Galiote á bombe

[TexaS]

I have made a bomb ketch.

[Bligh]

And very fine it is too Jonas. slightly better armed than mine which only carried two Mortars.
Rob.

[Hjl]

How did you make the mortars? What rules are you using to represent them?

[TexaS]

Some pictures from the making of.

First cut the fore and main masts off. I also cut away a bit of the forecastle.


I wanted the mainsail to be up so I drew how I wanted it to look.


Then I cut away guns that would be blocked from use by the mortars. I also drilled holes where I wanted the mortars to go.


Rough cut of the mainsail and added the jibs from a 74. I wanted them to be bigger like the historical bomb ketches.


I drilled the mast and put a thin wire to get the desired height.


Here the sail has been cut to size and a fold been added cut in the plastic.


I used the old candle and plastic sprue frame to stretch the plastic to different thicknesses trick. Thicker for the mast and thinner for the mortars. Warm more for thinner results.


I cut the jibs to be able to give them a lower angle.


Painted, ready to be assembled.

[Hjl]

A candle and old sprue! That is quite ingenious!

[Bligh]

Looking very good so far Jonas.
It is astounding how useful hot sprue can be and what shapes you can get it into with a bit of practice.
Rob.