Topic: HMS VICTORY 1/75 SCALE all wooden build (Read 306110 times)

wallace · « **Reply #175 on:** October 15, 2025, 04:51:21 pm »

many thanks Footski for all your kind and helpful comments.

Stavros! · « **Reply #176 on:** October 15, 2025, 07:01:46 pm »

I honestly wish i Had your skills to do what you are doing WOW this is Modeling of the highest museum quality to say the least Watching this with AWE

Stavros

wallace · « **Reply #177 on:** October 17, 2025, 10:44:49 am »

Stavros what can I say to your wonderful comment about my build, really Im just a old man who enjoys building ships it used to be R/C ships mostly in plastic ,I gave it all up a good 10 yrs ago with a un- finished r/c ship which is 90% done stated looking at it 4 yrs ago and my girls saw me doing little bits to it so they got me this wonderful model HMS VICTORY all wood 2 yrs ago for xmas and since then they got me another one to build which will be my last I'm coming on 80yrs young but I really enjoy doing it ,I have over the years had alot of help and lovely comments on here ,but im one who takes his time and I am only building around 3 or 4 hrs away so many thanks once again.

wallace · « **Reply #178 on:** October 23, 2025, 10:06:11 am »

Few more on the mast.

wallace · « **Reply #179 on:** October 23, 2025, 10:10:40 am »

At long last I got around to put the hinges onto the rudder hope they look OK and the rudder is in place onto the Victory, to me it looks fine happy with my first time at many things on this build, onto many other parts ,the next is the hull looking at it im not too happy.

wallace · « **Reply #180 on:** October 23, 2025, 10:22:36 am »

As I stated earlier I was not happy with the hull after the rudder was fitted, so out came the sandpaper 80/100/180 grade then two nice coats of Tamiya copper acrylic paint and once again all hand painted as the whole ship has been never used a spray gun or air brush in all my time of making models always hand painted yes you use alot of paint but thats me the old days they never used spray guns to paint and when I was in the Royal Navy the ship was always hand painted, also my time on the Royal Yacht the dockyard always hand painted the side side and what a job they done.

Well Im happy with the rudder and the hull so while the ship is upside down its time to touch up.

wallace · « **Reply #181 on:** October 25, 2025, 10:11:52 am »

Ladders fitted to both sides of hull and a dry run on the cannons to be fitted, also the ladders are fitted in the gun deck also been touching up on the paint, its coming along so cool.

wallace · « **Reply #182 on:** October 29, 2025, 04:46:02 pm »

My new toy, its a 12inch turntable set it up my my working tops and the Victory and stand sit just great no more lifting the ship to turn it around.

wallace · « **Reply #183 on:** October 29, 2025, 04:49:08 pm »

More building parts onto the ships side nearly all done on both sides then onto the little job of the masts.

Footski · « **Reply #184 on:** October 30, 2025, 07:54:14 am »

Coming along beautifully. Now onto the rather complex matter of masting and rigging. Done well, this will really make the model. Remember that all the masts and spars were tapered. Doing this can be difficult. I used the top of a broken bottle for some and then changed putting the mast or spar into the jaws of an electric drill and used sandpaper to get the tapering right. Good luck.

Backerther · « **Reply #185 on:** November 05, 2025, 05:30:29 am »

First of all, I'm awfully sorry to post many pics concerning my experience to make a tapered brass mast( for replacing so weak a plastic one for rigging) for 1/72 HMCS Snowberry just for your information. I don't have a lathe and just used a drilling machine for tapering work. I tried several times previously to make a good tapered mast and found how to make a so-so level of tapering as seen below.

Everything is "Seeing is believing",isn't it.!!??

Perhaps easier for a wooden mast..

Hope this helps.!!!

wallace · « **Reply #186 on:** November 05, 2025, 05:00:50 pm »

A little message to Backkerther good looking ship, so onto masts all my masts are wood and I do it the old way by hand and lots of sandpaper.

wallace · « **Reply #187 on:** November 26, 2025, 10:51:03 am »

OK Lets get back to the VICTORY

wallace · « **Reply #188 on:** November 29, 2025, 06:31:24 pm »

more on the same

wallace · « **Reply #190 on:** November 29, 2025, 06:35:39 pm »

more photos of the build

wallace · « **Reply #191 on:** December 31, 2025, 10:22:03 am »

catch up photo's over the past mth etc

wallace · « **Reply #192 on:** December 31, 2025, 10:34:27 am »

More more

dougal99 · « **Reply #193 on:** December 31, 2025, 12:12:58 pm »

Nice work. Steady and sure. Building into a work of art

wallace · « **Reply #194 on:** December 31, 2025, 01:50:16 pm »

nearly the last for the year.

T888 · « **Reply #195 on:** December 31, 2025, 04:09:21 pm »

After following and enjoying this build, I’ve got given for Christmas the USS Constitution - Mantua - 1/96 scale. So I will keep fowling this build.

wallace · « **Reply #196 on:** December 31, 2025, 04:25:43 pm »

Hi David many thanks for your kind words and I hope you enjoy your build of USS CONSTITUTION and thanks for washing my build,I'm just coming upto the 2 yrs of the building of VICTORY have really enjoyed it onto the rigging and putting bits onto her ,have my next one which my girls got me last xmas so I will be onto that build sometime in Jan/Feb.
HAPPY NEW YEAR to you all

T888 · « **Reply #197 on:** December 31, 2025, 04:29:09 pm »

And Happy New Year to you, which will your next one be ?

wallace · « **Reply #198 on:** January 01, 2026, 10:46:10 am »

David my next ship will be and got its from my girls 12mths ago all still in box only thing that I have done is opened it and checked it all for missing parts all ok.

I hope to start in the next few months when I really start on the rigging on Victory.

My next ship is the San Felipe 1/86 L 830MM can't wait to start from occre and I really like this new kit HMS SHEFFIELD its big

Take care

Footski · « **Reply #199 on:** January 01, 2026, 12:52:24 pm »

Great work. Your skills havecreally improved dramatically during this build. Keep it up and take care with the righing as poorly done, it will ruin a model.

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