HMS Victory by Jeff-E - FINISHED - Panart - 1:78 Scale - Bow Section

[Jeff-E]

Hi All,

 

Some more progress has been made on the model over the last few weeks, the fighting top has been completed.

 

the first pictures show the stiffening timbers these were made in two parts the first being of 2 x 2mm walnut which was fitted inside the edging and trimmed off at the lubbers hole the second piece was 0.5 x 3mm Tanganyika which was laid over the top of the first piece and extend to the outer edge of the top. these were then trimmed and sanded to suit the lower pieces.

 

Two bolsters were also added to support the lower shrouds, these were made from 4mm square lime filed down on one side to form a quad piece.

 

Lastly an edge was glued around the top this was made from 0.5 x 4mm walnut strip.

 

 

[Jeff-E]

The last thing to add to the top was the rail across the back, the kit suppled version is three brass stanchions with a piece of brass wire passing through them as a rail. I did not like the look of this and the stanchions are out of scale so I made my own from the description in Longridge's book, the stanchions are made form 2 x2mm lime and the rail form 3 x 2mm lime. The stanchions have pins inserted into the base and locating holes were drilled into the top to locate them. 

[Jeff-E]

The fore top mast has also been made, this only being a stump. The lower part however has been detailed as much as possible.

 

The heel has been fitted, which expands the width where it sits between the trestle trees and a sheave carved in underneath it which is used to fit or remove the mast , the fid has also been fitted and the mast was given an octagonal shape below the cap.

 

That is all for now I will post some more pictures soon.

[Jeff-E]

Hi All,

 

I Have some more pictures of the fore mast construction that has been completed in the last few weeks.

 

The fighting top was fixed to the mast along with the top square section. The next step was to make and fit four copper bands around the top section of the mast, these were made from 2mm copper strip supplied in the kit. Eight battens were then fixed, one next to each corner of the mast. these were made in two parts the first was cut to fit inside the copper bands and the second part was laid over the top of them.d

[Jeff-E]

A cleat to hold the slings for the upper jeers blocks was added next and a cap rail was fitted to the top of the battens.

 

the fore top mast and the cap were fitted next along with a scratch built pedestal to support the front of the cap. Please excuse the look of the pedestal as this was my first attempt at wood turning, but I think it looks OK.

 

The last thing to go on were the bolsters on top of the cap for the fore yard sling and the yard lifts

 

That completes the foremast construction it now needs a coat or two of paint.

 

That is all for now I will post some more progress soon.

[Jeff-E]

Hi All,

 

I have been working on making the yards the first step was to taper them. I used the dimensions given by Longridge to make the yards, he gives the dimensions of the fore yard being 89 feet long with a diameter of at the slings of 21 inches and 9 inches at the yardarm.

The spritsail yard is 64 feet 6 inches long with a diameter at the slings of 13 and 3/4 inches and at the yard arm 5 and 7/8 inches.

These measurements were converted to millimetres at the scale of 1:78 which worked out to be for the fore yard a length of approximately 347mm with a diameter at the slings of 8mm and 3 mm at the yard arm. the spritsail yard was approximately 250mm long with a diameter of 5mm at the slings and 2mm at the yard arm.

 

The first photo shows the yards cut to length and tapered on each end, the next one shows the centre portion of the  spritsail yard filed to a 16 sided shape for about 63mm, the next photos shows the making of the stop cleats at the yard arm a hole was drilled into the yard and then filed out to form  a slot into which the cleat is inserted this was also done on he fore yard.   

[Jeff-E]

The sling cleats were shaped from2 x 2mm walnut and fitted to the yard also an eyebolt and band was fitted to each end of the yard.

 

The centre of the foreyard was filed to an octagon for 85mm this section is then covered with battens that are the length of the octagonal section except for the aftermost one which is half the length of the yard and conforms to the taper of the yard as the picture shows.

 

The next parts to fit to the yard were the stunsail boom irons the inner ones were made in two parts the band was fitted to the yard and a hole drilled through it into the yard and then the iron was inserted into it. The band was made from 2mm copper strip and the iron from 0.75mm brass wire.

[Jeff-E]

The sling cleats for the foreyard were made from 4 x 4mm lime and filed to shape two bands were also fitted either side of the octagonal section to bind the aft batten to the yard.

 

The fore mast has also been given a coat of grey primer

 

That is all for now I will post some more pictures soon

 

[Captain Slog]

Hi Jeff,

 

Your primer'd mast is really looking the part. Great stuff.

 

Cheers

Slog

[Jeff-E]

Hi Slog,

 

Thanks, I am quite pleased with how the mast turned out, even with a few mistakes.

[Jeff-E]

Hi All,

 

The quarter irons have been made and fitted to the end of the foreyard I have also made the stunsail booms. This completes the construction of the yards before painting.

[Jeff-E]

The yards were then sprayed with Tamiya Semi-Gloss black.

 

The stunsail booms were masked and painted with yellow ochre in the middle section and then semi-gloss black on the ends.

 

The lower section of the mast was also painted yellow ochre this was done with an airbrush.

 

The two other parts at the rear in the first two photos are the bumpkins.

 

That is all for now I will post some more progress soon.

[Jeff-E]

Hi All,

 

After the lower mast had dried it was masked up and a few coats of Tamiya semi gloss black were applied to the top section

[Jeff-E]

The foreyard lift blocks and the blocks underneath the mast top for the leech and buntlines have also been added as well as the netting across the handrail at the back of the top. I have also made and fitted the pendats of tackles to the mast.

 

The thimbles in the pendants are made from 3mm dowel with a 1.5mm hole drilled through them. The pendants are made from 1mm black thread and the seizing from 0.25mm black thread. 

Edited September 10, 2016 by Jeff-E

[Jeff-E]

I have made the flue for the stove. It was made from 6mm dowel the end was drilled out and a cap was made from some 0.5mm ply. The ring is 1mm brass wire and the legs on the cap are made from 0.5mm wire. The flue was painted black and then fitted to the forecastle deck along with the remaining two grates. .

[Jeff-E]

Some work has also been done on the yards. The stirrups and footropes have been started on the spritsail yard and fore yard. the stirrups were made from 0.5mm black thread on the foreyard and 0.25mm black thread on the spritsail yard.

 

The stirrups were attached to the yard by drilling a hole in the underside of the yard a couple of millimetres deep the end of the thread was dipped in a drop of CA glue and inserted into the hole the length was then wrapped around the yard and given a coat of diluted wood glue and an eye was then seized into the end of the stirrup at the correct distance from the yard.

 

The horses on the foreyard are from 0.5mm tan thread and the horses and Flemish horses on the spritsail yard are from 0.25mm tan thread.

 

An eye splice is made in one end of the horses and placed over the end of the yard up against the stop cleats: it is then threaded through the stirrups and another eye is seized into the end this will be lashed to the yard outside the sling cleats

 

I would like to mention at this point that most of the rigging cord mentioned is not supplied in the kit and was purchased as an extra; the kit supplied about 15 metres of 0.5mm thread, 20 metres of 1mm tan thread and 2 metres of 1.25mm tan thread.

[Captain Slog]

Hi Jeff,

 

Thats a nice flue you scratched up.  I like the stand for holding the yards whilst working on them!

 

Cheers

Slog

[Jeff-E]

Hi Slog,

 

Thanks for looking in. The stand is the uprights from my mast stepping jig, comes in handy for other jobs as well

 

Thanks to everybody else for the likes

[Jeff-E]

Hi All,

 

This update is mainly concerned with fitting all of the various rigging lines and blocks to the foreyard; doing this before the yard is fitted to the mast is much easier than trying to tie them on after.

 

The first lines to be fitted were the truss pendants these are spliced around the yard inside the sling cleats and wrap around the mast and attach to a double block which reeves through another double block hooked to the deck and belays on the two cleats at the base of the mast.

 

The next item to go on was the jeers blocks; these were stropped in a two legged sling which was then lashed to the yard inside the truss pendants.

[Jeff-E]

The topsail sheet blocks were next there are two on each side of the yard the outer one has the yard lift block stopped to it and fits over the yard outside the yard tackle pendant and the footrope; the inner one has a two legged sling stropped to it similar to the jeers block and is lashed to the yard between the truss pendant and the jeers block.

 

The yard tackle pendants, as mentioned fit over the outer end of the yard and butt up against the stop cleat. The other two blocks fitted on either side of the yard are the outer tricing line block and the clue line block.

 

The lower part of the yard sling was wrapped around the centre of the yard it has a 4mm thimble seized into it.

 

The first photo shows the position of the blocks.

 

The next part to make was the sheet and tack blocks these were made from 8mm dowel filed down and shaped and a hole was drilled in them for the rigging line. They were stropped with an eye so they could be attached to the lower clue line bocks. They were then fitted to the yard

[Jeff-E]

The last parts to be fitted to the yard are the stunsail booms; these are lashed to the yard just outside the sling cleats.

 

Some of you will notice that there are some blocks missing these being for the leech and buntlines; they have been left off because these lines will not be rigged on the model as there is no place to belay them.

[Tidbinbilla]

Jeff,

 

I just dusted this kit off that has been sitting in the closet for years.  This will be my winter project.  Your project is a godsend!!  A couple of preliminary read throughs of the instructions made me think this is going to be a tough/difficult model to build, especially since I found the instruction hard to understand.  Your step by step account just removed all that concern.  Excellent job!!  This will be my third model:  I did USS Constitution cross-section followed by HMS Victory cross-section.  This will be a good learning experience on building a hull.

 

Ta,

 

Dave

 

[JohnReid]

I would like to do the  bow, waist and stern sections in 1/64 as a diorama.I am just in the planning stages now and builds like this are very helpful in my research. Cheers! John.

 

[Jeff-E]

Hello All,

It has been quite a while since I posted to this site but having finished this model a couple of years ago I decided it was to time to complete this log. Looking back through the log it appears I left off just before the foremast was fitted and the rigging stage started.

I thought I had taken a lot more photos of the final stages of the build than I could find but either I hadn't or if I did I can't find them, however I have found enough to show the rigging of the model and I apologise in advance for the quality and composition of some of them as they were taken in my old workspace before I refurbished it.

Righto on with log, I wanted to replicate as much of the rigging that is on the actual ship so before I started the rigging I made up a list of the quantity, line size and the block size and type required for both the standing and running rigging. The list for the standing rigging is in the first photo.

                                                    

 

The foremast was glued into place and then the shrouds were fitted in pairs. They were set up with the help of two jigs made from brass wire to give a gap between the top and bottom holes in the deadeyes of 25mm. They can be seen in use in the second photo.

 

                                      

                                    

                                      

 

The next two photos shows the rigging of the shrouds completed however the seizing on the lower shrouds has not been finished to allow for some adjustment to the tension, if required, after the forestays have been fitted.

                                     

                                      

  The next parts that were added were the fore and preventer stay collars to the bowsprit. They were made from walnut and limewood stock respectively and lashed to their collars. 

                                       

That's all for this post. I will post some more soon

 

 

[Jeff-E]

Hello All,

This post covers the fitting of the fore and preventer stays and the bobstays.

The forestay was made from 1.7mm tan thread because I could not find any black thread of that size to buy and I do not have the facilities to make my own. It was blackened by drawing it through some black rigging wax that I had. The mouse was made from 3mm dowel and drilled out to take the thread.

                                            

A 10mm Heart was seized to the end of the stay and it was then lashed to the corresponding heart on the bowsprit.

                       

The preventer stay was made the same way as the forestay except using 1mm thread and it was also fitted to the model.

                                                  

                                                 

The bobstays were the next piece of rigging to be fitted. There are three of them, The first two are straightforward being seized to holes drilled into the stem but the third or outer stay has two legs which run together down to the stem and then split and are anchored by a hook seized into an eye at the end of each leg to an eyebolt in the bow on either side of the stem.

                               

The above photo is of the outer bobstay.

                               

                              

The second photo shows how the outer bobstay splits at the stem and  attaches to the hull.

 

Thanks for the likes, that is all for this post I will post some more progress soon.

 

 

[Jeff-E]

Hello All,

The bowsprit shrouds were the next item to be fitted there are two on each side and they are attached to the hull by means of a hook and eye in the lower wale at the bow just outside where the lower stem decoration rail finishes.

 

                                

                                

After all of the foremast shroud, forestays, bobstays and bowsprit shrouds were fitted the foremast shrouds underwent their final tension adjustment and the seizings were finished off and they were glued and trimmed.

The futtock staves were fitted next. The rule for fitting these is that they are fitted at a level as much below the upper edge of the trestle tree as top of the lower mast cap is above it.

                              

                              

The staves were made from bamboo drawn down to 1mm in diameter. The hooks for the futtock shrouds were made from 2mm copper eye pins bent to shape.

                             

The futtock shrouds were made from 0.75mm black thread and fitted and tensioned by passing a loop around the fore shroud and the stave and seizing the tail to the fore shroud. 

                            

                            

Thanks for looking and the likes

 

 

 

[Jeff-E]

Hello All, 

The snaking between the forestay and the fore preventer stay was the next job. I used 0.25mm black thread for this, tying it to the stay at the point of each triangle with a length of the same thread and then adjusted them till I was happy with the outcome.

                                                  

                                               

They were then glued and trimmed. The ratlines on the foremast shrouds and futtock shrouds were next these were done with 0.10mm tan thread and were left in their natural state, I was going to paint them black but I like the contrast in colours and there are a few photos floating around on the web that show tan or white line used as ratlines even some older ones of the Victory herself at Portsmouth.

                           

                       

They were tied on using a clove hitch and then glued and trimmed after that the ratlines and shrouds were given a coat of diluted PVA glue. The bumpkin stays were added next, this is a two legged stay with an eye made in the middle of it which fits over the end of the bumpkin and rests on a shoulder machined on the end of the bumpkin also holding the foresheet tack block in position between it and the shoulder. The two legs have a hook seized into the end of each one and hook into eye bolts located in the stem.

The photo is a bit out of focus, sorry.

                          

I fitted the boarding pikes to their rack on the foremast next before too much rigging got in the way, the shafts were made from bamboo drawn down to 1mm and the tips from flattened brass nails they were then stained and painted.

                      

                     

Thanks for looking.

               

[Jeff-E]

Hello All, 

The next stage was to fit and rig the yards, unfortunately this is also where the photos are a little sparse, I think it might have had something to do with the excitement of being close to finishing the build as I can find a heap of photos about one part of the final rigging steps then nothing until it's nearly completed, anyhow I will try to post them in the best order I can.

The first photo is of the rigging list for the running rigging.

                                                        

The second two photos show the lashing of the jeer block straps to the mast top, the upper eye of the strap is suspended by 7 turns of 0.25mm thread, passing through the cleat on the opposite side of the mast top to it.

                          

                          

The foreyard sling was next it is made from 1.3mm thread with a 4mm thimble seized into it forming a long and short leg, the short leg has an eye spliced into it and the longer leg which passes up over the mast cap and through the eye on the shorter leg and is then seized back onto itself with three seizings.

                          

                          

The foreyard was then fitted, located on the mast by a brass pin fitted into rear of it and held in place by temporary lines to keep it horizontal and square with the yard while the glue dried.

                         

Thanks for looking and for the likes.

[kmart]

Great build Jeff!   You did Victory proud!

[Jeff-E]

Thank you Kmart for your kind words. I am reasonably pleased how it turned out.