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Janet B
 
Well Chris thats some build a bit out of my league give me another couple of years i might fancy building Victory.

I have built both the Mantua version,& the Caldercraft version - there is no comparison. The Caldercraft version is by far the best - 18 sheets of plans & good instructions with many illustrations. The wood is a little better than average for a kit & is CNC cut instead of laser cut so only a little sanding on the edges is all that is needed to clean them up - no laser char to deal with. Any wood parts that have edges showing are solid wood - not plywood. Lots of well done photo etch parts & crisply cast metal parts.It is more expensive than the other Victory kits on the market,but well worth it. The Mantua version could be made into a good model,though with a LOT of bashing. Or you could wait - Amati is supposed to be coming out with a Victory kit that is rumored to be the best yet.
 
Mark

The Minwax product I used on my dowels is called "Pre-stain Wood Conditioner" (I just read the can).  I wiped that on with a rag, waited 15 minutes, then applied Minwax Wood Finish.  It made for a very even stain - check the photos in my log to see the result. 
 
The color I used was "Special Walnut".  I was going for a darker finish to make it look like the masts had been "slushed" to allow mast hoops to slide up and down.
 
Bob

Your thoughtful progress is very impressive, a joy to watch and often learn, extremly good looking build,Edwin

Your thoughtful progress is very impressive, a joy to watch and often learn, extremly good looking build,Edwin

Mark want to see what's under those clamps so here they are Mark.
 
It's the frame and all the rest of the gallery's.
I have make a few pictures of that so you can see how it goes step by step ( 3 steps then )
All painted ( both sides ) and ready for the decoration......
But first something else.
I have place the front deck and find out that the deck is to small on both sides.
The middle deck has the same problem and I know for sure that the stern deck has the same.
I'm not the only one because I've seen it by a few other builders of the SotS from deagostini.
As you know, problems are there to get solved by us.
So I have glue a few pieces of wood between the deck and the hull, use a little filler and painted all of that.
Now it looks if there is no gap   
I will do the same thing with the middle deck.
 
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The gratings really do stand out well Sjors. It is easier to see where you are going with this build. Well done.

Your thoughtful progress is very impressive, a joy to watch and often learn, extremly good looking build,Edwin

Your thoughtful progress is very impressive, a joy to watch and often learn, extremly good looking build,Edwin

thanks for all the kind comments and the likes     I hope that one day,  I get to do one of those passenger liners like Nils is doing.........I have so many of those eyelets...and in so many different sizes.   as mentioned,  it's not 100% correct,  but it finishes that task that prevented me from cementing the mast in place......that will happen very soon     I did promise an update.....I've gotten a bit further than I can show here.....it just means that the next one will be even bigger.   I've shortened all of the gallows now.........and I assembled a bunch of pulleys.
 

 
this was the first one I had shortened......it'll put them more in the ballpark.  I set up the soldering gun again at my desk and churned out the first pulley.......came out looking a little fat.
 

 
I made four others.........another got ruined when the drill walked off the top of it.   I will try to save it somehow  here are three of the better ones.
 

 
I added  few more parts to the fore deck......the fairleads and the bollards.   I need to make some vents and add a few eye bolts here and there.   I'm sure I can come up with more ideas.
 

 
thanks Nils.......the access ladder came out better than I had hoped.   even the railings weren't hard to do.   they are cemented rather than soldered.........I wasn't as bold as I am now,  when I did them
 
thanks Frank......until now,  that hue of decking was all I could hope to create.   I now have a huge supply of .05 x 5 blonde basswood thin strip.  all I need to do now is buy the stain,  to achieve any hue I want.   being 5 mm wide though,  it does limit me to the scale I want to use them.......smaller scales will still require narrower plank widths.  oh well.....I'm still anxious to use them
 
thanks Tom and Bob...........and Pat......if you think she looks the part now,  just wait till I get the booms up and running!       can't wait to get to that point  
 

That looks spot on mate - makes her look fit for her role now.
 
cheers
 
Pat

Looking good.
 
Bob

Popeye, that fore deck looks amazing.

Excellent work Denis.... looks just great!!!..... like the color of your decking....
 
Frank

Very nice work Denis,
 
I specialy like the access-ladder with its support framework and grating to the forecastle, integrated into the railing...
 
Nils

thanks for the kind comments and the likes     I'm in the process of adding the parts I've already made to the fore deck.  from there,  I think the aft deck needs some more added to it......and I've been assessing the gallows as well.  I made one around 12/32 nds shorter,  and that seems to look much better.
     I'm going to need some of those metal pulleys once again,  but they need to be smaller.......I have some 4 mm pulley reels that will work nicely I think  
 
hope to have more to show soon  

Very nice and detailed work, there, Denis!
 
Cheers
 
Patrick

in order to get any further with the masting,   there is one thing that needs to be addressed.   I have been looking at different windlass configurations.....but none of them suited the parts I have on hand.   the shape of the fore deck also plays a part too.   rather than look further and aggravate myself with this any more........I took a look at the Nordkap windlass and do that........they are the same parts.   first thing to do,  is to enlarge the holes in the hull.
 

 
the windlass was cemented in place and the first pair of hawse holes were drilled.
 

 
I use a piece of wire to snake the chain up through the holes..........hook the chain and drag it on through.
 

 
the chain was ran through the holes
 

 
the eyelets are from that box I found a while back........I had sorted some out and bottled them.   these are the smallest ones I have.   the anchors are what is left of the Nordkap booty.
 

 
the anchors were attached to the chain and pulled up into place.  darn thing won't sit up there like I want them to......oh well!
 

 

 
the eyelets were painted black and cemented in place.
 

 
two more holes were drilled behind the windlass and done in the same manner..........the chains were dropped in and set so the anchors won't move.........windlass assembly done.   I may add a lever and a few other tid-bits.  
 

 
should I make any more progress,  I'll be sure to post it     thanks for look'in in!

thank you for the likes and kind comments.   I'm going to try a few other idea I have about these reels.........I been off the radar for a few days {work and such},  but I hope to get back to it tomorrow,  along with another aspect.   the mast needs to be out for it......once done,  I can finally glue it into place.
 
thanks Sjors and Pat      it's amazing what can be found in a craft store.   really neat to find stuff from other types of hobbies,  that can be applied to our hobby.   I just gotta get some of those fancy toys one of these days.     for the time being though......I guess I'll have to rely on sandpaper and razor blades.........and a little imagination  
 
thanks for look'in in ......I hope to have more soon  

Those reels are looking good mate; nice adaption.
 
cheers
 
Pat

Popeye,
 
I don't believe you anymore when you are telling us that you make all of this.
The toy store is around the corner ?????  
Just kidding my friend !
 
Very nice !
 
Sjors

thanks to everyone for the kind word,  and for those who hit the like button.   besides a few eye bolts here and there......the mast is pretty much done.   now I can give it a coat of paint.......make 'er pretty,  and then cement it into place.  well.......I haven't cemented it in just yet.....but,  I did give it a coat of paint.   as for the hold.........it can stay white.
 

 

 

 
I was thinking of some smaller reels.........rigging the booms....etc.   I have these small spools.......they might do the trick with a little modification.
 

 
here's where it gets funny..........I stuck 'em on my dremel,  using a wooden dowel that they fit really snug on.......
 

 
turn the dremel on...........and boy!.....do those things go flying!  I had the admiral ducking for cover!       after a couple of times.......I saw that it wasn't going to fly {figuratively speaking,  of course}........so I swapped the dowel over to a brass rod about the same diameter.  there was too much free play,  so I used scotch tape to take up the slack and make them fit snugly on the shaft.  
I should mention why in the world,  I would want to do this.    the center part of the spool isn't very deep....to wrap thread around it would fill the indention and leave nothing for another layer of thread.   the spool would look over full and run over the sides.    to make the depth a bit deeper,  I can layer the thread and it will look a lot better.........like I have done to this first one.
 

 
I made a couple of others........I dunno.......they look kinda sloppy.   painted,  in a rack....wound with thread....some of the weird stuff might not be seen.  up against a bulkhead or bulwark......might deter from them even more.......   we'll see what else I can come up with  
 

 
thank again all........I'll post more as things develop  
 
 
 
 

Looking pretty darn good, Sjors.  The bow looks super and I can't wait to see what's under those clamps.

I will post some pictures of the stern gallery.
Sorry....you don't see them because of the clamps !
It's just like the bow section, everything is a frame.
When the glue is dry tomorrow I will show you what the meaning of all that is.
Because it's difficult to clamp it ,the only way is to use the BIG one.
But no worries, I have them even bigger then that     
 
Sjors
 

 

 
 

great job on the paint Sjors   .......add the grating,  and the bow looks really sweet!