Capital Marine Modellers' Guild's next meeting at the Nepean Museum, 16 Rowley Avenue, Nepean will happen on November 1, 2016 at 7 p.m. Long range forecast calls for a high of 11°, low of 3° on that day. Bring out your show and tell items.
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| This is a 1:30 scale metal and wood model of a "32 pound long gun" which would have been seen on capital sailing warships at the time of Admiral Nelson, and would not have been phased out until breech loaders and rifled barrels were invented. This could be English or French and possibly have seen action at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. A common gun of this designation had a 155mm calibre; and with a full charge of about 5 kg could fire up to 14.5 kg of projectile to an extreme range of less than 1800 metres. The barrel weighed about 3 tonnes, and the carriage another half tonne. |
