Having thrashed out a few ideas this system fell into place. Above are the main components needed to make a ships gun.
There being two cocktail sticks now and No Cotton Bud is needed.
So we have the little brush used for winding the Cannon which is made using the two larger sizes of paper above.
When that gun is completly hard a cocktail stick is push through to create the pivot points. All the thin paper is wound on while the barrel is still on the brush.
Then turning the paper tube around and replacing it on the brush again the back end is made that pushes into place.
Paper stuck onto another cocktail stick as it is wound makes a perfect plug that is made to size and glued and pushed into place, but stopping short of where the pivot points are to be pushed through.
There are 6 thin strips of paper not included in the photograph,they are so tiny they would just curl up. The last two thin strips are wound and stuck into place around the protruding end of the plug .
When making more than one gun, all the measurements must be the same.
3 -1/4 inch x 1-1/4 inch made the main tube up.
2-1/4 inch x 1/2 inch strip of paper was wound and stuck onto that tube from the back end inwards.
This made a reasonable foundation for the smaller strip`s to be wound on. The front strip was stuck into place a pen tip away from that end.
This gives a good pattern to that open end front.
In English writing when to opposites meet in the same sentence that makes sense. It is a Oxymoron.
All paper cut edges must finish in line on the same side.
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These will paint up well and will give the illusion of ships guns,
but remember they are regimented toy guns, aimed at guys who can make boats,
but are stumped when it comes to making the guns. BB