JEFFRAV

Bill thank you for sending me the spreadsheet. Ordered 5 and 3.5 mm deadeyes from Amazon today will be delivered in a few days. Not at the shipyard this weekend visiting my niece and nephew at University of Maryland then going to Northwestern- Maryland basketball game tomorrow will hit the build hard this week.

Bill97 what size deadeyes did you use for the smaller deadeyes that tie to the chainplates as in your picture.And yes i have Longridges book lots of info.

22 hours ago, Bill97 said:

Sure JEFFRAV feel free to PM anytime. This is definitely paying it forward. I am sure I wore out several builders while I built mine. Do you have Longridge’s book?  A definite must when you get to the rigging especially if your Victory kit came with the older version instructions. Below is the wire I ordered from Amazon. 
Reference Lamar and his contact negotiation, I look for information on the Raven’s web site all the time. We will see. I thought the Raven’s were in route to a possible championship earlier in the season before he got hurt. 

Bill97 that's exactly what i got should be here this weekend

22 hours ago, Bill97 said:

Sure JEFFRAV feel free to PM anytime. This is definitely paying it forward. I am sure I wore out several builders while I built mine. Do you have Longridge’s book?  A definite must when you get to the rigging especially if your Victory kit came with the older version instructions. Below is the wire I ordered from Amazon. 
Reference Lamar and his contact negotiation, I look for information on the Raven’s web site all the time. We will see. I thought the Raven’s were in route to a possible championship earlier in the season before he got hurt. 

Bill 97 that's exactly what i bought. Should be here this weekend along with the blocks i ordered for the gun tackle. If you don't know i started a ship build a while back on MSW. I don't want to highjack your Soleil Royal build wih Victory questions.

8 hours ago, Bill97 said:

JEFFRAV I apologize for just now seeing your post from the other day.  I am using a 24g brass wire and blackening. I selected a piece of stronger wire a bit bigger gauge than the brass wire to bend to the shape you see in the photo.  I needed something stronger so it would not bend while I was twisting the eyebolt.  Not exactly sure what gauge it is. Not a lot bigger than the brass.

 

PS. Got to get Lamar Jackson back healthy and on the field for the Ravens. He is my hometown quarterback doing good in the NFL! 😊

Thanks for the reply. I bought some 22 gauge wire yesterday and seemed to be big. Did not like the way it looked. Ordered some 24 gauge brass wire and go from there. Would it be alright if i PM you every now and then as tour victory build is my go to guide among others and have a million questions. Wealth of info here on MSW.

PS. I love Lamar i think he's the most exciting player in the NFL. Don't know what's going to happen with him with the contract neg. everything is mum right now .We will have to see.

Getting ready to order a bunch of blocks and deadeyes for this build. Can someone tell me what size wooden deadeyes i will need for the shrouds i will need for Daniels etched parts plate 3. Getting ready to rig the tackle on the guns on the upper gun deck. I am getting 2.5 mm single sheath and 3 mm double sheath wooden blocks which i will sand down to 2 mm as i can't find 2 mm blocks right now is that right. Also i will be making my own eyebolts what gauge wire wold you recommend and diameter of the eye so it up to scale.

Back in the fall before i went into the hospital i was building a log cabin in West Virginia i was at a yard sale and i seen a box that said HMS Victory. Took a look and to my surprise it was a complete model. The older lady said it was her husbands that had passed away. She wanted 25 dollars for it. I told her that is worth more than that i ended giving her 50 dollars. What a deal all parts seem to be there except for the sails which i am going to make my own. Now i have spare parts which i needed as some of the parts were broken from sitting in my Mothers attic since around 1981.

Noticed this today. I don't know what these are called but will have to make some more with a mold and resin. I guess when i was away it must of fell over somehow.

Got guns and carriages painted just need to paint the wheels. Drilled the holes for the eyebolts for the breeching rope and tackle. Holes seem a little big but eyebolts should cover them up.

3 minutes ago, JEFFRAV said:

Got half the upper gun deck on.

Got the other half of upper gun deck on. Need to do some touch up.

1 minute ago, JEFFRAV said:

I have been out of ship modeling after a long stay in the VA hospital been hitting it hard the last week.

Got half the upper gun deck on.

I have been out of ship modeling after a long stay in the VA hospital been hitting it hard the last week.

On 2/8/2023 at 3:01 PM, Bill97 said:

Back from California and in the shipyard again. Painted the inside of the upper bulwarks red and set them aside to thoroughly dry. I will then begin the task of preparing the front side to be painted blue. I have a bit of tedious work around the balusters with getting a sharp blue on the sides and front, and red on the back. In the meantime I have begun making a bazillion eyebolts for rigging the cannons that will show. I want to put the eyebolts into the side of the upper bulwarks before I eventually glue the bulwarks in place. Doing this now should make the task of drilling and gluing a bit easier. From what I can make out in the photos I see, an authentic rigging of the cannons requires 4 eyebolts in the upper bulwarks at each hatch or opening. Two on each side. I will be making many more that will be later attached to the cannons and n the deck behind the cannons to complete the cannon rigging. 

Bill looking great. I follow your Victory build which turned out beautiful. Getting ready to do the tackle on the show guns on upper gun deck of my Victory. I see you are making your own eye bolts and was wondering what diameter of the eyes and gauge of the wire you are using as i will be making my own too. I don't know if this is the wrong place to post this if so i apologize.

Been research and can't seem to find much. The blocks om the lower deck seem to be one single block and one double block for the 32 pounders and for the 24 pounders looks like 2 single blocks am i correct. I need to know so I can order a bunch of 2mm blocks.

Can anyone tell me what size blocks you use on gun tackle on Hellers 1/100 HMS Victory.

Ian lower decks are lined up right. Did a little filing on the them now it seems better. I was wondering about the rake on the mast no info on these terrible heller instructions. I guess maybe i was missing the step holes hard to see 3 decks down. Thanks for the info!

I got the 2 lower decks on my ship then dry fitted upper decks well it looks like the 3 mast are not lining up right. It seems they are slightly leaning forward. I know they should be leaning slightly aft with the rake. Looks like i am going to have to enlarge the holes in the decks to get them to lean aft or will the shrouds pull them back. Would like to know if anybody has run into this problem.

Got all the guns on lower deck and lines for gun hatches threaded through.

Got lower deck glued in but in my haste and not following detail I forgot to glue the main mast step in so I had to cut deck open glue in and fix with milliput sand and paint again.Know one will see it. I guess I have to pay more attention to detail.

Well been out of ship building for awhile back into it. Got all the guns for lower decks done took awhile.

Hi Twahl just started my Ship build log. Your ship is looking good. 

Got hulls painted and evergreen to thicken hulls finally done. Lots of touchup too do but can be done later. Next the guns.

Thanks Kevin I will try that. Worked great in MS Photos

Thank you Kevin now I have an idea of what too make. I have plenty of Evergreen I guess I just have to get the right measurements will play around with it. I started a build log and tried posting some pictures but they are coming up rotated. 

Hi I joined this forum a few months ago and after reading other ship builds I decided to do one myself. This is my first time doing this and would like any help from other members will be appreciated. I've already stated and I know it is going to take along time.

HI everyone. I just started my ship on Friday. When i found these post I thought I hit the lottery. I spent about 4 hours going through each post so much info here. Doing some primer today and then I will go from there. Will have some pictures soon. I will take a lot of time on this build. I hope I don't bother no one because I will have alot of questions. By the way I was reading on Bill97 post #144 about thread ref. Here is a picture of what i got with my kit. I hope it helps!  Thanks a lot Jeffrav