Topic: HMS VICTORY 1/75 SCALE all wooden build (Read 45937 times)

Martin (Admin) · « **Reply #150 on:** June 10, 2025, 01:00:39 pm »

Server a bit slow at the moment Jay..... Investigating

wallace · « **Reply #151 on:** July 07, 2025, 10:22:00 am »

More on the building of the parts.

wallace · « **Reply #152 on:** July 07, 2025, 10:24:19 am »

To me this is the the best brush cleaner about and really cleans really bad brushes.

wallace · « **Reply #153 on:** July 07, 2025, 10:28:46 am »

Was not happy with the painting etc of both sides of the hull so I re-done both sides you will see later on in new photos very happy with the out-come.

wallace · « **Reply #154 on:** July 07, 2025, 10:31:37 am »

My work top full of parts being done and getting done.

wallace · « **Reply #155 on:** July 07, 2025, 10:37:13 am »

Hull all re-done and to me looking greats onto the rudder and other parts, painting the lower part of the hull both sides took 3 x tins of paint (copper) I always hand paint my model and enjoy doing it that way hope you are liking the model so far.

Footski · « **Reply #156 on:** July 07, 2025, 10:37:48 pm »

Well, you have certainly made plenty of progress. The hull is looking really good. Keep it up...

wallace · « **Reply #157 on:** July 08, 2025, 10:31:00 am »

Thanks alot Footski as always very kind words

wallace · « **Reply #158 on:** August 18, 2025, 09:38:31 am »

Lower canon deck nearly all done.

wallace · « **Reply #159 on:** October 02, 2025, 10:01:03 am »

More on the mast's

T888 · « **Reply #165 on:** October 02, 2025, 11:13:10 am »

She coming along nicely, this build reminds me of when I built HMS Fly. Enjoyed the building but it took me four years to get back to doing the rigging hated it. Hats off to you if you enjoy that part of your build
Hope when you get to that part it more fun

Geoff · « **Reply #166 on:** October 02, 2025, 11:17:33 am »

Its looking very good and you are to be congratulated. It may just be the camera but the upper deck 5 amidships gun ports seem to be higher than those fore and aft.

Keep up the excellent work!

Cheers

Geoff

derekwarner · « **Reply #167 on:** October 03, 2025, 12:39:21 am »

Geoff...the real Victory in dock appears to show these 5 ports on the top level as elevated above the gun ports to aft & fwd

JimG · « **Reply #168 on:** October 03, 2025, 12:09:49 pm »

From the drawings in Conway's Anatomy of the ship the top of the ports are in line with the rest of thos on the upper deck. The ports are however shallower so the bottoms are higher than the rest on the decdk. Not sure why this would be the case as they have the same size of cannons mounted at them. May be to raise the bottom further from the water as they don't have port lids fitted.
Jim

Colin Bishop · « **Reply #169 on:** October 03, 2025, 01:25:51 pm »

Those 5 ports coincide with the open area of the ship's waist where the boats were carried on booms. I would think that Jim is right that they give a bit of extra freeboard as they cannot be sealed as with the other gunports.

Colin

wallace · « **Reply #170 on:** October 09, 2025, 04:55:22 pm »

Many thanks you all out there and to all your great comments, still loving the build, But this is the first kit that I have been building that carries NO instructions on the build its all by the big sheets of the build and building the masts is really testing me, but I wont give in to the end.

wallace · « **Reply #171 on:** October 13, 2025, 10:36:05 am »

These are photos on all the masts partly put together cleaned and painted, will now put them aside for now and get the rudder together and fix to the ship, still alot to be done will get there.

dougal99 · « **Reply #172 on:** October 13, 2025, 03:59:39 pm »

Looking really good. Congratulations

wallace · « **Reply #173 on:** October 13, 2025, 04:59:49 pm »

Many thanks Dongal99 for your great comment

Footski · « **Reply #174 on:** October 14, 2025, 07:09:22 am »

Well worth all the hard work. She is coming along beautifully. Keep it up.

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