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  1. clearway
    Don't worry Keith the mess will return like a long lost prodigal son!
  2. clearway
    Pssst Keith i laugh at your untidy work area but cutty coming along great. Keith
  3. clearway
    Happy Birthday Bob and the deadeyes will not look that noticable when in place- there is so much detail on the finished ship peoples eyes will not be able to take it all in! Yes paint does block the holes in the deadeyes but i cleared mine out with a .68 drill- however watch out on deadeyes smaller than 5mm! I use two pieces of U shaped wire mounted at their centre in a piece of stripwood as a deadeye spacer while rigging shrouds. Keith
  4. clearway
    If you are painting the hull you can countersink the nails, fill then prime- sand back then repeat till smooth.On my billings victory i pulled the nails out using side cutters then filled the holes and gaps between planks with P.V.A. then sanded back. Keith
  5. clearway
    There are the chicken coops from just forward of the poop deck with the kit but they have legs on them . There is no anchor windlass or pigpens or other detail from below the anchor deck with the billings kit and bob is right that is the skylight for the poop deckhouse Keith
  6. clearway
    All photos i have seen over the past 30 or so years in different books- some dating from the 1950,s and 60s show white inner ends- it makes sense as there was no flood lighting of decks in 1869 and painting it white would make it easier to pick out on deck i suppose? And well done on missing out the middle man and heading straight for the carpet- i spent 3 hours searching for a turret handrail off my 1/350 dreadnought upgrade that i dropped onto the carpet last weekend Keith
  7. clearway
    Managed to re-patriate the admirals pegs before she found out-Phew. Trimmed the top of the hull to shape- glad to see that removable support on the quarter deck out of the way. Only problem i have now is that, because i normally build merchant ships and fishing boats i would prime the hull and sand back to remove coarse wood grain. Unfortunately victory has lots of fine hull detail- Hmmmm maybe prime as is stands now then sand back to nearly bare wood before before adding the rigols and mouldings. Just some of the fittings sorted- these tackle boxes come in really handy. That's a lot of deadeyes! Keith
  8. clearway
    Seeing those fittings brings back memories! As mentioned in Bob's cutty log i replaced the dolly winches with more realistic sergal ones though i did use the billings rollers and warping drums. In my cutty kit the deadeyes and blocks were made of wood. Keith
  9. clearway
    Added some of the decoration on the quarter gallery and opened out the gunports on the wales. Also put in inlays for the quarter deck and forecastle in place. Hope the admiral dosen't see where all her clothes pegs are going! Keith
  10. clearway
    Nice work Geg- good luck with the repair- we have two cats and they are banned from the workshop full stop. Keith
  11. clearway
    the lid is hinged in the middle- your drawing looks about right and its called the wheelhouse- try googling cutty sark and clicking on images there are loads of pics online. Those panels on the t'gallant rail look mighty nice . Keith P.S. found this pic- hope it helps
  12. clearway
    There is also annealed iron wire which is used by people who make jewellery and is available from most craft places- using some to make the chainplates for my billings victory. Keith
  13. clearway
    looking good Boyd. I chickened out and stuck with the paper method! Keith
  14. clearway
    Ty Ian- the track is peco code 100 track. The tinlets are stored upside down as it stops a skin forming on the paint. Keith
  15. clearway
    Etchings for the hatches and funnels in place, also fitted the final handrails to the turrets and primed them. none of the superstructure or decks are actually glued in place yet.
  16. clearway
    When scratchbuilding my model of clearway i needed a plaque on the wheelhouse front- i re-sized the pic printed it out then cut out onta a backing piece of thin ply if that makes sense. Keith
  17. clearway
    ty all for the positive comments, and yes when she was built she the made every warship afloat obsolete thanks to Jackie Fisher who dragged the Royal navy kicking and screaming into the 20th century! Keith
  18. clearway
    Been looking at that book- it may well prove invaluable Keith
  19. clearway
    Ouch keith- the billings plans do show you where the winches pumps bollards etc should be. Could you not check Bob's and Nenads logs for help too? Keith
  20. clearway
    Ty Geoff been worrying about doing the windows for months! Keith
  21. clearway
    ty wacko- think i will be blind after this build! keith
  22. clearway
    Not done much due to working on victory, but did attatch ladders and railings to turrets after filing the moulded ladders off- this is where the fiddly going boss eyed stuff starts lol Keith
  23. clearway
    Decided to have a go at the window frames using the self adhesive paper method (franking labels) cut into 0.5mm strips- boy it was fun! Firstnpacking strips were added same thickness as acetate. Acetate was glued in place with humbrol "clear windows" then strips attatched. gonna be fun painting these! also did some work on the bows. The admiral snook this shot of me working alfresco saying is that hms victory between your legs or are you just glad to see me! Keith
  24. clearway
    lol nenad one admiral is enough!!! Havn't heard of those aircraft kit manufacturers Bob- wonder if they are available in U.K.? Keith
  25. clearway
    Don't forget though bob what looks really ovious now will not stand out when all the belaying pins, deadeyes, shrouds, rigging lines, toprails etc are in place, and to me that panelling looks mighty fine. keith

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