"building the floating bomb platform part 3" Topic
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| jocknroll | 25 Aug 2015 2:28 a.m. PST |
Here is more info and pix about the construction of the mortar platform link |
IronDuke596  | 25 Aug 2015 10:36 a.m. PST |
Most impressive! I have really enjoyed your series of reports. Thanks |
Volunteer  | 26 Aug 2015 11:09 p.m. PST |
I still think the column of smoke with the mortar ball emerging from the top is a master stroke! |
| jocknroll | 27 Aug 2015 1:56 a.m. PST |
Thanks for that. I can't claim the concept as an original idea but there are several variants on the theme which I have used over the years. At the core of that column is a thin piece of piano wire. I previously used a fast food straw to support a rocket exiting a German WW2 Stuka zu fuss – that looked good.
I originally was inspired by my friend Kevin Calder about 15 years ago who used the idea on an ACW mortar. I don;t know if he dreamed that up himself or acquired it elsewhere.
Anyway, it works and people like it – mission accomplished! |
| Volunteer | 27 Aug 2015 10:02 p.m. PST |
Regardless how old the idea is, it looks fantastic. |
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