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Offline Lee1966

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SEA MORTAR 18TH CENTURY, SEA MORTAR
« on: November 27, 2010, 12:45:48 PM »
SEA MORTAR 18TH CENTURY, SEA MORTAR I found this kit online.

http://www.historicships.com/Cannons/SeaMortar/SeaMortar.htm   http://www.shipmodel.com/models/british-bomb-vessel-cut-[/img]

Dose anyone have prints on this mount? I was thinking of just buying the kit and scaling it from there. But if one more of ANY type of a kit comes in the door the wife is going to kill me. As I have over 20 1/35th Plastic armor model kits that are not built. I am thinking of selling off most of the 1/35th kits. Most are German tanks. So if there is any 1/35th builders here get a hold of me please.


Please let me know if anyone here has prints on this sea mortar mount.
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Re: SEA MORTAR 18TH CENTURY, SEA MORTAR
« Reply #1 on: December 09, 2010, 06:02:38 PM »
Lee1966,
Here's an etching of two naval mortars and a revolving bed (top view and side elevation) with its parts from the National Library of Australia, and a few photos of models that were auctioned on eBay.







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Re: SEA MORTAR 18TH CENTURY, SEA MORTAR
« Reply #2 on: December 11, 2010, 07:35:18 AM »
I've seen these 18th/19th century large naval mortars before, and although I found them and their large heavy beds interesting I didn't give them a lot of attention, but upon now looking at the beds in the drawing and photos I started to wonder why there is an inlet portion that forms a duct going from the inletting where the breech of the mortar fits all the way to the front of the bed. I looked around on the net for awhile, and with the help of pics of model historic ships I'm making the guess that the front block that set the tube at 45° was removed, so that the mortar could be layed down flat in order for the wood cover/roof to be placed on the framework of the "mortar pit" to protect the piece from the weather when the ship was underway.

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RIP John. While on vacation July 4th 2013 in northern Wisconsin, he was ATVing with family and pulled ahead of everyone and took off at break-neck speed without a helmet. He lost control.....hit a tree....and the tree won.  He died instantly.

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Re: SEA MORTAR 18TH CENTURY, SEA MORTAR
« Reply #3 on: December 11, 2010, 08:20:14 AM »
Bomb vessel! Awesome!
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Re: SEA MORTAR 18TH CENTURY, SEA MORTAR
« Reply #4 on: December 14, 2010, 02:25:31 PM »
Oh this is cool. Thanks. I found the kit I first post on ebay. Had a buy it now for $35.00 + $5.00 S/H. Half price.

The box has it maked at a 1/16th scale. As I cut and build I will X by 16 to scale up. then scale down for the mortar I have.
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