Dan Vadas

A Mini-Tutorial for those who came in late - How To Cut Circles. I made four of these from double-thickness. The pics should be self-explanatory, except to say that I used a "chopping" motion with the scalpel rather than dragging the blade :




 
Danny

The two exhausts took a bit of work :








 
Danny

Thank you very much for the kind comments Patrick, Grant, Keith, Rowan Elia, Mark, Tony, Lawrence and Row .
 
Well this project is finally finished and delivered to it's owner - to say she was delighted with the result would be an understatement . I told her at the start that I'd have to charge her for any materials I had to buy, and she said that was no problem at all. Total expenses were just under $150 for such things as a bottle of Acetone, another of Turps, paint, extra timber, glue, knife blades etc. I was going to donate my labour, but she would have none of that and I received a very nice surprise when I opened the envelope with the money later that day - an extra $100 . My total labour worked out at about 80c an hour, but like I said I would have been quite happy to do it for free .
 
Here are the pics of the finished ship, with a couple of "before's" under some of them :
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Please ignore the way she's rigged - my aim was always to make this a "decoration", not a historically correct model. I only rigged the Lifts and Braces to all the yards, and threw in the Sheets and Tacks for the Fore and Main Masts to help "fill in the gaps". The rigging fulfills that aim. BTW - I know the Braces for the Main Yards should have been around the other way (i.e. toward the Mizzen Mast), but it would have left too much empty space in the middle .
 
I'm already a fair way into my next "holiday van" project - a similar situation to this project where the original builder passed away before completing his model of an Artesania Latina "King of the Mississippi" and I'm completing it for his family. Here's a LINK to it if you're interested.
 
Work will also be done on "Vulture" in the meantime .
 
  Danny

The transmission took a LOT of work - 3 days worth :




 
Fitted to the fuselage :





 I've also fitted the inner wall to the rear cabin :
Danny

HMS Victory 1805
A R R I V E D  ::  V I A  ::  P O S T
 
Today I received the post packed HMS Victory 1805 SM23 wooden kit by Corel.
 
I opened the box with trepidation however was pleasantly suprised to see nothing broken at first check, everything in is the original packaging and unopened. The maps and disgrams are crisp and new, in short it's a like new kit I purchased for about 1/3 of the normal price with free postage !. My plan is to redesign my living room to accommodate a modelling and display area. I have tools still arriving via post and a lot of preparation to undertake as yet before I will begin this epic project.
 
My next few posts will include various topics for quick easy reference which I shall add to as I go along.
 
Out of the Box
Pics of the bits and pieces straight out of the box.
 
Tool kit
Tools acquired throughout the build
 
Model limitations
Notes built up from research on limitations, scale errors and other stock issues with this particular build
 
 Build Modifications
Planned changes to make model more to scale, or true to the original in design or visual appearance
 
Tips
Tips found to be most useful in the build will be referenced here
 
Ship Wrights Journal
A diary type of account of my progress complete with pics to highlight the journey.
 

The transmission took a LOT of work - 3 days worth :




 
Fitted to the fuselage :





 I've also fitted the inner wall to the rear cabin :
Danny

The gunports don't actually line up with the waterline, each deck is slightly different. The height of the ports is actually determined by the sheer line of each deck. Adding port liners is a very good idea as they are actually used in real practise - after all the planking needs to be attached to something around the port  . Click on THIS LINK to see how they look. Check out the following posts as well.
 
Danny

The transmission took a LOT of work - 3 days worth :




 
Fitted to the fuselage :





 I've also fitted the inner wall to the rear cabin :
Danny

A Mini-Tutorial for those who came in late - How To Cut Circles. I made four of these from double-thickness. The pics should be self-explanatory, except to say that I used a "chopping" motion with the scalpel rather than dragging the blade :




 
Danny

The two exhausts took a bit of work :








 
Danny

Sure did Danny, and kudos to you my friend.
 
That build is impressive and has given me an idea about what kind of tools to add to my wish list. The files for instance are interesting. Thanks for the heads up.

The gunports don't actually line up with the waterline, each deck is slightly different. The height of the ports is actually determined by the sheer line of each deck. Adding port liners is a very good idea as they are actually used in real practise - after all the planking needs to be attached to something around the port  . Click on THIS LINK to see how they look. Check out the following posts as well.
 
Danny

Outstanding work.
 
OC.

The gunports don't actually line up with the waterline, each deck is slightly different. The height of the ports is actually determined by the sheer line of each deck. Adding port liners is a very good idea as they are actually used in real practise - after all the planking needs to be attached to something around the port  . Click on THIS LINK to see how they look. Check out the following posts as well.
 
Danny

That would be me  . Unfortunately I completed the model just before I found MSW, so there is no build log for it (a few pics are in the Gallery - click the link in my signature), but I could give you some advice on building her.
 
There are about a dozen build logs of the Corel Victory in the Quick-Find Index for Wooden Ship Kits (click this LINK) but none are marked as Finished.
 
Danny

The transmission took a LOT of work - 3 days worth :




 
Fitted to the fuselage :





 I've also fitted the inner wall to the rear cabin :
Danny

The two exhausts took a bit of work :








 
Danny

That would be me  . Unfortunately I completed the model just before I found MSW, so there is no build log for it (a few pics are in the Gallery - click the link in my signature), but I could give you some advice on building her.
 
There are about a dozen build logs of the Corel Victory in the Quick-Find Index for Wooden Ship Kits (click this LINK) but none are marked as Finished.
 
Danny

The transmission took a LOT of work - 3 days worth :




 
Fitted to the fuselage :





 I've also fitted the inner wall to the rear cabin :
Danny

The transmission took a LOT of work - 3 days worth :




 
Fitted to the fuselage :





 I've also fitted the inner wall to the rear cabin :
Danny

A Mini-Tutorial for those who came in late - How To Cut Circles. I made four of these from double-thickness. The pics should be self-explanatory, except to say that I used a "chopping" motion with the scalpel rather than dragging the blade :




 
Danny

The two exhausts took a bit of work :








 
Danny

Nils

The transmission took a LOT of work - 3 days worth :




 
Fitted to the fuselage :





 I've also fitted the inner wall to the rear cabin :
Danny

A Mini-Tutorial for those who came in late - How To Cut Circles. I made four of these from double-thickness. The pics should be self-explanatory, except to say that I used a "chopping" motion with the scalpel rather than dragging the blade :




 
Danny