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chris watton got a reaction from Slowhand in Newsworthy updates from Chris Watton
Hi,
I am sorry it took so long to re-register - but I have been very busy - plus my internet has been intermittent.
Whilst developing and building the Victory prototype, I have made many changes 'on the fly' - sometimes for realism/previous part not quite right to adding more detail - especially the stern windows.
I have just completed the boat designs, anchors (100mm long!) and made four new cannon barrel masters - here are some pics:
Copper plates laid in two distinct bands:
Rudder is very easy to copper.....:
Main Channel:
Checking the cannon masters:
As for release dates for kits, I am sorry, I cannot help. I have as much idea as you, as I only design and develop the kits, and have nothing to do with release strategy....
Chris
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chris watton got a reaction from Kevin in Newsworthy updates from Chris Watton
Hi BE.
The stern davits are purely optional. (No holes cut into the stern, so leaving them off isn't a problem). It is important to note that if I were to design the stern as per her Trafalgar configuration, the stern would look very different to how it looks today, on the real thing. If I did design the stern as per 1803/05, too many people who don't know what it actually looked like would complain and say it's wrong.
Also, I don't buy the built up bulwarks for the forecastle. I have only ever seen these on Victory on paintings of her taken years after Trafalgar, where the artist has incorporated configurations contemporary to the artist, and not of 1803/05 (one famous painting even shows Victory with a later round bow with continuous front bulwarks). With a 'square' forecastle, build up bulwarks does not look right, perhaps looking a little awkward - But that's just my own personal opinion based on many drawings and paintings I have studied over the years.
More drawings/paintings than not show stern davits and timberheads at the forecastle, so this is what I include - but as I said, the stern davits are entirely optional.
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chris watton got a reaction from jdbradford in Newsworthy updates from Chris Watton
Hi,
I am sorry it took so long to re-register - but I have been very busy - plus my internet has been intermittent.
Whilst developing and building the Victory prototype, I have made many changes 'on the fly' - sometimes for realism/previous part not quite right to adding more detail - especially the stern windows.
I have just completed the boat designs, anchors (100mm long!) and made four new cannon barrel masters - here are some pics:
Copper plates laid in two distinct bands:
Rudder is very easy to copper.....:
Main Channel:
Checking the cannon masters:
As for release dates for kits, I am sorry, I cannot help. I have as much idea as you, as I only design and develop the kits, and have nothing to do with release strategy....
Chris
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chris watton got a reaction from realworkingsailor in HMS Pegasus by realworkingsailor - Amati/Victory Models - 1/64
What a fantastic job! Miles better than my prototype, that's for sure.
Very well done.
Chris
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chris watton got a reaction from keelhauled in Newsworthy updates from Chris Watton
Hi,
I am sorry it took so long to re-register - but I have been very busy - plus my internet has been intermittent.
Whilst developing and building the Victory prototype, I have made many changes 'on the fly' - sometimes for realism/previous part not quite right to adding more detail - especially the stern windows.
I have just completed the boat designs, anchors (100mm long!) and made four new cannon barrel masters - here are some pics:
Copper plates laid in two distinct bands:
Rudder is very easy to copper.....:
Main Channel:
Checking the cannon masters:
As for release dates for kits, I am sorry, I cannot help. I have as much idea as you, as I only design and develop the kits, and have nothing to do with release strategy....
Chris
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chris watton got a reaction from piperjoe in Newsworthy updates from Chris Watton
Hi,
I am sorry it took so long to re-register - but I have been very busy - plus my internet has been intermittent.
Whilst developing and building the Victory prototype, I have made many changes 'on the fly' - sometimes for realism/previous part not quite right to adding more detail - especially the stern windows.
I have just completed the boat designs, anchors (100mm long!) and made four new cannon barrel masters - here are some pics:
Copper plates laid in two distinct bands:
Rudder is very easy to copper.....:
Main Channel:
Checking the cannon masters:
As for release dates for kits, I am sorry, I cannot help. I have as much idea as you, as I only design and develop the kits, and have nothing to do with release strategy....
Chris
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chris watton got a reaction from Robin Lous in Newsworthy updates from Chris Watton
Hi,
Yes, it is the same model. It seems to have took an age to get this far due to all of the internal work.
I have added PE window frames to the kit version of the area in front of the stove, after my trip to Portsmouth
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chris watton got a reaction from Aussie048 in Newsworthy updates from Chris Watton
Hi,
I am sorry it took so long to re-register - but I have been very busy - plus my internet has been intermittent.
Whilst developing and building the Victory prototype, I have made many changes 'on the fly' - sometimes for realism/previous part not quite right to adding more detail - especially the stern windows.
I have just completed the boat designs, anchors (100mm long!) and made four new cannon barrel masters - here are some pics:
Copper plates laid in two distinct bands:
Rudder is very easy to copper.....:
Main Channel:
Checking the cannon masters:
As for release dates for kits, I am sorry, I cannot help. I have as much idea as you, as I only design and develop the kits, and have nothing to do with release strategy....
Chris
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