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Excellent work! That came out beautifully!
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Welcome!
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John McKay’s The 100 Gun Ship Victory (The Anatomy of the Ship series) is an excellent resource for building the Victory.
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Recommendation - First scratch build
GrandpaPhil replied to Bill Hill's topic in New member Introductions
Welcome! Schooners make great first scratch builds. Mine was the Prince de Neufchatel (Baltimore Clipper) made from Chapelle plans. Model Shipways sells their plan sets reasonably, too. -
Correction, I forgot about the carronades. Make that 88 double blocks tied to eyebolts.
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I’m pre-tying rigging blocks to eyebolts to make installing easier. I need to make 72 of them. These are Tichy HO scale eyebolts with 3mm double blocks from Model Shipways. For those having difficulty with rigging thread fuzzing out, I use a block of beeswax to prevent this.
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All guns are now ready for final painting, after the glue dries.
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I’m glad that you liked the cannons! Thank you very much. Daliab, you will most likely see a very close twin of the keel clamp when I build my next ship. Thank you very much. I am making eyebolts and putting them on the breech of Victory’s guns. My method for making them is simple because of where they are going. I just make a curly Q and cut then off. For an eyebolt anywhere else, I do the same and bend the loop back to make the traditional eyebolt shape. They are a bit large for the scale, but that cannot be helped due to the wire I have and the scale to of the model.
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That looks awesome!
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Mine was first generation laser cut. I found the date on the original sales receipt, in the box. I have a Mantua Constitution from the same time period and it is also printed wood and not precut. Personally, I’d use either a coping saw, a jigsaw or a scroll-saw, depending on how you wanted to cut them out. Don’t get me wrong, for the age of the kit, the quality of the wood was good. However, it was still over 25 years old when I got it. Plus, I bought it from someone in the desert and I live in a temperate zone, with high humidity. I made the problem worse because I started it a couple weeks after I got it, so the wood had no time to season in my climate.
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I had three things working against me for this build. The first is that the kit dates from 1991 and the plywood was not the greatest. The second is that I did not use a building board (so it was unbraced). The third was my own inexperience. I know much more now than when I started. For the Prince de Neufchatel, I used Elmers glue on it, for everything, and it warped badly. For any future card builds, I will use PVA glue, namely Monte Mart, as it is not water based. I did not use a building board for that one either. I will be using a building board for my next build, to ensure that the keel is kept straight.
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Thank you everyone for the comments and the likes! I am having a blast with this build. It is giving me the opportunity to try out new techniques for my next builds, without having to worry about making mistakes. The hull is twisted, which cannot be fixed, so I am using the Victory as a learning tool and having a lot of fun in the process. I will have to revise my carriage making techniques for next time because of some difficulties with the card stock delaminating. For my next build, during the creation and assembly of my bulkheads and center keel, I want to try to make a deck insert in the lower part of the hull, like Chris Watton does, to give the hull more rigidity and hopefully prevent the twisting issues that I have had in my last two builds, while ensuring that my bulkheads are squared off prior to gluing. I am also going to make a proper building board next time to ensure proper support for the center keel.
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Nicely done!
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Chapelle’s Search For Speed Under Sail has great drawings of the Baltimore Clippers, including full sail and rigging plans.
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You’re welcome!
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I’ve been working on the cannon and carronades. All barrels are glued to their carriages or sled as appropriate. I made the jackscrews for the carronades. I started making the iron banding. I’ll make the eyebolts for the breeches on the cannon because of the diameter of the line that will be used for a breeching line. I am using the Tichy eyebolts for the eyebolts going on the carriages. I will install those after I finish all paint work. As a quick side note, the deck block, which is part of the ship’s framing, will be getting repainted brown. I did, however come to the decision to make the block and tackle systems, provided I have room. The guns going into the upper gun deck will only have breech ropes and inhaul tackle, but I am intending to fully rig the quarter and spar deck guns/carronades. I bought the double blocks from Model Expo last week.
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Welcome and well done!
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And now back to our regularly scheduled program: I have the gun carriages mostly painted. I am attaching the guns. Once those are done, I will add eyebolts, and all remaining iron strapping, then finalize the paint.
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Thank you all for the comments and the likes! For this week’s episode of And Now For Something Completely Different, we have an M5A1 Staurt in 28mm Scale: I had to build it. It did not come with decals, so I freehanded the markings.
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