My hands are finally getting feeling back into them and I'm almost ready to do more work on the Parrot Field Rifle. I've accumulated several pictures and it appears that all of the cannons were built exactly alike back in the day. They all had rings, hooks and chains in the same places.
I have a general idea of where these pieces all go, and generally what they are to look like. On the other hand, I'm having a hard time grasping the purpose of each of these things (though I'm sure they were all there for a reason, since they were on ALL of the carriages). With a bit of understanding of the purpose, it makes it alot easier to proceed with the labor intensive ordeal of making all of them and then painting and attaching them.
The drawings that I have don't go into hardly any detail and the hardware pieces are on the pages very, very small. My plans (though GREAT) don't give dimensions for the sponge, rammer, worm - - at all.
Does anyone have larger drawings or deliberate photos of these rings, hooks, chains, etc?
I hate to get this far and not get everything done right.
Thank you again.
NitroSteel
