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Joined: 26/03/2010 Posts: 600 Points: 1,959 Location: Solway West Cumbria
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Before i continue to hand build some gun carrages i was wondering if the carrage base is correct and is it right what i have read thar it shouls be narrow at the front instead of the back..???...  Help!!...coz i don't want to mess up 16 guns!!! 
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Joined: 22/03/2010 Posts: 236 Points: 709 Location: Falkirk
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You're right, it should be narrower at the front of the cannon, for some reason the magazine instructions are wrong. Rotate the base piece before fitting the walls of the carriage so that the narrow end is at front and wide end is at the rear and it'll be fine.  Regards,
David
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Rank: Vice-Master Groups: Registered
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Joined: 30/03/2010 Posts: 47 Points: 156 Location: Glorious Devon.
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Some good images on this link showing the gun carriage from all angles. The wide end is indeed at the rear but the trick will be keeping the wheels square to the gun barrel. http://www.vallejogallery.com/item.php?id=1635
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Joined: 13/10/2011 Posts: 851 Points: 2,628 Location: Leeds, Yorkshire
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It is interesting to note that these are 1/4 scale models some 30+ inches long! The cannon we have to create are so much smaller yet looking at the results on the forum the amount of detail is almost the same. I think we can take a small pat on the back!  Incidently the rest of the ship models on the site are pretty impressive  I would love to know how much some of their items are. Not that the birthday fairy has anything left in the kitty now or ever has had for some of these! Mike T
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Joined: 04/04/2010 Posts: 3,955 Points: 11,809 Location: uk
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I should have known better,  several of the members told me I had made my cannon the wrong way round and spent loads of hours making new cannons,now I have to do it again, I hope admin. will pass this on to the printer/designer of victory. and issue an apology,I would like a replacment cannon trolly,but trying to contact customer services is impossible. Current builds: SotS, USS Consitution, San Felipe, D51 loco, HMS Surprise, RB7, Arab Dhow, Jotika HMS Victory Completed builds: HMS Pickel, Thermopylae, Mississipi river boat, Mary Rose, Cutty Sark, San Francisco II, HMS Victory x5, Titanic Lifeboat, Panart HMS Victory Launch, Hachette Titanic, Virginia Schooner, Endeavour Longboat. http://www.model-space.com/gb/
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Rank: Vice-Master Groups: Registered
Joined: 26/03/2010 Posts: 600 Points: 1,959 Location: Solway West Cumbria
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Thanks for the pointers guys... ....also is it just me or does the brass rod look a little thin...i have decided to use 1.2mm...i know it's not much but it looks a little less flimsy...and just passes through the holes in the wheels...
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Joined: 06/04/2010 Posts: 58 Points: 133 Location: Newcastle uk
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Superb Link to the Cannons Pilgrim , Just got to find out how to tie all those different knots now . Thanks for pointing the link out , I am sure many of the Forum will appreciate it .
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