GrandpaPhil

Excellent!

I would personally go through Chuck Passaro’s planking tutorials on this forum.  

He has excellent guides.

When I built Sultana, I used a chisel tipped X-Acto blade to thin the bulwarks.  It’s no where near as difficult as it sounds.  It sounds worse than it is.

The field gun would be awesome!

Congratulations!

Good work on the Endeavour.

Sorry about the Heinkel.  That’s why I’m afraid to fly a model.  Mine always end up hung on the wall.

I have the companionways ready for the ladders.

The gratings are all made and the deck hatches by the main mast are made.  The galley funnel is partially made.

I cut slots in the head gratings to pass the gammoning through.

None of the deck fittings are painted or glued down.  I still need to shape the funnel and make the end look hollow.

I need to make the pin rails.

Due to the scale, I am using straight pins for belaying pins again.

I still need to make the bellhouse, the skylights, the wheel and the binnacle.

I also need to make the ladders and my remaining guns.

Thank you very much, OC.  Happy Thanksgiving!

The gratings for the forward deck are made.  I have them sitting in place until all are done, then I’ll paint them and install them permanently.

Google translate works wonders for me, too

Check the back of the instruction booklet.  Mine had a couple pages of English translations in the very back.  I found it after I had almost finished the model.  I used a French-English dictionary for the rest.

I have the same problem.  It is hard to work on projects sequentially.  I keep trying to tell myself that I can build multiple projects at once, but I know better. 

It leads to many started projects and drags out some of them for years.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Good call!

Thank you for the information.

Frank,

  I don’t see anything about rigging for the guns in the AAMM plans either.  I also don’t see any in the photo of the built model either.

  I find it interesting that the carriages aren’t wheeled, so I wonder if they were hard mounted in place.

Frank,

  I’ll check the AAMM plans the next time I have them out.

Thank you very much, Richard!

OC,

  I know, I thought about that.  I was planning on cutting slots for the gammoning after the gratings dried, but I forgot.  Thank you for the reminder.

The Victory is the first ship that I’ve built which has a double gammoning.  This should be interesting (but fun).

Thank you very much, Mark!

This build has been a learning experience.

I’m getting better.

I found out that my rigging line doesn’t fit the HO eyebolts that I used in the gunport lids.  I need thinner thread.

I also didn’t like the way my decks looked. So, I started making gratings...

Thank you all for the likes and the comments!

I am currently gathering ideas and looking at other builds to try and prevent the warping and twisting that I have had in the past.

I think that I am going to fill the gaps in the bulkheads with balsa this time.

The covering is going to be card, so strength won't be an issue.

Balsa is light, so weight won't be a significant issue.

Congratulations!  Well done!

I finished the head, except for the boomkins and the netting.

I’m waiting until I get to the masting and sparring stage before I install the boomkins to prevent accidentally ripping them off.

I’ll do all netting at the same time because I have to install netting all along the rails.

I’m currently finishing the sides, then I’ll start at the front and work my way back on the deck fittings.  Maybe, we’ll see.

Either way, I’m having a lot of fun working on the Victory.  Deciding to scratch build the rest of the model was a good decision.  I’ve been having a lot of fun with it.

I just finished the hardest part that I had left which means that the rest should go smoothly (aka: I’ve already been down this road).

Congratulations!  Well done!