What is it?
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Musket firing port
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@roger said:
Not a scupper but related to a well known skipper. It is the bane of a man with one eye and one arm overlooking a square that is really a circle. There, I think I have given it away. Almost like transmitting in plain text.
Have something to do with Nelson's statue/column in Trafalger square?
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It's clearly a Sketchup model. that was too easy.
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Well, that would be Horatio. Is it the scroll work at the top of the column, or decorative work on a ship? However, the bane of Horatio would be pigeons.
Regards,
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My dear Watkins. I apologize for transposing the statue of King Charles the 1st with the all but invisible Horatio Nelson. But be that as it may, the bane of Nelson's statue are the pigeons, but the bane of Nelson himself was more feline than avian. Still matey methinks you are hot on the trail.
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Meanwhile I struggle with the dolphins. Hint. This is another clue meant to both inform you and throw you off at the same time.
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Well, feline - there are the lions around the base of the column;
...and dolphins - many in the fountains there.
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...surely it is not a vent for the loo's...
...or an overflow outlet for the water features...
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Lions no, but bronze tigers I will give you and dolphins too. Arty bronze she be. Near the water but has never has sailed the sea.
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Maybe this will put you inTOUCH with the answer.
I thought this would be an easy model, but there was more detail than I imagined.
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Touch hole for a cannon!!
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Good work. Yes, it is a touch hole for a cannon, but which cannon? This one actually has a unique name other than its classification as an artillery piece. And if you figure that out you should be able to give a location and describe the damage it did.
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It looks like the gun carriage for a 32 pounder from HMS Victory, but I have no idea what its name might be. I am assuming it is linked to HMS Victory.
Some interesting stuff on HMS Victory, but no cannon names.
http://www.funtrivia.com/en/World/HMS-Victory-14208.html
I am sure that the gun crews had names for their cannons, but I'm damned if I can find a reference.
Bob
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Remember this was the bane of Nelson. Let me pass on a short story:
Nelson was the rock star of his day and had many female admirers. A lady inn keeper approached him with the idea of changing the name of her establishment to the NELSON ARMS. He replied, "Unfortunately I have only one so that will not work."
Remember the clue feline but not a Lion.
Also if you were to shoot a small burrowing rodent-like burrowing creature with rudimentary eyes what kind of gun would you use?
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Okay the mole is the Mole of Teneriffe, where Nelson was wounded on 24 July 1797. In fact, his arm was so badly damaged by a cannon shot it had to be amputated. The shot was reputedly fired from the Castle High Pass by 'El Tigre' (Museo Militar de Almeyda, Santa Cruz), and so I think we have it. Nelson Arms, or lack of one, plus the feline connection to the cannon's name.
The cannon is very ornate, and so I wish you luck with the model. It is the kind of detailing Simon Le Bon would enjoy
Regards,
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Watkins, you have the answer. When can I expect you here in Phoenix for the prize?
The parts of the cannon are done, but the decorations are tedious. It is a great lesson in organic modeling. I have done every little section of the cannon as a separate model as the file sizes are so large and unwieldy. When done I will ahve a go at a Kerkythea Render and may even build an illustration around it.
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Thinking about an American breakfast reminds me of the time I went into a dinner for breakfast in San Francisco. The waitress asked me what I would like, and I told her. She then she asked me how I would like me eggs. I looked at her with a quizzical expression on my face, and said, "Cooked?". She looked and me and said, "You're English, aren't you!"
I'm glad the quiz is over. I can go back to sleep again!
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I'm working on my own canon too, part of a much larger project to model the HM Bark Endeavour.
A long way to go.
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You have an elevating wedge to aim the gun mine has an elevating screw. Mine also has lifting dolphins to lift the barrel into the carriage. Otherwise they seem quite similar.
Are you doing this for yourself or do you have a client for this kind of work? Are you working off the real dimensions or like me working from a model. I should have scaled everything up. I am running into follow me not working for some of the fine detail. What renderer do you plan to use.
Will the cannon be polished or have some patina? And the wood? Oak I suppose. Did they oil it, varnish it, wax it?
I used to work for a tech company and was visiting the UK office in Isleworth. Went into the cafeteria and ordered beans and toast and they threw the beans on top of the toast. Walked into a tavern called the Prince of India and hit my head on the ceiling beams. The story has it that the country was being deforested to supply the Royal Navy, but the inn keeper traded free food for for the oak beams used to make the tavern.
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Carriage is coming along, I need to work on the gun.
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