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Hi Everyone! Does anybody know of a supplier of 1mm cannon balls? (damn this 1/100 scale!)  I've found a few suppliers of 2mm and upward but not the smaller ones I need. Happy building to all  First wooden ship: The Grimsby 12 Gun 'Frigate' by Constructo Second: Bounty DelPrado Part Works Third: HMS Victory DelPrado Part Works 1/100 scale Diorama of the Battle of the Brandywine from the American Revolutionary War Diorama of the Battle of New Falkland (unfinished sci-fi), Great War Centenary Diorama of the Messines Ridge Assault Index for the Victory diary is on page 1
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Why not make your own, 1mm Ball Bearings are readily available. Then you can Blacken them. I've just blackened the Cannon Balls supplied with the Victory X-Section successfully. The poorer the steel the better they will coat so buy the cheapest you can find and not Stainless.
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Another Idea, you can also buy Silicon Nitride Ball Bearings which are black ceramic.
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Thanks for that CO I was wondering if ball bearings went down to 1mm, I'll look into that as soon as I can. Its strange how some metals react to 'blackening' and others don't. I tried some of the brass chain that came with the Del Prado kit (for the rudder retaining chain) in some of my gun-blueing gel and it went a beautiful iron blue-grey which will be perfect, when I tried the brass wire that I've been making the gun tackle rings from it had no effect at all - rats!  I was hoping to avoid having to paint them all!! Thanks again for that tip! First wooden ship: The Grimsby 12 Gun 'Frigate' by Constructo Second: Bounty DelPrado Part Works Third: HMS Victory DelPrado Part Works 1/100 scale Diorama of the Battle of the Brandywine from the American Revolutionary War Diorama of the Battle of New Falkland (unfinished sci-fi), Great War Centenary Diorama of the Messines Ridge Assault Index for the Victory diary is on page 1
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Hi again, A lot of Brass and Copper is coated to stop it tarnishing or has grease residue from the manufacturing and this will block the process, I had the same problem with the Brass trunnion caps on the SOTS cannons, which were totally unaffected until I cleaned them in IPA.
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