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Seventynet
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Seventynet reacted to Heinz6672 in HMS Victory by Heinz746 - Caldercraft
Hello community!
Another update from me. I´ve just finished the planking of the hull. On the first pictures you can see how I sketch the way of the future planks before I cut and build them. I tried to build this side similar to the first one. That means I look for every single plank and try to copy it. That does´t work in every situation. So if you search for mistakes, you will find some :-). But after all I am quite happy with the result. I hope you like it too!
Now I´ve started with the stern. I don´t want to use the pre-built parts of the kid. There are some reasons for this: first of all: as you already know, I don´t want to paint my model. So it would not look well to use the sheet parts. I prefer to make them for myself using different kind of wood to imitate the colour. The second reason is: I like to do this. Even if that means that the result isn´t as perfect as the original parts. We will see how this works. I keep on searching for your build-logs to get ideas and to see what is possible to do. (special thanks to shihawk: even if I didn´t wrote in your topic... I am a big fan of your work!!!)
On the last picture you can see that I just have started to build new frames on the windows.
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Seventynet reacted to Shipyard sid in HMS Victory by Glenn-UK - Caldercraft - 1/72
Hello Glenn
Good luck with which ever way you go. I did my first planking with butt joints and staggered the joints, plus widened the bulkhead at the joints if you follow. If you use pins set you pin pusher so the heads of pins are proud so you can remove them. I very rarely soaked the strips at all, I only used a strip bender.And let the strips go were they want to go, don't twist them in to position them. DAVID
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Seventynet reacted to Ensign in HMS Victory by Glenn-UK - Caldercraft - 1/72
Hi Glenn, No I don't have a build log yet, that's on the to do list. Further to the drilling of dummy gun barrel strips, I used a jig comprised of a block of wood cut to fit the gun ports, leave a little romm for movement since the ship and jig must be level to ensure all the holes are correctly located, clamp the ship on the stand and use a miniature spirit level on the deck and also on the jig when it's inserted in the gun port. The wooden block should be about 3" long, a hole was then drilled through the block about 2mm below centre front to back using my drill press to make sure the drill went through vertically. This setup should give you the best chance to align the holes in a consistent manner. Hope this is clear enough for you to follow.
The Admiral and I are visiting Victory in late May, pity her masts are off, last saw her in 1997 so will have to be content with that.
Gary
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