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Post by hazze11 on Dec 23, 2019 10:15:01 GMT
Hi
What color is the gun carriages painted in
I have read red, black or just unpainted oak ?
In the musem they lock like oak
Hans
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Post by tromp on Dec 25, 2019 10:12:55 GMT
Hi Hans,
I could imagine that they were in natural Wood, possibly lightly tarred. If they were painted in any colour this would have been widely publicised by now. I believe the 1:10 scale model in the museum also has the carriages in natural wood.
Peter
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Post by fredhocker on Feb 5, 2020 7:59:25 GMT
Sorry not to have answered this earlier (although it is a question I have answered several times on this forum and others). Purchase records for the navy yard indicate that they bought lamp black specifically for painting gun carriages, so the carriages should be black.
Fred
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Post by tromp on May 24, 2020 13:42:03 GMT
But were remains of black paint actually found on the carriages, Fred?
Peter
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