dafi Posted July 13, 2020 Author Share #1711 Posted July 13, 2020 Here we go again. First cleaning the front edge of the channel board from paint and leveling the heights of the irons ... ... and then fixing the batten to hold the deadeyes in place. From near one can see the difference nicely. One more area finished. Then the gunport lanyards. Still had some sprue, that was hollowed and pulled over the candle, resulting in nice micro tubes 🙂 Those bits were made from leather, to protect against friction and to keep water out. Took a needle to reopen the holes after cutting and used the intended thread to check the inner diameter. The spliced the ring onto the lanyard and hooked the ring onto the lid. Checked from near and I think it could be considered to be ok. So five or six more lids to go ... Grüßle, Daniel rkwz, rybakov, lambsbk and 4 others 7 Quote To victory and beyond! http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/76-hms-victory-by-dafi-to-victory-and-beyond/ See also our german forum for Sailing Ship Modeling and History: http://www.segelschiffsmodellbau.com/ Finest etch parts for HMS Victory 1:100 (Heller Kit) and other useful bits. http://dafinismus.de/index_en.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert29 Posted July 17, 2020 Share #1712 Posted July 17, 2020 Hi Daniel, I am currently building the Caldercraft Victory and I follow a few other Victory builds on this forum. But to be honest with you, since your build is the plastic kit I never checked on it, thinking its a totally different story from what I am doing. Today I had a look in it and oh boy, was I wrong!!! Your work is amazing, so much detail, your approach to certain problems, simply awesome. I will be following your build with great interest. Robert mtaylor and dafi 2 Quote Current Build HMS Victory 1805 - Caldercraft - 1:72 Previous Build Bluenose II - Artesania Latina - 1:75 Completed Builds Juan Sebastian Elcano - 1:205 Bluenose II by bertu - Artesania Latina - 1:75 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafi Posted July 18, 2020 Author Share #1713 Posted July 18, 2020 Thank you Robert! XXXDAn mtaylor 1 Quote To victory and beyond! http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/76-hms-victory-by-dafi-to-victory-and-beyond/ See also our german forum for Sailing Ship Modeling and History: http://www.segelschiffsmodellbau.com/ Finest etch parts for HMS Victory 1:100 (Heller Kit) and other useful bits. http://dafinismus.de/index_en.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amateur Posted July 18, 2020 Share #1714 Posted July 18, 2020 Have you seen the new Amati prototype 1:64? Now that would really give you the possibility to add small details. Jan mtaylor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafi Posted July 20, 2020 Author Share #1715 Posted July 20, 2020 Wonderful thing it is 🙂 But simply too big for my premises. XXXDAn mtaylor 1 Quote To victory and beyond! http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/76-hms-victory-by-dafi-to-victory-and-beyond/ See also our german forum for Sailing Ship Modeling and History: http://www.segelschiffsmodellbau.com/ Finest etch parts for HMS Victory 1:100 (Heller Kit) and other useful bits. http://dafinismus.de/index_en.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafi Posted July 20, 2020 Author Share #1716 Posted July 20, 2020 Thank you for the feedback! Managed to get all the eyelets onto their leashes ... ... and threaded them in ... ... and all closed ports are done 🙂 XXXDAn GrandpaPhil, rkwz, BLACK VIKING and 4 others 7 Quote To victory and beyond! http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/76-hms-victory-by-dafi-to-victory-and-beyond/ See also our german forum for Sailing Ship Modeling and History: http://www.segelschiffsmodellbau.com/ Finest etch parts for HMS Victory 1:100 (Heller Kit) and other useful bits. http://dafinismus.de/index_en.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gahm Posted July 20, 2020 Share #1717 Posted July 20, 2020 This looks amazingly realistic! Wonderful job! Thomas mtaylor and dafi 2 Quote Current Built: Model Shipways Syren (US Brig 1803) Last Built: Anfora (kit bashed) Ictineo II (1st steam powered submarine 1864) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtaylor Posted July 21, 2020 Share #1718 Posted July 21, 2020 18 hours ago, dafi said: Wonderful thing it is 🙂 But simply too big for my premises. XXXDAn That's probably a good thing then. I couldn't begin to imagine how much detail you would add to the monster Victory. Quote Mark "The shipwright is slow, but the wood is patient." - me Current Build: Past Builds: La Belle Poule 1765 - French Frigate from ANCRE plans - ON HOLD Triton Cross-Section NRG Hallf Hull Planking Kit HMS Sphinx 1775 - Vanguard Models - 1:64 Non-Ship Model: On hold, maybe forever: CH-53 Sikorsky - 1:48 - Revell - Completed Licorne - 1755 from Hahn Plans (Scratch) Version 2.0 (Abandoned) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafi Posted July 21, 2020 Author Share #1719 Posted July 21, 2020 Actually not much more 🙂 In my one there is everything my heart desires. But actually and anyway, the time consuming part is not the build, it is the research ... XXXDAn amateur, mtaylor, mort stoll and 1 other 4 Quote To victory and beyond! http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/76-hms-victory-by-dafi-to-victory-and-beyond/ See also our german forum for Sailing Ship Modeling and History: http://www.segelschiffsmodellbau.com/ Finest etch parts for HMS Victory 1:100 (Heller Kit) and other useful bits. http://dafinismus.de/index_en.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtaylor Posted July 22, 2020 Share #1720 Posted July 22, 2020 True on the research. I find that is sometimes more fulfilling than the model. druxey and dafi 2 Quote Mark "The shipwright is slow, but the wood is patient." - me Current Build: Past Builds: La Belle Poule 1765 - French Frigate from ANCRE plans - ON HOLD Triton Cross-Section NRG Hallf Hull Planking Kit HMS Sphinx 1775 - Vanguard Models - 1:64 Non-Ship Model: On hold, maybe forever: CH-53 Sikorsky - 1:48 - Revell - Completed Licorne - 1755 from Hahn Plans (Scratch) Version 2.0 (Abandoned) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkwz Posted July 24, 2020 Share #1721 Posted July 24, 2020 Thank you for your informative posts as ever, Daniel. I really like the non-checkered look of the 1805 hull! mtaylor and dafi 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafi Posted July 26, 2020 Author Share #1722 Posted July 26, 2020 Thank you Mark and rkwz! XXXDAn mtaylor 1 Quote To victory and beyond! http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/76-hms-victory-by-dafi-to-victory-and-beyond/ See also our german forum for Sailing Ship Modeling and History: http://www.segelschiffsmodellbau.com/ Finest etch parts for HMS Victory 1:100 (Heller Kit) and other useful bits. http://dafinismus.de/index_en.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafi Posted July 26, 2020 Author Share #1723 Posted July 26, 2020 Heave! (Quist:) Five years hard labor, the judge says to me... ...or honorable service in His Majesty's Navy. What did I pick? Hornblower. ... (Sailor:) What are we doing in the Pacific, anyway? I tell you, he's got us all lost. ... (Quist:) There's islands there where we could have a picnic. Brown-skinned girls, bread growing on trees, where the Bounty went. Why don't you ask Hornblower to take us there? What's wrong with our cargo doing the asking? Muskets and ammunition. Who for? Why not for us? Harrison: Come on, get on with your work. Get on with it. Those were the last words in March 2015. Last year the conversation was continued in the moment when another model fell onto the small setup: AUUUUUUUTSCH!!! All men over board, the freshly fitted furnace in pieces. Never found the time for repair. Yesterday while looking for something else the remains were found again and also the will to fix 🙂 First found that Quist took the chance to desert and run behind his brown-skinned girls. So cloned a new one using the original building report from March 2015. Also fixed the furnace and lighted the ember inside. Also a new feature appeared: The wetted sand underneath the furnace, I finally found sand or better saying powder of sand that suited fine enough for the job. Also the waterbucket found its way onto the scene. Just missing the fire engine, the hose or the wet swatters that were needed to follow fire regulations. Then checked for the right tools. Tinkered the tongs from a spare chain iron ... ... and also an anvil found itself being used in there. And here we go with the refreshed gem 🙂 And here it is with the inspiration, from the starting sequence of "Hornblower" about 3:00 min. Enjoy, DAn mtaylor, davyboy, clearway and 10 others 13 Quote To victory and beyond! http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/76-hms-victory-by-dafi-to-victory-and-beyond/ See also our german forum for Sailing Ship Modeling and History: http://www.segelschiffsmodellbau.com/ Finest etch parts for HMS Victory 1:100 (Heller Kit) and other useful bits. http://dafinismus.de/index_en.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbp521 Posted July 26, 2020 Share #1724 Posted July 26, 2020 Dafi, Its simply amazing at the amount of detail you put in such a tiny space. Beautiful work. -Brian mtaylor, BLACK VIKING, dafi and 1 other 4 Quote Current Builds: Completed Builds: Mississippi River Towboat Caroline N. HMB Endeavor: Artesania Latina USS Constitution - Cross Section: Mamoli Non-Ship Builds: HMS Victory - Cross Section: Corel New Shipyard King of the Mississippi - Steamboat: Artesania Latina Battle Station Section: Panart (Gallery) In Dry-dock Chaperon - 1884 Steamer: Model Shipways USS Constellation: Aretesania Latina USS Cairo - 1862 Ironclad: Scratch Build Flying Fish: Model Shipways Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gahm Posted July 27, 2020 Share #1725 Posted July 27, 2020 Fantastic work, Dafi! I am always amazed about the details and the outstanding quality of work which you realize at such a small scale. Thomas mtaylor and dafi 2 Quote Current Built: Model Shipways Syren (US Brig 1803) Last Built: Anfora (kit bashed) Ictineo II (1st steam powered submarine 1864) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
druxey Posted July 27, 2020 Share #1726 Posted July 27, 2020 Nicely done, Dafi. Who is the heated shot intended for? mtaylor and dafi 2 Quote Be sure to sign up for an epic Nelson/Trafalgar project if you would like to see it made into a TV series http://trafalgar.tv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafi Posted July 27, 2020 Author Share #1727 Posted July 27, 2020 Thank you druxey, Thomas and Brian No those were kind people, not intending mischief to others, and only having the furnace for repairing the gun! The french were the ones using the red hot shots like Admiral Collingwood wrote on page in his diary 31/32 about Glorious First of June: "TO J. E. BLACKETT, ESQ. Barfleur, at Sea, June 5, 1794. ... Four of their ships were provided with furnaces for redhot shot, one of which stuck in the Royal Sovereign, but I have not heard that they did any mischief in any part of the fleet by them. " https://books.google.de/books?id=vS4yAQA...epage&q&f=false Also there are still a lot of build in stone furnaces in many french fortresses, one in a tower from Brest among. 😉 XXXDAn rkwz and mtaylor 2 Quote To victory and beyond! http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/76-hms-victory-by-dafi-to-victory-and-beyond/ See also our german forum for Sailing Ship Modeling and History: http://www.segelschiffsmodellbau.com/ Finest etch parts for HMS Victory 1:100 (Heller Kit) and other useful bits. http://dafinismus.de/index_en.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafi Posted August 3, 2020 Author Share #1728 Posted August 3, 2020 Back to the slices 🙂 Luckily found some old spare decks to cut a small stripe for the visible Gangway. Then "tarred" the hammock netting, this time a bit darker than I usually do. Used some paper stripes for easy assembly ... ... shortened the inboard side ... ... and fixed it. Then fixed the net on the rope on the outboard side, always giving a touch of gravity into the ropes. Made the hammocks with Magic Sculpt. Dry test ... ... and the colored with all the colors of life ... ... and put in place Still thinking how the cover should be fixed in a contemporary fashion ... XXXDAn clearway, BLACK VIKING, etubino and 6 others 9 Quote To victory and beyond! http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/76-hms-victory-by-dafi-to-victory-and-beyond/ See also our german forum for Sailing Ship Modeling and History: http://www.segelschiffsmodellbau.com/ Finest etch parts for HMS Victory 1:100 (Heller Kit) and other useful bits. http://dafinismus.de/index_en.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafi Posted August 10, 2020 Author Share #1729 Posted August 10, 2020 After missing information on how the covers were fixed, I opted for easy folds and will change that as suitable information comes. Still got some netting on the face side and fixed an iron hook. After a transatlantic voyage, I suppose the ship to look a bit tattered. So some man are meant to do do a small face lift 🙂 So the last slice is done. Still need to clean the others up and fix them on the frame. Soon this project is finally to be finished 🙂 Titel: 1805 mid Atlantic, return from the Caribbean, ... Enjoy, DAn mtaylor, BLACK VIKING, shipman and 5 others 8 Quote To victory and beyond! http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/76-hms-victory-by-dafi-to-victory-and-beyond/ See also our german forum for Sailing Ship Modeling and History: http://www.segelschiffsmodellbau.com/ Finest etch parts for HMS Victory 1:100 (Heller Kit) and other useful bits. http://dafinismus.de/index_en.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shipman Posted August 10, 2020 Share #1730 Posted August 10, 2020 As usual.....incredible! mtaylor and mort stoll 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gahm Posted August 10, 2020 Share #1731 Posted August 10, 2020 Super! Thomas mtaylor 1 Quote Current Built: Model Shipways Syren (US Brig 1803) Last Built: Anfora (kit bashed) Ictineo II (1st steam powered submarine 1864) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbp521 Posted August 10, 2020 Share #1732 Posted August 10, 2020 Daniel, I read your build log and ask myself how can he improve on perfection, and yet you still never cease to amaze me. Beautiful work as always. -Brian mtaylor and mort stoll 2 Quote Current Builds: Completed Builds: Mississippi River Towboat Caroline N. HMB Endeavor: Artesania Latina USS Constitution - Cross Section: Mamoli Non-Ship Builds: HMS Victory - Cross Section: Corel New Shipyard King of the Mississippi - Steamboat: Artesania Latina Battle Station Section: Panart (Gallery) In Dry-dock Chaperon - 1884 Steamer: Model Shipways USS Constellation: Aretesania Latina USS Cairo - 1862 Ironclad: Scratch Build Flying Fish: Model Shipways Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafi Posted August 12, 2020 Author Share #1733 Posted August 12, 2020 Thank you Sirs! O Goody, I missed the 215th anniversary that happend 4 days ago of that little depicted scene. Logentry on the 08/08/1805, somewhere in between Gibraltar and Spithead "08.08.1805 painted quarter deck and hull" 🙂 🙂 🙂 And that was only 16 days before the ship underwent a short refit at Spithead. Within 7 days she got the guns removed, the spars sent down for check, the sails checked, and plenty of caulking was done. Afterwards she went to sea immediately but the delivery of a larger quantity of paint suggests, that the painting went on on sea. Recorded is the 10/09/1805 that the Breadroom was whitewashed. But still good to know, that exactly today, 215 years ago on the 08/12/1805, the main topgallant sail split in a squall. XXXDAn mort stoll, mtaylor and rkwz 3 Quote To victory and beyond! http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/76-hms-victory-by-dafi-to-victory-and-beyond/ See also our german forum for Sailing Ship Modeling and History: http://www.segelschiffsmodellbau.com/ Finest etch parts for HMS Victory 1:100 (Heller Kit) and other useful bits. http://dafinismus.de/index_en.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkwz Posted August 12, 2020 Share #1734 Posted August 12, 2020 Daniel, your posts make the ship so much more relatable for everyone! Saw this picture on Instagram today and reminded me of your earlier mods in your Heller build 😂. Must be a heck of a view out the stern windows.... mtaylor and dafi 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafi Posted August 13, 2020 Author Share #1735 Posted August 13, 2020 Thank you rkwz Nice still from the film, one can see nicely both colors and how messy the wood is 🙂 From Victory in her true Colours: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmNXRWtQ-P0 XXXDAn rkwz, mort stoll and mtaylor 3 Quote To victory and beyond! http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/76-hms-victory-by-dafi-to-victory-and-beyond/ See also our german forum for Sailing Ship Modeling and History: http://www.segelschiffsmodellbau.com/ Finest etch parts for HMS Victory 1:100 (Heller Kit) and other useful bits. http://dafinismus.de/index_en.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shipman Posted August 13, 2020 Share #1736 Posted August 13, 2020 It's worth remembering that nearly all the outer hull planking was replaced years ago. In some areas wood laminates were used to save money. It would seem a lot of the modern materials used during the previous (but modern) re-fit has already rotted and has been replaced again! See thorough description of this previous work in Alan McGowan's book 'HMS Victory: Her Construction, Career, and Restoration'. One important use (among many) was synthetic materials for the shrouds which aren't as thick as they should be (same book). The list is probably endless. rkwz, dafi and mtaylor 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafi Posted August 14, 2020 Author Share #1737 Posted August 14, 2020 Thats why I like to call it an "Almost-Replica". And I do not mean it bad. The did a good job imho to keep this wonderful heritage alive, regarding the money and the existing knowledge about the times. And this knowledge was expanded a lot within the last years, thank god. XXXDAn mtaylor and rkwz 2 Quote To victory and beyond! http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/76-hms-victory-by-dafi-to-victory-and-beyond/ See also our german forum for Sailing Ship Modeling and History: http://www.segelschiffsmodellbau.com/ Finest etch parts for HMS Victory 1:100 (Heller Kit) and other useful bits. http://dafinismus.de/index_en.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shipman Posted August 14, 2020 Share #1738 Posted August 14, 2020 I whole heartedly agree with you, Dafi. Now the weight on the keel has been relieved should help considerably (much like what was done with Cutty Sark). Considering Britain's notorious weather, it's remarkable how well Victory survives. Unfortunately, I've never managed a visit and deeply regret realising I never will. I was a big fan of the longridge model, but often wonder why he never did a set of boats. It would be interesting to know more of him. dafi, mtaylor and rkwz 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafi Posted September 7, 2020 Author Share #1739 Posted September 7, 2020 Luckily @Morgan discovered a small detail in the large Turner painting: The anchor lining, almost hidden by the fallen fore sail. Looking at the Turner scribbles there is a line, that could be interpreted as the bolster for the lost lining. Looking at the Queen Charlotte of the the same time, one could see how it should have looked. First the frame was added ... ... then I realised that the lower batten should have been the bolster. Took one step that was left from the entry port and it fitted 🙂 Unfortunately it broke while fixing 😞 The replacement part was bent the wrong way, so I took the time for a cup of tea and did hang the part inside to make it flexible, bent it the right direction and let it cool down in its new shape. After fixing it, I realised that it sat not properly ... ... even the paint did not help. So another disassembly took place ... ... and then it fitted 🙂 As the anchor lining was to protect the hull and the irons from the anchor, I wanted to show some scratches. First I took a spare anchor to simulate its way up ... But how do those scratches look like? It was not a metal hull with clean rounded scratches, but I opted for some splinters on the edges of the planks and some flakes of paint coming off. The color I oppted for a warm siversih grey, like old exposed wood is showing. Need some black ink to simulate depth. After the lanyards was fixed ... ... things were done 🙂 Cheers, DAniel davyboy, rybakov, mtaylor and 13 others 16 Quote To victory and beyond! http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/76-hms-victory-by-dafi-to-victory-and-beyond/ See also our german forum for Sailing Ship Modeling and History: http://www.segelschiffsmodellbau.com/ Finest etch parts for HMS Victory 1:100 (Heller Kit) and other useful bits. http://dafinismus.de/index_en.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baker Posted September 7, 2020 Share #1740 Posted September 7, 2020 beautiful detail and weathering Daniel. dafi, rkwz and mtaylor 3 Quote Regards, Patrick Finished : Soleil Royal Heller 1/100 Wasa Billing Boats Bounty Revell 1/110 plastic (semi scratch) Pelican / Golden Hind 1/45 scratch Current build : Mary Rose 1/50 scratch Gallery : Revell Bounty Pelican/Golden hind 1/45 scratch To do : Prins Willem Corel, Le Tonnant Corel, Yacht d'Oro Corel, Thermopylae Sergal Shore leave, non ship models build logs : ADGZ M35 funkwagen 1/72 Einhets Pkw. Kfz.2 and 4 1/72 Autoblinda AB40 1/72 122mm A-19 & 152mm ML-20 & 12.8cm Pak.44 {K8 1/2} 1/72 10.5cm Howitzer 16 on Mark. VI(e) Centurion Mk.1 conversion M29 Weasel 1/72 SAM6 1/72 T26 Finland T26 TN 1/72 Autoprotetto S37 1/72 Opel Blitz buses 1/72 Boxer and MAN trucks 1/72 Hetzer38(t) Starr 1/72 Si vis pacem, para bellum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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