I'm not sure if this would be regarded as a gizmo, gadget or weird device but here goes
anyway.
Some years ago I purchased on of 32nd Parallel's Gatos, huge bloody great thing it was and I had a lot of trouble this side of the pond getting info to make a half decent job of it.
The biggest problem was the deck gun, I had drawings and photos but just couldn't get a feel for the thing. There were model kits around at the time but none seemed to look quite right compared with pictures so I set out to get it as near as I could.
A trip to the naval museum in Washington did the trick for me, they have an actual gun there so I spent a day with a ruler and pad to make up my own drawings and figure out what parts did what. By te time I left I had a good idea of what I would do and attached are the results. The model is made entirely from brass and 5 different solders with different melting points so the thing didn't fall apart when putting together.
I no longer own the boat or its fittings but sold it on part built to someone younger who might just live long enough to complete it but I am glad to say that the gun will one day get wet. Hope you guys like my efforts. My next problem is the 88mm gun on my U-Boat but I have found the real thing in Cuxhaven so a trip to Germany looks like a definite
maybe.
RonP
anyway.
Some years ago I purchased on of 32nd Parallel's Gatos, huge bloody great thing it was and I had a lot of trouble this side of the pond getting info to make a half decent job of it.
The biggest problem was the deck gun, I had drawings and photos but just couldn't get a feel for the thing. There were model kits around at the time but none seemed to look quite right compared with pictures so I set out to get it as near as I could.
A trip to the naval museum in Washington did the trick for me, they have an actual gun there so I spent a day with a ruler and pad to make up my own drawings and figure out what parts did what. By te time I left I had a good idea of what I would do and attached are the results. The model is made entirely from brass and 5 different solders with different melting points so the thing didn't fall apart when putting together.
I no longer own the boat or its fittings but sold it on part built to someone younger who might just live long enough to complete it but I am glad to say that the gun will one day get wet. Hope you guys like my efforts. My next problem is the 88mm gun on my U-Boat but I have found the real thing in Cuxhaven so a trip to Germany looks like a definite
maybe.
RonP
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