mtdoramike

WOW, I never would have thought to do this. I'm impressed, how well does it work?

mike

For me the choice was too, too difficult so I bought the lot.

Well aren't you special .

mike

Oh come one, stop nit picking and get to building that beauty. You are doing a spendid job on her even with her misgivings. Some times you just have to work a little harder to make a silk purse out of a souse ear.

mike 

WOW, what a beautiful piece of work. I've always liked this model.

mike

Ooooooh boy, the Trinidad is one of my favorite ship models. I can't wait to see this beauty.

mike

hahahahahahahaha, Yep I know the feeling.

Not letting the cat out of the bag, but I have spoken to a representative from my local Hospital, who would be interested in displaying this model at their hospital if I decided to donate it to them. But I'm not really entertaining any plans on that aspect yet until I get quite further into the build.

I'm also hoping to find a business or group who would be willing to supply the display case or fund the display case on this donation because on the last one almost got me kicked out of the house when I told my wife that not only was I buying the kit, supplying all the materials, and spending 2500 hours building the model, I'm also supplying the $900.00 display case. That went over about like a rock.

mike

Thanks JP, it is a very interesting ship for sure and it seems a fairly rare one to be modeled as well. I found only one or two builds on this beauty on YouTube, but at least there are a couple for viewing in case I hit a snag or want to change something.

mike 

Absolutely beautiful work on her. I can't wait to see her finished. She will be a real beauty.

mike

I can't wait to see yours Frank.

mike

What a beautiful planking job you did on this beauty. I can't wait to see this build take shape.

mike

Thanks John and yes, I'm very pleased with where they chose to display her.

mike 

I love the fact that this is a double planked hull. The Latina kit is single planked. She is looking great so far, keep plugging along.

mike

The only change to this would be if I get the opportunity to build a Sovereign of the seas, which is my dream model to build.

mike

I wasn't going to do a build log on this next project, but after checking on the forums, I found only a few builds of the fine ship model kit.

I bought this kit from a forum member some time ago with the intent on building it as a donation project once I finished the Latina Victory Library donation project. I will start the build in a month or so once I have taken a break from the Victory build.  This would just be my observations of the kit, manufacture and content. I also will not make a decision as to who or what organization will be the benefactor of the Montane's donation until I'm about 3/4 of the way through the build as to not place any added pressure on myself while building. I went ahead and ordered a nice brass & black plaque for her, don't it look classy? This kit produces a large model at 49 inches long and will need a display case at 55" x 42" x 22". The average cost of this kit in the U.S. runs around $899.00 if you can find one because they don't seem to be that common.

A little back ground on the ship: The figurehead of this ship is not the royal lion but a “Montañes” (highlander), in gratitude for the financial contribution towards her construction made by the people of the mountains. She was launched in Ferrol on 14th May 1794. It is said that she was an extraordinary vessel, whether sailing close to the wind, running free or with a following wind, and that, more than any other ship, she kept her batteries out of the water. She was engaged in a number of battles, including Trafalgar, where she mounted 76 guns and 4 carronades with mortars, located on her quarter deck. On 6th March 1810, in a violent storm, she sank off the Bay of Cadiz.

mike

very nicely done  congrats to a great build  i know the community will enjoy your hard work for generations    such a noble gesture  one to be proud of  it is nice to see her at her home port

Thanks JP, but nothing noble about my gesture. Like I told the Library Coordinator, I'm not being noble here, I have just always wanted to build a large Victory model, but displaying it would have been an issue for me. But since they have plenty of room and only two miles away, decision was obvious and a bit selfish as well hahahahahahaha especially since I can visit it any time I want and enjoy watching people checking her out and enjoying themselves as much as I would be.

mike   

She looks splendid in her new home Mike.  Congrats on making such a wonderful gesture. BTW, you ain't that old or fat. 

George, this reminds me of something that happened to me a while back. My wife came into the room wearing a dress and asked "Hon, does this dress make me look old or fat?" Well I was busy at the time watching TV. The only thing I heard was "Hon does this dress make me look fat". So I responded "noooooo, that dress doesn't make you look fat at all". So she looked a bit miffed and asked "so you are saying it makes me look old?" Well, I knew I better stop a take a minute and forget about the TV show I was watching because this was about to get interesting. I started thinking of how in the hell am I going to get out of this hole I'm burying myself in. I responded to her that are you kidding? "That dress makes you look beautiful". She smiled and said to me "Nice recovery".

mike

I'm glad and a little sad at the same time that it is over with and in it's rightful place. But it sure did leave a big empty spot in the living room But like my wife said, "it won't take you long to fill it up with something else". That's what happens when you have been married for 42 years, there is no guess work.

mike 

We are at the end of a long journey and the Victory has finally taken to sail and made it to her home port without incident I might add. I made sure and rode in the back of the pickup all the way to the Library, which was only about 2 miles, but nail biting miles they were. I felt every little bump in the road, even though I told my son in law not to drive over 10 miles an hour. But it seems not even what you thought was a smooth road really isn't that smooth when moving something so fragile. They had a few guys from the City come by my house to help load it up and then met us at the library to unload and set her up. The news papers were there and will do a press release. But thankfully there wasn't a lot of fan fair or fuss made about it, I wasn't wanting that and I'm glad the City respected my wishes. Like I told the library Coordinator that my gester wasn't all that noble, I just have always wanted to build a large Victory model, but had no where to display it. So now I can come by and enjoy it any time I want.   

Here is a few pictures and even one of me, the old fat guy in the yellow shirt.

mike

Thanks Ian and George for your kind words and encouragement.

mike

Well today is the day for the Vic to set sail to the Library. Just waiting for help to get it loaded up.

mike

The absolute best that I have found have been the Model Shipways plans for their models. A good starter model would be the Bluenose. It has a fairly easy hull to plank.

mike

Thanks Julie, but it looks like the 58" version is a scratch built model versus the 43" version being a kit. I believe that the version my buddy built was a kit and not scratch built.

mike

WOW, what a beautiful Planking job, this should almost be a tutorial. Very nice job indeed.

mike

What an absolute beauty. I can't wait to see the finished product. The shrouds and lower mast are done a bit differently than they way I do mine. I find it easier to get the mast perpendicular if built all at once and then installed into the mast holes.

mike