Model Boat Mayhem
The Shipyard ( Dry Dock ): Builds & Questions => Steam => Topic started by: jtbyte on October 18, 2015, 12:09:35 pm
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HMS Victiria was 340' x 70' x 37.5' and built by Armstrong Mitchell & co. in 1887. The original image of the engraving is much better than the reduced image created for this post but never the less a lot of detail can be seen. I think she is an interesting example of turn of the century steam warships.
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HMS Victoria,
As she is now, standing 90 degrees to the sea bed off Tripoli on the Libyan coast.
A sad and massively miss judged navigational error in British naval history.
Read Admirals in collision for the full account....I am researching her for a model.
Ian
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I bought a plan for her several years ago, she's on the build list. Mind you so any plans are on the build list I never seem to get around to building much on that list. Are you familiar with the book "modeling late Victorian Battleships " by Brian King ?
It has some very good pictures of Victoria and articles on building various parts of the model.
What scale are you thinking of ?
Paul
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Hi Paul,
Yes I have that book, by Brian King.
I will be building two models of her, at two different scales, one at 1/96th and another at 1/72nd.
Ian
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The original image of the engraving is much better than the reduced image created for this post but never the less a lot of detail can be seen.
Oh yes, that's a well-known engraving which was reproduced from the photo of the builder's model which was totally made of silver - as a gift to the Royal person after whom this battleship was named after :) And it's quite interesting to know - whether this model has managed to survive upto present days or did vanish without a trace in a swirl of times...
I assume it is also necessary to point out that the model on the engraving use to represent the appearance of HMS VICTORIA as she was designed, not as-built. Indeed, the prototype is a very savory specimen of a steam warship of the era which was especially designed for action in the narrows of Bosphorus and Dardanelle straits.
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Hi Paul,
Yes I have that book, by Brian King.
I will be building two models of her, at two different scales, one at 1/96th and another at 1/72nd.
Ian
Blimey two models , not sure what scale to build when/if I ever get around to building her. I've been building US cruisers for the last few years so a break from grey would be a welcome change.
Paul