Bill97
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Thanks Ian for your picture of the parrals. I would really like to copy that for sure. A this your design or did you see instructions for making this somewhere. I know I have a long while before I will need these but if you could explain your steps I would really appreciate it. Bill
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A lot of great advice and information. I often wonder as I read comments from you guys and others what parts are actually included with the kit (blocks, eye bolts, etc) for rigging the cannons, masts, etc? I am not so far into the build to do an inventory of all the rigging parts I will need compared to what is supplied. I have an assortment of wooden deadeyes I plan to use but without going through every step of the instructions and counting “I need 3 deadeyes there, 2 eye bolts there, and so on” how in the world do you know in advance what you are going to need, especially if you “bash” the model and refer to other sources like Longridge’s book? I would not expect a model builder would attempt a model of the complexity of the 1/100 Heller Victory as their first build with no experience, but if they did, and were completely unaware of sites like MSW, they would not know about parrals and such. I am so thankful for you guys help. Many say this model is fantastic right out of the box with no modifications but some of the things mentioned that Heller “forgot” seem to be more than items that would simply enhance the model. Some seem like things you actually need to do to complete it. I can only imagine someone without help from other builders throwing their hands up in frustration having absolutely no idea how to complete a task like simply attaching a yard to the mast.
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Another great idea OC. I did that with a mast or two in the past but never a yard. How did you connect the wooden yard to the plastic mast? Do you have a build log for your Black Pearl? Would love to read/see it.
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Ian is this picture from your Victory build. Looks great. I am going to save the picture. Try to zoom in and see if I can copy your rigging. Thanks Bill
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Ian just to make sure we are talking about the same “flash”, you are referencing not trimming off what I show in the picture? Should I drill a small hole through it to look like a breeching ring?
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Thank you Ian. Just in time. I am cleaning up my cannons as I am commenting here. I have already filed off the “flash” on 7 of the gun pommels! I will stop that immediately. Glad I felt a need to check my blog 😀 Thanks for the tip Daniel. I will watch for that. And for the tracking info for my etched parts.
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Alright, another question for you guys who are building this Victory or did recent enough to remember. Working on the guns which is no problem, just repetitive. I like to thoroughly read over each instruction before I proceed to make sure I don’t jump the gun on something. In instruction 7 (preparation of the guns) there is a small drawing of a completed cannon in the left corner. In the photo there is a line pointing to the gun rigging with the caption “Thread ref. 332”. I am guessing this is advising me what size thread yo use, but I don’t know. I have no idea what ref 332 is. I wondered if there may be a chart or something in the instructions numbered 332 but no. There is a part number 332 but that is a port lid. There is a table of threads but does not go anywhere near 332. Any idea what “ ref 332” is?
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When I am not working on my Victory I am reading this great little book I picked up. Admiral Nelson’s Pocket Manual 1805. Not reading it so much for tips on building the model, even though there are a number of physical features of the ship included in the pocket manual, I am fascinated more about his reports of general daily life on board the Victory in 1805. Some of the interesting charts included in the book are the rations planned for each crewman, the pay scale by rank/position, the age of his crew, and most interesting is the discipline. Chart indicates by name offense a crewman committed and number of lashes he got for the crime. If a crime was committed that warranted the death penalty a crewman was hung from a yard and left there for an hour or more for others to witness as a deterrent.
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Started out working on the 100+ cannons by airbrushing surface primer on the carriage and wheel parts while still all together. Thought this would be easier than assembling them first and then priming them individually one at a time. I have now realized I may have to scratch the primer off the connection points before I can glue them. Maybe I should build the carriages minus the barrels and then prime and paint them. This is definitely a pace yourself task as you all know. Have seen some beautiful paint jobs on the cannons here on MSW. Hope I can come close to the work others have done.
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Oh no Daniel I don’t mind at all. I enjoy the different conversations. As you can tell we are up to page 5 and I have only just begun my build. I hope everyone continues to share and discuss on my blog throughout. I have decided to wait until I get your plates before I add the Evergreen to the hull to increase the wale. I will need to remove the molded rigors to add the Evergreen. Don’t want to do that until I have the new ones in hand. Just in case something would happen that I would not get them. Working on guns now while I patiently wait.
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Thanks Daniel. This build is getting very enjoyable. Looking forward to receiving my delivery from you in a couple weeks!
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Alright I believe this is going to work once I glue it in place. A little extra work to knock off about .5 mm in depth but should not be to much trouble. If you do this modification you for sure have to get Daniel’s plate 2 with the rigors. The Evergreen covers 6 on each side. Thanks everyone for helping me understand this. For sure was scratching my head.
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Thanks Ian. You are a great help. My hobby shop did not have those great sizes so I bought. 1mm sheet and will just cut some 3 mm strips and some 1 mm strips. Glue them on and sand down about 1/2 mm. Will probably use a little course grain paper to establish some wood grain. Will let you know how it goes.
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Thanks Ian. I may head back to my Hobby Lobby and check again. Regardless which Evergreen size I use to accomplish the task, am I right that I want to add 1mm at the top and 3mm at the bottom? And about .5mm deep?
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Ok here I go. Daniel if you are out there give me a holler if I am wrong. I am assuming the Evergreen measurement is .44mm deep and 1mm tall. .44mm is close to the depth of the raised area on the hull at this point. So if that is correct I am widening the raised area 1mm at the top and 3mm at the bottom. Unfortunately the thinnest Evergreen I could find is 1mm so I may have to sand it down flush with the existing raised area. Somebody holler if I am wrong before I screw up! 😳😀
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Thanks Tedrobinson. That is what was causing all my confusion. In Daniel’s photo it looked like just a long narrow strip of Evergreen mounted on top of the hull and running that distance. That is what I thought Daniel was recommending I make, not the two white stripes. I could not see the hammock carriers in the photo and thought it was just raising the height of the hull. All is good. Thanks to MSW!
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Daniel in your photo what is the thing my arrow is pointing to? That is what I originally thought you were recommending i fabricate? Cold not figure it out. As far as painting the black and ochre, the molded line on the hull was the line separating the colors. I will still use that point as the paint division line not widen to the edge of the Evergreen.
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Ok so tell me if I got this right. In the photo I put a couple pierce of masking tape above and below the molded line. The top 1mm x .4 mm and the bottom 1mm x .4 three times. Is this what I need to do with Evergreen?
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Ok thanks gentlemen, especially you Daniel. I did not email you with the question because I thought I bugged you enough with my order! 😊 So the work I need to do is represented by the white lines in the photo? I was so confused. I was thinking I needed to build up the height of the bow. In the picture there appears to be a light cream color stripe on top the hull at the stern end and maybe even at the front. This cream color stripe is what I was thinking I needed to fabricate and attach to the top edge of the hull. I am guessing now that the cream color object is just something in the photo? It even blocks the view of the bottom of the mizzenmast. What is that?
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Marc and Old Collingwood it is from his instructions for plate 2. See if you can enlarge it enough to read.
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HELP! This is a request for help from any one that has widened the wales as Daniel recommends. I am reading and looking over the photos in the PDF for etched plate 2. Not sure I fully understand what I am to do. Looks like it is on the front of the ship as well as the back. Does it extend higher than the top of the stern? If so does that look weird. Need some elementary level instructions here! Or if you did not do it, did it cause a problem?
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Small deck painting modification. After my last post I continued to look at my paint job and decided I wanted to highlight the hatches with a little lighter color. Not sure if it is authentic but I like it better.
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Ok a little progress today. Finished applying the .100 and .125 Evergreen to frame all the gunports and primed them for future painting. Really like the effect of goby the illusion of the bow being thicker. As I mentioned above, I look at my previous builds with open gunports and wish I could go back in time to redo them. I guess this will show the progress of my building skills. Also finished painting my deck sections. I weathered the deck in darker old aged wood colors. I attempted to add a little extract dark wash in areas that would have had heavier foot traffic.
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