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I think he only is upset, the messmate fetching the food is late ... XXXDAn -
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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Nice and crisp build! Daniel
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Hy Popeye nice to see you working on a real ship ;-) Love it :-) Daniel
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HMS Victory by Yon - Caldercraft 1:72
dafi replied to Yon's topic in - Kit build logs for subjects built from 1751 - 1800
Hello Yon, great work :-) Daniel -
Nice :-) Still producing some flags for the locker? XXXDAn
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So the before last part, and I keep the usual length, as always the showing how to was the important, not just showing the end results. So here comes the revised binnacle. Well chucked the grooves on the backside provide help in placing and bending :-) Using a hard and crisp tool to bend ... ... loosened after the first step, a doubled paper being put underneath for a tad of extra height, retracted the paper and by rolling with a wooden rod the corners are subdued into perfection. The most tricky is always the last bent. Here for I used Tesa double sided tape to fix the part on the table and inserted a 3 mm Plexi and bending the brass over it - I love when dafi´s well planned brainfarts work out well ;-) Then using fine pliers to adjust the corner´s angles ... ... and we are awarded with a nice and crisp box :-) The lid for the small funnel is formed using a center punch. The inner table should not be too much of a problem after all this :-) Cutting out the binnacle´s top, stacking the layer cake compasses, and adding the needed extra parts: evergreen rod 2 mm for the lantern (a toothpick will be ok too), 1 mm Evergreen rod for the funnel, a 0,2 mm sheet for the inner base (cardboard will work also), 2 Rings for the bracing onto the deck and transparent film for the windows ... ... and just fixed :-) Left the etch-binnacle Mark 1, in the middle the new one with now crisp drawers and right the also rivised rudder column, now with crisp lawrels :-) All the best, Daniel
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Sorry Harry I did not intend to bore you, it is in a way the months of research behind and the joy of developing and sharing the parts. It came out naturally as result of all those trials I did all along my way :-) It was a tad more then 12 hours and will provide some help to modelers who just want do do some modeling without to much research. Even though this is still the kit section, the most important in modelmaking is not just to glue things together, but even more important is to give a soul to a model - and this no etch part can help the modeler. Greetings, Daniel :-)
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Just to show, not everything turned out perfect in the first go. Here a trial with open flag lockers: Too much space on the plate, too complicated in assembly and most importend: too little sex-appeal as it looks horrid! So being eliminated with no hesitation for V2 and adding other more sexy goodies instead ... ... so, the bell can be rang :-) XXXDAn
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I do not think it was empty, as there was something meant to be for heraldic reasons. I my understanding is right, those three feathers are not just feathers, but a crown crowned with tree feathers. So they might have switched a plain crown by one with three feathers, which would go with the strict heraldic rules of those days. Daniel
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Those feathers were almost present at Trafalgar - being part of the stern decoration of the HMS Prince of Wales but at this moment on the way home with Calder on his own flagship to face court martial because of his tactics at Cape Finisterre,... When the PoW was demolished in about 1822, those feathers were fixed afterwards onto the Vic and stayed there ever since. This is well known, the only thing is, what was there before? The Livesay drawing not really define this place, but as todays side entries also present the coat of arms with a crown in the center, and as the figure had had the crown too, it seemed to me the most logical guess. Any other guesses or solutions always welcome to be discussed :-) Daniel
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Always great to see this master piece pop up to attention! Love it, great research, wonderful execution, great feel ! DAniel
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The most tricky part so far, the boarding pikes holders: First glueing two rings atop of each other, the needles making sure, that the holes of the upper ring will be lined properly ... ... while the one on the bottom has pocket holes. Then putting both rings over the mast ... ... and cutting the same amount of holes on both rings away until the diameter fits properly. Taking a pike and sorting out the heights for that the beautiful point of the spear does not disappear in the ring. Then glueing first the inside of the upper ring onto the rubbing pouch and let dry well. Afterwards bend into place and fix it on the other side and in the back. Use one pike for the alinement of the two rings and fix the bottom ring also in two steps. Then take out the pike and bend carefully straight and horizontal and glue it to its final position ... ... and fill with the boarding pikes. With a tad of color and rope it could look like this :-) As I always moan about the Prince of Wales´ feathers, it is time to sratch them off and replace them by a cute five piece crown - a pure dafinistique hypothesis :-) ... ... and fix some more stable lamp holders. Amicalement, Daniel
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Perhaps the reason is to have them ready for emergency. XXXDAn
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Thanks Popeye, still found an old vintage picture that I wanted to share ... ;-) XXXDAn
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So tinkertime goes on ... ... the funnel on the forecastle ... ... flaglocker, I opted for the closed one ... ... and the boom saddle and the rack for the pins on the mizzen :-) The belaying pins stay hand-worked ;-) Cheers, Daniel
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Thank you Popeye, but I think the etch and the new wealth of details is only one thing. More important is not to loose the soul of a model over all this tinkering. Actually I prefere a well build oob with the right heart and soul over a overdetailed "supermodel" that is lacking the smell of the seaside. Nether the less I try both, soul and interesting details, lets see which stories still will araise to be told. Three cheers on modelmaking, Daniel
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So last night´s tinkering ... ... the spectecal plates of the rudder ... ... the new poop skylight with bending help in the back ... ... roof curved by rolling with a wooden stick over a soft surface ... ... and especially round roof and right number of windows ;-). The fighting top with lantern holder... ... and the stun´sail boom fittings. Cheers, Daniel
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