Some years ago, I did an 1830's Texas Navy ship board display at the Military Forces Museum at Camp Mabry in Austin, Texas.
This is it in part.
The WWII aircraft carrier Lexington is in Corpus Christi, Texas. The Lexington museum curator there saw my display at Camp Mabry and contacted me. He was also putting together an 1830's Texas Navy display and wanted me to provide the armament.
I have been working on this for a while. I am close to being finished with all the things I am to provide.
My scheduled install date on board the Lexington is sometime in Late October.
I thought I would share what I have done so far and continue this thread as I progress.
Here is some stuff.
A rack of belaying pins.
Sponge buckets
Cannon carriage recoil ropes
Cannon carriage blocks and tackle for returning cannons to their firing position.
Racks of cannon balls.
Cannon service tools. Sponge, Rammer, Worm, Powder ladle, Linstock.
Items I made for the shot display.
I cast these out of lead.
Mounted on the display table. The bottom part of the table was provided. I made the top.
Grape shot
Jointed bar shot
Bar shot
Sabot mounted round shot with canvas powder bag attached.
Chain shot
Sabot mounted round shot
Expanding bar shot
This is a hands on display. Everything is secured to the table.
One of my goofy drawings that I do all my work from.
Building the 16' 3" long ship rail.
One of two gun ports.
In progress
These are not the actual cannons that are going in the display. The ones I'm using are almost exactly like these two but with some carriage modifications. These are my concrete guns I cast. I will be using a pair just like them but don't have a picture yet. They are currently not assembled.
The hand rail with two gun ports is now disassembled and getting ready to be painted by my lovely assistant.
I will post more pictures as I progress and certainly during the on board installation.
I made everything you just looked at except the sponge buckets. Those I purchased.
Thanks for looking!
Zulu