GrandpaPhil

Congratulations!  Well done!

Happy New Year everyone!

Thank you all for all the comments and the likes!
 

I used my new contour gauge for the first time to take the contour of the upper hull for the starboard fenders.

I made two of them from 1/16” basswood.

After trying to glue both, I realized that the second fender didn’t look like the first one, so it got pulled off and slimmed down.

Time to make fenders for the port side!

I use Elmers for bonding wood and CA (Model Expo) for bonding everything else.

I also like Vallejo paint, but I predominantly use Delta Ceramcoat from Hobby Lobby.

Attaching wet planks, if thoroughly soaked, creates the problem of shrinkage that can leave gaps between planks.  I may or may not have experienced this. 

I could never paint the 1/72 figures well.  I would like to learn because I would like to get a set of Daniel Dusek’s 1/72 sailors for future models.

I do however, have a whole slew of 28mm figures that I need to paint, lol.

I bought mine off E-Bay.  Those are 54mm (1/32).

Chris Watton (Vanguard Models) is making 1/64 figures of Lord Cochrane and Lord Nelson.  They look awesome, but I haven’t bought them yet.

Otherwise, there are plenty of 28mm (1/56) figures that can be found out there.  Some can be used as is, others would require some conversion work.  They might be too large though.

The starboard side ladder is on.

Thank you very much!

I finished the grenadier:

And now for something completely different:

I mostly finished painting a Call To Arms British Grenadier from the American War of Independence (AWI).

This isn’t the best paint job that I’ve ever done, but it will do.  I shaded it too dark.  I used the strong tone (Army Painter) instead of the soft tone (also Army Painter), oops.  
 

We’ll call it a grenadier on campaign.

I am waiting for it to dry before I highlight it.

I made the lower part of the starboard side ladder on Victory too.

Welcome!

Well done!

Thank you very much!  

We had a great Christmas!  I hope yours was great, too!  Happy New Year!

The port side ladder is made and installed.  I used strips of poster board that were layered and cut to size.

The port side mouldings are complete.

It’s time to make the side ladders by the entry ports.

Thank you very much for all the likes!

I finished making the aft portion of the mouldings on the port side.

I found out something useful from looking at pictures of the Victory as she is in Portsmouth (thank you everyone who posts pictures of your trip there, I really appreciate them).  The mouldings are painted the same as their backgrounds.  
 

This means that painting them will be really easy, and will hide my mistakes better, lol.

Welcome!

Very cool!

Welcome!

I would say that any of those would be great starter kits.  The most important thing to ensure finishing, is to stick through the build.  Even if something goes wrong, fix it as best you can and keep going.  Learn from it for the next one (I’ve done that a LOT).

The midships portion is done.  I ran the 1/16” strip all the way forward (it’s painted black, so not particularly visible, but it is there).

Now, to finish the aft part of the mouldings.

Thank you very much!

The lower moulding is on, on the port side (the correct port side this time).

I have the aft part of the upper mouldings started.

Well done!  

I can scratch build card models, but I have never had a card kit come out well.

The mouldings on the starboard side are done.

I discovered that I made the forward bulwarks incorrectly.  I will fully address that issue when I make all the railings and the timberheads.  In the meantime I filled in the cutouts that I made.

This is a learning project and I already knew that there were many flaws in this model, so I will correct what I can, within reason and just move on.  I will remember my mistakes for future projects so I can do better.

Oops.  Earlier misinterpretation of the plans.

The starboard midships portion of the mouldings are done.  The 1/16” second from the top part of the trim extends all the way to the bow, but the piece that I used is already painted black, so you can’t see it in the picture, but it is there.

Welcome!

Thank you both and Merry Christmas to all!