hi all can anyone tell me if the upper deck canon wall has to be at a angle with the ribs or does it sit straight
cheers turboman

Hi Turboman
I had to think about this problem too. The answer is in the shape of the frames.
If you have a look at my attachment diagram you can see that the beams on the lower gun deck are positioned against the flat surface of the frame.
the problem arises with the curvature of the hull (which I have over-emphasized in the diagram to accentuate it).
The mid-deck (if that's what it's called - I'm probably incorrect on that but anyway, I hope you get the gist) beam is a tight fit betwen the deck and the underside of the supports for the next deck above it, so if I'm right, the beam should end up vertical as with the beam on the lower deck
Hope this helps you out and sorry about the sketch, I'm not too good at drawing
Regards and happy building
Daffy09 (David)

Sorry Turboman,
The attachment i wanted to send doesn't seem to be working. I do apologise and hope that the explanation will suffice if you check it out with your build.
Regards
Daffy09

thanks for the replys still not sure though tomick says it sits upright but then you have a gap between the rib
cheers turboman

Hi turboman
hope I,m not to late with this reply i tend to agree with you if you put the beam in straight there is a gap at the bottom due to the angle of the ribihave dry fitted it and it does not look right I would have thought taht it should have had a slight bevel on the bottm and top sides to fit flush with the rib as any one else any ideas

I had to cut mine quite a bit so they were not as tall to allow them to fit into place; I believe they sit vertical, but if its the same as mine, once cut to fit the gap is relatively small. If you think in the long run, when the hull is planked and the inside is completely dark, you wont notice the gap anyway

Hi Guys,
With regard to the Middle Deck Gun Support, if you bevel the bottom edge in order to fit flush to the rib you will find that when the dummy cannon are fitted they will be pointing skyward.
I have made small spacers to fit the space between the support and rib bottom in order that the support is braced firmley, it also makes for a better curve.
You can if you wish use filler to fill the gap before painting but as you will not be able to see much once the hull is complete it is not really neccessary.
This is only my opinion but maybe it helps.
Cheers
CMB

do not worry,do as tomic say's,by the time you cut out the gunport,and painted inside black you won't see anything,as for filling the gaps,well if you have time on your hands go for it,I suspect by the time you've finished filling,the victory will weigh a ton.

Like I said before, the middle deck beam is intended to sit upright as shown in the magazine, the purpose of the middle deck beam is for the mounting of dummy gun barrels, any gap between frame and beam because of frame curve won't be seen once paintd on the inside and planked on the outside, having said that, there is no reason why you cannot shape the middle deck suport beams for an angled fit to suit the frame curve, but you'll need to ensure dummy barrel mount holes are drilled perfectly parallel.

Those thinking of adding full canon kits to the middle deck should omit the middle deck beams, deck the entire middle deck and have to hand built guns ready to install before the next deck is located (upper deck), though the middle deck gun ports will need to have been cut beforehand.

You know the long planks that you would have to bend and nail to the ribs, the ones we been painting black, you would leave them off the ship to be able to fit a full cannon.