GrandpaPhil

The inner jib is installed and rigged:

Thank you for all the likes!

All sails are ironed.

 The Fore Staysail is permanently attached and rigged:

Thank you!

What is a flying jib traveller inhaul and where does it attach on the sail?

I really like the models of the America that I have seen.   

I have the plans in one of my Chapelle books.  I am going to use them to build one, one of these days.

Popeye,

  Excellent work!

John,

  How did your Victory turn out?

Looking good!

I removed the sail because that picture made me realize that a) I should have ironed it and b) I erred in not attaching the halyard block.

 I will remedy that tomorrow.

First sail on.

One complete set of sails for a Baltimore Clipper:

Next step, iron and install/rig.

As a quick side note, I was going to billow was sails, but decided against it out of concern for the effect of age on starch which could cause discoloration over the years.

I have always really liked the Tamiya armor models.

Outer jib is done.  Only have the one flying jib sail left.

I’ve got one and change sails left to make for the Prince de Neufchatel.

I’ve learned a lot building it.  It’s been great training to finish the Victory.  

I’m looking forward to picking back up on Victory.  I’m a lot more confident in my skills.

 I’m still set on scratch building the rest of the Victory from the AOTS plans instead of using the rest of the Mantua kit.  

I’m kind of in a quandary though.  I paid almost $100 for the wooden life boat kits for the Victory from Cornwall Model Boats before I decided to finish the model from scratch.

It would be incredibly wasteful to not use them, but I believe that I can do better from scratch because I scratch built the ones for the Prince de Neufchatel and they came out very well.  

Maybe I’ll use the Mantua ones as a base and improve upon them.  I have a while to think about it.

Double planking gives you have a good even surface to put the second layer of planking on.

I haven't built it, but according to Nature Coast Hobby Shop, it's double plank on bulkhead.

Congratulations!  Excellent work!

Excellent work!

Awesome!

Thank you!

This is the only Aurora kit that I have ever built.

It was a nice kit.  There was very little flash and I didn’t have to do too much to make everything fit.  There was only minimal filling and sanding to close gaps.

One muddy tank:

I’m calling it done!

A quick and easy project.

One base coated tank:

I’m waiting on the glue to dry to mud it up and then it will go in a case

Congratulations!  Excellent work!

I’m trying to go for the South Pacific paint scheme, which seemed to be based around a lighter green.

I got an old Aurora Japanese Type 97 Medium Tank in 1:48 scale yesterday.  I have never built an Aurora kit, or a Japanese tank, so.... I assembled it.

The base coat is almost done, over a black primer coat.