Upper Gun Deck 30 X 12 Pounder Long Gun - Jotika H.M.S VICTORY 1805 Manual

Upper Gun Deck 30 x 12 Pounder Long Gun

Identify the 12pdr long gun brass cannon barrel (700).
When completed, the gun carriage should be painted yellow ochre. The barrel and other ironwork should be painted black and
the gun muzzle should be painted red ochre.
Make up all of the gun carriage assemblies as shown on the Plan Sheet 4, 'Cannon carriage assemblies'. The shorter wheel
axle is located at the front to give the carriage a taper when viewed from above.
Note: do not fit the wheels until the carriage has been assembled.
The larger wheels fit on the front of the carriage to compensate for the deck camber. The wheels themselves are simply
varnished, not painted. The stub ends of each axle should be painted black.
Cut a bed bolt for each carriage from the 1mm brass wire (746) and glue into place. Glue the quoin (163) to the stool bed and
glue the stool bed into place.
Note: the stool beds for these carriages are flush with the rear of the carriage sides, the stool beds for all cannons are 0.5x3mm
walnut.
Mark the eyelet positions on each carriage and drill with a 0.5mm drill. There is also an eyelet at the centre of the rear and
front axles. Cut the stems of the brass eyelets (480) from their brass etch sheet leaving 2mm for gluing into the carriage and
glue in place.
When completed, paint the carriages as previously described. Carefully push the wheels onto the axles.
Cannon trunnions are cut from 1.5mm brass wire and should be long enough to reach the outer wall of the carriage sides. Glue
in place through the cannon and onto the carriage.
Note: check the cannon orientation beforehand, the trunnion hole is drilled slightly off centre and should be nearer the bottom
of the barrel when in place.
All cannons should be painted black and their muzzles red ochre.
Cut out the trunnion brackets (501) from their brass etched sheet. Fit by bending the thinned centre of the bracket around the
trunnion, carefully drill down through the holes in the bracket, with a 0.7mm drill, into the carriage sides. Fix in place with the
brass pins (696), these can be cut short before fixing. Paint the trunnion brackets black.
All thirty 12 pounder long guns on the upper gun deck were fully rigged on the prototype and sufficient rigging has been
provided to allow you to do the same. Using (Photo 017) for reference, if you wish to rig these guns it should be done now.
However, it must be remembered that when the quarterdeck is in place the majority of the cannons and rigging will be
inaccessible. It is important therefore, to realise that the gun carriages themselves should be secured to the deck with a small
amount of super glue.
At each gunport location, four eyelets (480) should be positioned as shown on Plan Sheet 3, 'Eyelet arrangement for cannon
tackle'. There is also one eyelet directly behind the carriage secured to the deck as shown on Plan Sheet 3.
Once the rigging is in place, brush on watered down PVA over the ropes and blocks. Again, time effort and patience is
required for best results.
Photo 017
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