 

[imation]

Hi All
Well some little brass gears arrived from China so I got stick into the elevator mechanism. A segment gear was made from a bit of mild steel the gears on each end deliberately left extra thick so the gear can not overrun the pinion. The segment gear was then pinned to the cradle Trunnion.
Training gear next.
Cheers
Mike.