michael101

beautiful work !!!! 

That is true Matti , good idea about the iron angles !!!
when i bought my plywood i took the strone one i dont know the name in english but they used to make doors  from this plywood its a bit expensive but it worth the money btw i think it cams also from finland  
Best Regards
Michael.

The jig i made it without plans ,
You just need to take make a straight line on the base and then connect the supports (90 degrees supports) between the bulkheads, you can use the keel as a guid when you connecting the supports the only thing that you need to worry about its to have a straight plywood for the base it will help you later when you will measure the distance between the bulkheads to the base for making sure that all the bulkhead are on the same level ! , and also you must be careful about the supports to make them exact 90 degrees for both sides it will help you to check the level of the bulkheads by measuring from the top of the bulkhead to the base in both sides 
Be carful when you making the jig and take your time , its the must important process for the all body of your ship !!!
Best regards,
Michael.

Very Good news !!!!!
i just love mamoli !!! My first kit ever was the bounty 1/100 of mamoli , im very glad that your project came thru ❤️
Best regards 
Michael.

Very Good news !!!!!
i just love mamoli !!! My first kit ever was the bounty 1/100 of mamoli , im very glad that your project came thru ❤️
Best regards 
Michael.

Very Good news !!!!!
i just love mamoli !!! My first kit ever was the bounty 1/100 of mamoli , im very glad that your project came thru ❤️
Best regards 
Michael.

Hello Ronald , Thank you for your coment  
about your questions , for the first one i have used mascking tape and paint with airbrush , 
about your secound question im not sure that im understanding your question can you repet ?

Very Good news !!!!!
i just love mamoli !!! My first kit ever was the bounty 1/100 of mamoli , im very glad that your project came thru ❤️
Best regards 
Michael.

great job you are doing on the Victory Michael 
   I have two questions for you 1) how did you paint the bulk heads black with out getting any on the outside 
2) where do  you come across the build jig that is nice 
                                  Ronald 

As always !!!  You doing beutifule work !!!

As always !!!  You doing beutifule work !!!

Thank you Michael,  and thank you for the likes.
 
Another small update.  I started work on the canons for the Upper gundeck, but I decided to add the breach at the back of the canons, tried one of the eyelets supplied with the kit, but I think they are just a bit too small.  I ordered some eyelets, just a bit larger to try them.  I will put up photos when I receive them and fit them.  Whilst waiting for the new eyelets to arrive I started some work on the lanterns I am putting on the same gundeck. 
 
This is the way I am making them. I am working them on my Proxxon drill and stand I bought lately, found it really good.  I had put up a post about this lantern earlier, but at that time I did not have the Proxxon drill and stand, I had cut the slots with a saw blade.  This way it is much quicker and more accurate.
 
First 'cut' in the brass tube

 
 
Second 'Cut'

 
 
Third 'Cut'

 
 
Fourth 'Cut'

 
 
Cut Off

 
 
Clean

 
 
Try Fit

 
I will make a few more of them, quite quick to make, then I will paint them black, seal the bottom and finish the top.
 
Robert
 
 

 

Thank you Michael for your nice comments,  I took a lot of ideas from other builders in this forum, so I'm glad that sometimes I can be of a little help to others. 
 
I am preparing items that go on the upper gundeck.  There is a lot of work on this deck that unfortunately will hardly show once the quarterdeck is fitted.  My only consolation is that since I am fitting the lanterns they might show a bit more, hopefully!!!
 
This is the finished lantern. I prepared a few of them which I will install and wire just before I fit the quarterdeck.

 
 
I decided to add the breach rings on the cannons.  I am using the eyelets (480) supplied with the kit.  Drilling the holes on the cannons was quite straight forward,  I thought it was going to be more awkward due to the very small size of the eyelets.  All cannons are drill but I still need to fit the eyelets.

 

 
 
 
Also started work on the carriages.  Removed all upper gun deck carriage parts from sheet, cleaned and prepared the holes for the eyelets to go on them.  I think it is much easier to drill them now then when the carriage is assembled.
This is the jig I made to assemble them, quite crude but worked really well.
 

 

 
 
Painting the carriages.  Given them two coats, still another coat to go.

 
 
I intend to blacken the cannons after I fit them with the breach rings.  Hope all goes well with the blackening.
 
 
Robert

Robert,
 
As Michael101 just posted amazing work indeed.
Regarding your "how to" for the lanterns. A big thanks. I had seen your previous post for these.
Tried to copy your technique  for installing same in my current build. Just did not look well executed. You SOLVED this by posting how you did this. Very clever 
solution. Thanks for the time it took helping others - Will certainly be "the" solution for many of us who want to include working lanterns.
 
PS: Regarding my previous envious comment - it was about your awesome shipyard set up . and, of course, your skills on this build.
 
Regards, 

Thank you Robert  

Great work Michael, very neat planking and precise.
 
Robert
 
 
 

And here is some pictures of the currenlty stage:

 

And here is some pictures of the currenlty stage:

 

The plank that coevering the corner took me long time, from misuring untill gluing and holding hem in place ...

 
 

For tapering im using a micro wood plan , and also (for the inside taper, in the very back of the ship the planks going narrow until the last bulkhead then they going thick again until they meating the transom...)
im using the routher table of proxxon by conecting a sander instad of the miller
 

Hello friends,  Here is a little update  
First I’m posting some pictures of the process , Then I’ll post pictures of the currently stage ...  
 

Amazing work !!!!
 

And here is some pictures of the currenlty stage:

 

And here is some pictures of the currenlty stage:

 

Very nice planking indeed Michael. I see that you have developed very nice new methods of shaping the planks and clamping them in place during glue drying. Thumbs up!