Ian_Grant

That's a great idea!

Thanks John! Does anyone know how fast these turrets could rotate? Say, elapsed time for 90 degrees?

Hi Kevin; yes I enjoyed Rome but no need to return now unless I can miraculously snag tickets to see the houses of Augustus and Livia. Funny you mention messages on walls - every time I did a bathroom in someone's house, I wrote my name and the date on the back of the drywall in the adjacent room, to be discovered by whoever does the next reno. I even quoted "Ozymandias" on someone's wall on a large bathroom gutting. One time I removed some wood from a wall and found a piece on which someone had written, "If you knew how much trouble I had putting this in, you wouldn't have torn it out". HaHa. Look forward to seeing your Victory build continue......

Brilliant, Glen! It's going to be spectacular.

Back on the project after a lengthy pause. Had a great trip to Italy; Rome, Florence, Tuscany, Amalfi coast, Pompeii. So many things to see in Rome. We had five days in Tuscany with a rented car and I loved driving a standard again especially up and down switchbacks, and tooling around traffic circles. One anecdote: First morning in Rome, after breakfast, I approached the front desk unfolding my Rome map. Me: "Bonn-Jhur-no". Clerk: "Bonjourno". Me: "Can you please show me on the map where I would find Tra-Jan's call'em?" Clerk: (Puzzled frown). Me: "Tra-jan's call'em? The call'em that Tra-jan built?" Clerk: (Brow clearing) "Ah! La Co-loan-ah Tray-anne-no! Si!" Boy we butcher names when we anglicise them. Why not "Trayan" instead of "trajan"? I took pics of any ship stuff I noticed. Will post in "Naval History" when my wife gest around to downloading her fancy DSLR. Anyway, to the ship: The plan has these horizontal strakes described on the lines drawing as "caps over the seams between armour belts". They're not very evident in photos but I decided to apply some strips to add to the "retro" WWI look, as a contrast to the sleek all-welded hulls of WWII. Instead of using CA to attach the strip on top of existing paint (which is difficult on long strip because CA sets so quickly) I sanded off most paint in the affected areas and used wood glue. The hull looks like hell right now. See below. Here we see the horizontal "caps" and also some vertical bits. There's a 3rd horizontal hidden in the shaded boot stripe. The new bow, and start of the strips. The strips amidships. I also found time to assemble the A and B turrets on the laser-cut baseplate with the micro-servo. Here's a little video of the belt-driven movement. Servo can move them crazy fast but I'll just have to move the stick slowly. I will have an Arduino if I add sound effects, in which case the Arduino can "intercept" this signal and slow the turrets down. Sorry if the sound doesn't work????? I removed my crappy "canvas bellows"where the gun barrels exit the turret; new ones to be added. PC171215.MOV Thanks for following! Merry Christmas to all!

I thought nave lines were equipped in British ships of the period, like on Victory, as described by Longridge; but after looking in Lees it seems not. Ah, the mysteries of rigging.

Your truss pendants look a little odd to me. I don't see a nave line supporting them.....is it just the angle of the photo?

John, clicking on "Wow" just doesn't do her justice. She is stunning! Magnificent! Superb! If and when I ever get around to my SR I plan to copy your paint scheme tho' it won't be up to your standard. The modified galleries are especially gorgeous. Sorry to hear you won't be carrying on with another; I would have followed for sure.

If something breaks, one can always request a replacement molded part from the kit manufacturer. Usually.

Remember the advice seasoned crossers gave to newbies at the start of the Ireland-New York voyage in the great movie "Brooklyn": "You musn't eat!!"

Me, I'd have 3d-printed them....😏

John, I hope her PT progresses quickly! Merry Christmas in any case!

That's an incredible Lego build! I'm in awe.

Looks great Glen! I'm pulling for it to be leakproof! 🤙👍

She's looking really nice, Bill! Now that you've mastered plastic and wood, the next change of gears is an RC model.....😏