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vossy reacted to drobinson02199 in HMS Victory by drobinson02199 - FINISHED - Caldercraft - Scale 1:72
Finished the rudder -- another adventure in creative adaptation.
When I got to the rudder, I discovered that the hole in the stern counter was too low and there was no place to fit the rudder up -- which meant that there was no way to "hang" it on hinges. So I cut it down to leave enough room to slip up and over the hinges, and then when finished I glued back and painted a section to go up to the stern counter. Looks fine if not perfect -- but I'm really puzzled about the alignment of that rudder hole. A note in the manual would have been helpful -- but I'm trying to remember if it would have fitted anyway if slid further up. Oh well. . . .
I managed to get the hinges aligned, using a lot of step by step "fit in place" work. Helps to shorten the hinge pins so that the hull side hinge parts will fit in to the rudder spaces.
Then the chain -- the manual would have the chains much lower on the rudder, and brought further around to the side. This would produce big chain loops, so I Googled a bit and found a different chain arrangement which is what you see here, and which looks much neater.
Regards,
David
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vossy got a reaction from Bill Morrison in HMS Victory by drobinson02199 - FINISHED - Caldercraft - Scale 1:72
Looking amazing David. I actually really like models such as the Victory that show some of the gunports closed as well as open. Also once she is finished and fully rigged I doubt anyone will even notice the missing rigging in the gunport lids.
Chris
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vossy got a reaction from drobinson02199 in HMS Victory by drobinson02199 - FINISHED - Caldercraft - Scale 1:72
Looking amazing David. I actually really like models such as the Victory that show some of the gunports closed as well as open. Also once she is finished and fully rigged I doubt anyone will even notice the missing rigging in the gunport lids.
Chris
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vossy reacted to drobinson02199 in HMS Victory by drobinson02199 - FINISHED - Caldercraft - Scale 1:72
Completed the dummy cannon barrels, the gunport lids, and the "rigols". From the date of my last post, it looks like this took about 8 days for both sides.
Full disclosure:
You will notice that I did not install ropes on the gunport lids. On my previous models, those have "wilted" -- I suspect because it's hard to get tension on them the way you do with mast and yard rigging. The look of the lids here was so clean that I didn't want to "junk them up" with ropes that would eventually look squiggly, and I build for fun and "look on the shelf", not historical accuracy. I fully assume that this is my failing and that there is some way to keep them all straight over time -- perhaps diluted PVA glue? -- but in any event I skipped them. 🥵
While installing the dummy barrels, I dry fitted them first, and didn't notice on one of them that the bottom of the dummy barrel strip below the hold had chipped away somehow, so when I let go of the barrel it fell down inside the hull -- from the lowest gunport level -- irretrievable! And there are no spares. So as shown in the picture, I closed one of the gunports at the stern end to compensate. Since this is my "good side", I briefly considered pulling one of the barrels from the other side, but didn't want to get into removing the gunport lid. Regards,
David
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vossy reacted to drobinson02199 in HMS Victory by drobinson02199 - FINISHED - Caldercraft - Scale 1:72
Since my last post about 10 days ago, I've been working on the channels, deadeyes and chainplate. I started on my "learning side" and did come up a learning curve in terms of how to get the chainplate much better aligned. It took a while to get both sides done. Here are some pictures.
Regards,
David
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vossy reacted to kiwiron in HMS Victory 1805 by kiwiron - Caldercraft - 1:72
Dry fit of gun ports, glue on once dry.
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vossy reacted to drobinson02199 in HMS Victory by drobinson02199 - FINISHED - Caldercraft - Scale 1:72
Coppering of starboard hull is in the previous post. I've now finished coppering the port hull (looks the same).
I've also finished coppering the keel, stern post and bow on the starboard side, and pictures of those are below.
Regards,
David
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vossy reacted to drobinson02199 in HMS Victory by drobinson02199 - FINISHED - Caldercraft - Scale 1:72
I've finished coppering the starboard side (not yet the rudder frame or bow piece or keel). I gave some thought to whether to start at the keel, as the manual suggests, or start across the waterline to get a straight edge. I knew if I did the latter I would lose the beautiful upsweep at the bow, so I went with starting at the keel and hoped that the suggested technique of using copper paint and masking tape would work.
So I masked off the waterline and then coppered up to it, leaving gaps in spots. Finally finished, and applied copper paint at the top, said a prayer and peeled off the tape. I was delighted with the result. A really straight looking waterline.
Several pics here of the result that show how good the waterline looks, and also that upsweep at the bow -- and the stern line.
I also took a closeup of one of the "gaps" that is filled in by the paint, and then stepped back to viewing distance with that gap in the center, and you don't really see it unless you are looking for it.
The copper paint is made by Golden, and it's "Iridescent Copper". Got it on Amazon.
Regards,
David
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vossy reacted to drobinson02199 in HMS Victory by drobinson02199 - FINISHED - Caldercraft - Scale 1:72
I've lined the gunports on the starboard side. I really like the look of the 3 colors together. I slightly flared the linings inward on the lower two gunport rows to show off the red just a bit more. Can't do it on the top row as the lining orientation is governed by being attached to templates at front and back.
Regards,
David
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vossy reacted to drobinson02199 in HMS Victory by drobinson02199 - FINISHED - Caldercraft - Scale 1:72
Finished side entry port, steps, fenders and chesstree.
Regards,
David
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vossy reacted to cog in Mississippi 1870 by vossy - Sergal - 1:50 - Riverboat
Yupz, still here, and sometimes there ... hope you are doing well, Chris
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vossy got a reaction from ccoyle in Mississippi 1870 by vossy - Sergal - 1:50 - Riverboat
Hi all. After a long break for various reasons I intend to begin to update my log for the Riverboat. I have done a little bit more to her since last post about 3 years ago.
I will post more pics soon, and hope that people who were following along are still here.
Sorry for my absence.
Chris
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vossy got a reaction from EricWilliamMarshall in Mississippi 1870 by vossy - Sergal - 1:50 - Riverboat
Hi all. After a long break for various reasons I intend to begin to update my log for the Riverboat. I have done a little bit more to her since last post about 3 years ago.
I will post more pics soon, and hope that people who were following along are still here.
Sorry for my absence.
Chris
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vossy got a reaction from yvesvidal in Mississippi 1870 by vossy - Sergal - 1:50 - Riverboat
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A dodgy update is better than none i guess?
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vossy reacted to drobinson02199 in Mississippi 1870 by vossy - Sergal - 1:50 - Riverboat
Still here, Chris. Glad to see you back.
Regards,
David
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vossy got a reaction from Cathead in Mississippi 1870 by vossy - Sergal - 1:50 - Riverboat
Hi all. After a long break for various reasons I intend to begin to update my log for the Riverboat. I have done a little bit more to her since last post about 3 years ago.
I will post more pics soon, and hope that people who were following along are still here.
Sorry for my absence.
Chris
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vossy got a reaction from drobinson02199 in Mississippi 1870 by vossy - Sergal - 1:50 - Riverboat
Hi all. After a long break for various reasons I intend to begin to update my log for the Riverboat. I have done a little bit more to her since last post about 3 years ago.
I will post more pics soon, and hope that people who were following along are still here.
Sorry for my absence.
Chris
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vossy got a reaction from Knocklouder in Mississippi 1870 by vossy - Sergal - 1:50 - Riverboat
Hi all. After a long break for various reasons I intend to begin to update my log for the Riverboat. I have done a little bit more to her since last post about 3 years ago.
I will post more pics soon, and hope that people who were following along are still here.
Sorry for my absence.
Chris
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vossy got a reaction from FrankWouts in Amati 1:64 HMS Victory - LATEST NEWS
cash isn't the problem. father time waits for no man!
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vossy got a reaction from FrankWouts in Amati 1:64 HMS Victory - LATEST NEWS
James, forgive me if I am interpreting this wrongly, but does it mean that until you build the Amati version of the 1:64 kit, and they (Amati), then develop the PE. masts etc. we will not see this released? This could take a considerable amount of time, depending on how fast you build of course. Would I be not far off the mark to suggest a couple of years at least?
Cheers
Chris
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vossy got a reaction from FrankWouts in Amati 1:64 HMS Victory - LATEST NEWS
Hmmm??? Wife/Victory, wife/Victory, wife/Victory..... Do you have cable and a fridge in the garage?
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vossy got a reaction from FrankWouts in Amati 1:64 HMS Victory - LATEST NEWS
WOW! Thanks Chris. I can only hope this model will be released soon before I pull the trigger and buy the Caldercraft version. It is simply stunning and a great credit to you.
Cheers
Chris
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vossy got a reaction from FrankWouts in Amati 1:64 HMS Victory - LATEST NEWS
Hey Chris, are you able to post more pictures of your Amati Victory in various stages? Totally understand if for moral/legal reasons you cant, but if you don't ask, you don't get.
Cheers
Chris
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vossy got a reaction from FrankWouts in Amati 1:64 HMS Victory - LATEST NEWS
You're just teasing now! lol
Cheers
Chris
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