For material for cannons, to my understanding, bronze was available, and made for superior cannons, but was very expensive, so would be mostly used for important ships (think your first and second rates, your massive galleons and such), not for coastal putters and pirates. Here, iron was much more common (and still made for good enough guns) and would be pretty much black (amazingly black, in fact, barely looking like metal at all, just to be rust-protected)
The only thing I feel a desire to add to this is a location issue. England had more issues getting bronze for their guns, so was less common than with some of the continental powers. England did develop a method, however, to improve their iron cannons to make them, while not as good as bronze, better than other iron ones. Both were used by all powers though, so I would base it on how much of a budget the ship had and how much of a priority it had for nice guns.
The reason for cannons being made from bronze, is that it is far simpler to cast bronze than iron. When the technique for casting iron was developed, most cannons began to be cast in iron. Bronze cannons were dominant up til til 19th century amd were so valuable, that cannons were often looted from defeated ships - even if they had sunk. In the 19th century, naval ships could be outfitted with cannons more than a century old.
Feel confident in your colours. The colours were captains choice, even in the navy. Later, durring the Napoleonic times there was a lot of similar colours, and people copying Nelson, but there was still a lot of leeway then, still.
I love the way that ship looks
For material for cannons, to my understanding, bronze was available, and made for superior cannons, but was very expensive, so would be mostly used for important ships (think your first and second rates, your massive galleons and such), not for coastal putters and pirates. Here, iron was much more common (and still made for good enough guns) and would be pretty much black (amazingly black, in fact, barely looking like metal at all, just to be rust-protected)
And that blue is absolutely gorgeous!
The only thing I feel a desire to add to this is a location issue. England had more issues getting bronze for their guns, so was less common than with some of the continental powers. England did develop a method, however, to improve their iron cannons to make them, while not as good as bronze, better than other iron ones. Both were used by all powers though, so I would base it on how much of a budget the ship had and how much of a priority it had for nice guns.
@@andreaspersson5639 Thank you very much, on the blue and the cannon stuff :D
The reason for cannons being made from bronze, is that it is far simpler to cast bronze than iron. When the technique for casting iron was developed, most cannons began to be cast in iron.
Bronze cannons were dominant up til til 19th century amd were so valuable, that cannons were often looted from defeated ships - even if they had sunk. In the 19th century, naval ships could be outfitted with cannons more than a century old.
I like the way it's come out 🙌
I believe the gun port doors are supposed to be 180 degrees up, not 90 degrees.
Nice.
Good job.
Feel confident in your colours. The colours were captains choice, even in the navy. Later, durring the Napoleonic times there was a lot of similar colours, and people copying Nelson, but there was still a lot of leeway then, still.
Did you paint or stain your masts?