GrandpaPhil

Welcome!

Mark,

  Thank you very much!

Half of the turrets are fully assembled with railings, handles and ladders now:

The shaping of those railings is tricky.

They still need painted and sealed.

Ferrus,
 

  Very well done!

Bob,

  Golden Hind turned out amazing!

Alan,

  Thank you very much!

The main structure of all six secondary turrets are done:

I need to clean them up, paint them all and make/add ladders & railings.

These have been very slow going.

Each of those turrets will have about fifty pieces each when complete.

That makes for approximately 300 pieces between the six turrets.

That’s just part of these models though.

I am enjoying this build very much!  It is a good challenge!
 

I brush on the Folk Art Clear Primer.  It works great!

Jeff,

  The Baltimore turned out great!

I agree about most card model instructions leaving a lot open to interpretation.

I have been coating both sides of a card model with sealant (the generic Folk Art variety from Hobby Lobby or Michael’s) prior to cutting anything out.

That saves a LOT of aggravation with small/intricate parts delaminating.

Congratulations!  Very nicely done!

Alan,

  Very nicely done!

Incredible work!

Congratulations!  Incredible work!

Bob,

  Very nicely done!

Alan,

  Very nicely done!

Excellently done!

Very nicely done!

https://www.cornwallmodelboats.co.uk/acatalog/HMS-Victory-Construction-Plans-Set-911.html#SID=135
 

This is a link to the plan set from Cornwall Model Boats.

15 hours ago, Knocklouder said:

Here is the figurehead  he is working on. It wont be exactly like this and will be attached a bit different . I don't know where I got this picture but it is from a Golden Hind  build someway. I am only using the idea not exactly as shown. 

 

 plan is to file the bow flat, about half way through about. Once flat the figurehead will be pinned to it. Should work.

 The body is slowly healing,  at 70 they say it takes longer to heal, lol I don't know about that because it seems something always hurts 😅 🙃. 

 I got to spend a few hours today in the shipyard,  the weekend looks great for time in the yard, so a push to get'er done by Sunday night, we will see. There not much to do now that the 5th season is over lol. So I should get lots done. Talk to you Sunday.my friends  .

Knocklouder. 

Bob,

  That looks like the figurehead on the Golden Hinde replica in London.  

Your Golden Hinde is looking great!

Also, I’m glad to hear that your arm is feeling better!

Absolutely amazing work, Greg!

I have made more progress on the secondary battery:

And here they are now:

I discovered a series of games called “Bioshock” and played them all the way through.

I greatly enjoy the steampunk and diesel punk genres of science fiction.

I think that is closely related to why I like ironclads, transition era warships and predreadnoughts so much.

Thank you all very much for the comments, the likes, and just for stopping by!

OC, thank you very much for the picture!  

That answered the question I had about the fueling position on the boom pod window and the boom itself!

The overall dimensions will be around 51” long by 49” across!

I set it up in a spare storage room because of the size of the model.

Here is what has been printed so far:

I apologize for the quality of the picture, my camera isn’t that great.

Here are some closer pictures of the pieces:

Since I was in the storage room anyway…

Here is the Victory still in Ordinary:

I still have it. And it might get finished one of these years.

It took some minor damage during my last move.

Here is a centerline fuel drop tank from that 1/48 B-58 Hustler that I built a while back.  

This will become Jules Verne’s Nautilus built after the description from the book.

The dimensions and shape are perfect!  It even has the beginnings of the platform!

I think that it would be a relatively quick build, but things never turn out that easy and I need to finish what is currently actively in work before I begin another project.

Welcome!

Incredible work, Glen!

Very nicely done!

Welcome!

Congratulations!  Very nicely done!