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I'm wondering if that door was added later on when Victory wasn't being used as a warship for easy entry? I read the Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Victory and noticed this particular paragraph: In 1889, Victory was fitted up as a Naval School of Telegraphy. She soon became a proper Signal School, and signal ratings from ships paying off were sent to Victory, instead of the barracks, for a two-month training course. The School remained on Victory until 1904, when training was transferred temporarily to HMS Hercules, and in 1906 the whole School was moved to a permanent establishment at the Chatham Royal Naval Barracks.[38] I would guess that they added the door at that time as Victory wasn't expecting to be put to sea ever again. Those are just my thoughts on the matter. -
This looks pretty sharp! I wonder if they also make a kit for the stern.
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Welcome to our Niagara club! I'm sure we're all looking forward to seeing some pictures of your work in progress.
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Those are great pics!
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Wes, you're Connie is looking sweet! Are you considering putting in any planking for the sub deck for looking down through the gratings?
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I like the Hobbylite stuff myself better than the Elmer's. With the Elmer's I feel that it leaves a residue on the surfaces around what you're filling unless you are perfect at only applying it to just the hole. Just my two cents...
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Popeye, the stain looks great on her! I like the color and didn't realize that Billings had a line of stains also.
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Augie, great work! It looks like you are competing with Mobbsie for fastest builder on this forum. I'm anxious to use that exact same method of treenailing. It appears that it's a lot of tedious work but in the end I like the look of it.
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Hey Sjors, I'm glad to see an update on this ship. She is looking beautiful. I'm guessing that you are taking a well deserved break from rigging your Mirage?
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Mobbsie, those are great little ship's boats. As always, your work is very clean and looks great.
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I will have to echo Rich's statements for my post. Your gunports look especially clean and neat.
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Nice progress! We're starting to see the light at the end of your tunnel.
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Hey Popeye, I'm glad to see you making some headway with your Syborn. I like the colors you have on her so far. This is going to be real sharp when you are finished with it.
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Sjors, I'm glad you are finished with ratlines for a while. Your Mirage looks very sharp and is really coming alive.
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Daniel, that is a sharp little kit. Too bad they don't make these in a way to put in one of your bottles.
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Larry, I am also guilty of regularly visiting the makeup aisle in CVS and Walgreens to get those wonderful sanding sticks. It's amazing that you can score those for so cheap but in a hobby store you usually find something of lesser quality for double or triple the price.
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JP, glad to see you have a plan of attack on this, and it's always goood to see that some parts in our kits actually do match up with our plans.
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Hey Larry, band A's planking looks fantastic! I'm glad to see some pictures of progress and to hear you are feeling better.
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Wes, I am definitely going to be using this dye method when I get started on my Connie. I like the idea of being able to install pre-colored planks. Your samples look really sharp with the poly on them.
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Sjors, I don't think any company has made a perfect set of plans just yet. They all have their strengths and weaknesses. I'm sure you'll get through it just fine though. Your work is always top-notch!
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That is very nice rigging Sjors! Once you get these all finished then the rest starts going pretty quickly. Are you going to be installing the yards next?
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Bob, your progress with this difficult build is nothing short of inspiring and your work is just as clean as always.
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For a finish are you just planning on using a poly? Like you, I enjoy a good bit of woodworking and will most likely apply what I'm learning about these dyes on some of my projects.
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Hey JP, I think Erik has a good idea with sanding down part 16, but you could also consider gluing a strip of wood to the bottom of 15 as well. I don't think either way would hurt in the long run. ... I think.... lol
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