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Thank you Eddie your wish is my command :-) In the meantime I did some more shots for the assembly instructions, that I don´t wont you to withhold from you .. The flaglockers ... ... the new bucket holders with longer handles ... ... and the buckets in place. The funnel has a better appearence by now ... ... as the new gratings have :-) The gunport fittings were fixed with double sided tape onto the table. The fittings were glued on using the connection bit ... ... a needle pricks the hole ... ... for the rings ... ... and here all versions with the required number of inside rings. Interesting are the lids in the very front and back ... ... very tilted :-) Holding the lid inside the port, sliding slightly downwards, using the needle to mark the holes, drill them with 0,5 mm, plug in ... ... and done :-) The fittings need to be shortened on the top, but I needed it for the open versions. And now the two top decks, once closed ... ... and once opened with the gun behind. Have a good night, Daniel -
Nice build, love it, great details. The "squaere" hammocks are called cods if I am not mistaken, and usually for officers and on the V in P also in the sic bearth. "Normal" sailors used simple hammocks - just the cloth with the strings on the end. #16 #15 Daniel
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Hello Chris, wonderful kit and thanks for explaining. I know the problem in between being historically correct and the people comparing to todays Vic pictures: Where are the plumes??? ... As I also often looked at this model, I found many "odd" features about it, especially the in the bow section. Do you have any ideas/hints/proves to where this model came from? Was it "as repaired", was it a pure study or "as planned"? There are several models in NMM all to be around the same time and all off them being completely different ... Also interesting to see the stern on pictures of about 1880/1900 Best regards, Daniel
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gun carrige colour
dafi replied to Ray's topic in Discussion for a Ship's Deck Furniture, Guns, boats and other Fittings
I think the older version was red. Somewhere about 1800+/- it was changes into yellow ochre. Anybody more precise details? XXXDAn -
Nice work :-) Daniel
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I think I will still have to come to the decals topic one day too - the fire buckets on the poop are still waiting ... Something I did not show yet properly that could be beneficial too for other scales and ships are the plate of eyebolts and hooks ... ... and one with extra fine gratings for the launches ... ... the backside of course with the visible battens ;-) Cheers Daniel
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Oh year the Revell Cutty, did this one too when I was twelve. I was proud like a pair of socks in those days because of the painting I did and which I found IMPACCABLE ... ... ... ... ... and some Vic-business from those glorious days ... ... ... ... ... XXXDAn
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Hy Mark, good luck for the planking :-) Looks great so far! Daniel
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Thank you Mark and Popeye! Soemething small went ahead. That is why the etch orgy originally started: I could not find enough Xs and Vs ... ... still needs a touch of copper paint. The upper ones prebent ... ... and used a new technic to fix them: Glue the parts face down onto tape and use spray glue for the back ... ... prefixed on place and finally fixed by applying extra liquid CA with a tooth pick. Thanks to Bosco/Nicolas and his Richelieu for this tip. http://www.shipmodels.info/mws_forum/viewtopic.php?f=59&t=75145&hilit=richelieu&start=320#p536001 http://www.shipmodels.info/mws_forum/viewtopic.php?f=60&t=149513&hilit=richelieu XXXDAn
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My vic alost once took an escape towards the left through the small gap between window and the banister as I was using still the original heller stand ... ... I immediately gave it a solid heavy slipway where it is well fixed to avoid further fugativ tendencies ... 800_victory-rope-walk_7689.jpg 800_victory_1_7606.jpg One lucky ranging shot from fate is truly enough! No need to challenge it twice. XXXDAn
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I do believe not, as we did not bother, as I always say, no matter what material you use, if the model has a soul, nobody bothers anymore about the material :-) Daniel PS: That is why I am thankful, that there is no separation of plastik and wood here in MSW as in some other places - it IS nonsense to me.
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...hihihihihihi... ... today someone of a german forum contacted me to "my wonderful wooden model" ... ...hihihihihi... ... wooden ... ... just to put the record straight and to jump back in time ... ... the starting phase, classical oob ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... plastique au goût du chef ... XXXDAn PS: That was in 2004, I just glued in the lower battery deck ...
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Add extra weight to model ?
dafi replied to NenadM's topic in Building, Framing, Planking and plating a ships hull and deck
I agree with B.E. It is technically not necessary to add some ballast. Some people do as it makes the model sit better in the stand as long as it is not permanentely fixed yet and afterwords in does not move around the table that much. Also some people add weight as it suggests a higher value to those handling it. The BIG plastic shavers used to have a bit of lead inside for that reason, also loudspeakers were sometimes given extra weight for this sole reason even though being light weight construction ... Ship wont be moved that often, but if so, it is heavy- it must be solid - it must be gooooooood :-) XXXDan -
The glueing onto the test hull now was rather boring to me apart from the thrill if things will work out, but the developing and fiddling out the drawings and production was a too tempting task :-) The even more exciting task is bringing life to them on the real build, looking forward to it. XXXDAn
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... neither do I ... Thanks Lawrence and Frank
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Looking good .-) Love the blue carpet it gives a nice and homy touch to the needy sailors ;-) XXXDAn
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Thanks Jan, you know I treasure your critical eye :-) But this is the difference that one step more in development can do. By now I have to say, that they became a great alternative for the builds to follow even to my self made ones and are a gigantic time saver and are in some respects even more crisp in appearance. Daniel
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I think he only is upset, the messmate fetching the food is late ... XXXDAn
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So dinner is served, the official start is done, the sets are available: #1 Or straight from the source: home http://www.dafinismus.de/ the parts: http://www.dafinismus.de/plates_en.html to order: http://www.dafinismus.de/order.html Simply write an e-mail to webshop@dafinismus.de Enjoy it, Daniel
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Very interesting the information about the spacing. I already wondered by doing the "by the deep 17" why there are no drainage holes in the channels. I read the same thing about the fenders, those also should be spaced (source do not remember, thankful for hints) and also the sidesteps had holes which also helped to hold while climbing up DAniel
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Also the futtock shroud chains... ... with the hooks ... ... turned 90° towards their rings. So that´s the report from etching front, all parts tried and only one thing left to say: Dinner is served! XXXDAn
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Some helping "shrouds" to straighten the parts ... ... and glue the irons into the slot. The main channels got the missing iron support bracket - ok it is brass now - ... ... and the preventer chain plates are added on the bottom ... ... but aside this it is almost business as usual :-)
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So the last part of the etch orgy: the channel chains. Here the old mark 1 ... ... and as I believed that this was still too big here the refined mark 2. And here some more details :-) Either fixed on Heller´s deadeye-machine where the lanyards could be fixed before assembly ... ... or - as I personally prefere - the deadeyes being first build in and the lanyards being put later while rigging as on the original. Deadeye with iron put into the slot and the lower parts hooked in. Needels put into the Dremel and either ground by a file or the Double-Twin-Super-Drive-Technology to reduce the head in diameter and height ... ... left the original and the right the worked ones ... ... inserted half ... ... some cyano onto the needle and gentle pushed in.
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And by the way, what makes the Vic so interesting? Very clear - maaaaaaaaaany biiiiiiig guns, very maaaaaaaaaacho ;-) Therefor I ask for your forgiveness as I almost forgot the most biiiig, maaaaaaaaale and maaaaacho gun .... ´ ... biiiiig things ... ... really big ... ... the dafi ... more soon :-)
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Wonderful and enjoyable built! Thanks for showing the details :-) Daniel
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