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Hey Dave... I hope you didn't take me seriously when I was joking around about the snatch block. I'm certain that it's there for a reason and now, with your appreciated post, I'm sure there is. I go along with this build in good faith that there's a purpose for everything that I attach to this boat. I like to think that I'm too lazy to look ahead to see the reason for this part but the truth is that when looking through the manual(s) and plans I get frightened when I see how much there is to do. Looking at some of the other log sites does two things...it gives me impedous to continue and it scares me at the same time. This build has been a wonderful experience and is in no way comparable to my building of the Cutty sark. That ship took me a year to complete and was nowhere as complex as the Victory even though I had to learn Italian to read the plans. I hope you have a very nice weekend. Jerry
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Hi Dragzz...I appreciate your comments. Thanks for checking in on my log; I have made a lot of new neat friends this way. Yes, Victory is coming along. I just started my 7th month of construction so I figure I have a couple of more years to go. Have a nice weekend wherever you are. Regards, Jerry
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Hello David, Thanks for the photos...I finally got mine right as you can see on the preceeding page. I cracked on n half when trying to remove it to turn it right side up so I made another from the same stock the original ones came from. You boat is so beautiful. I frightened by all the detail that i have still to go but i'll keep plugging away. I'm completing the outside planking of the hull today. I have the starboard side almost finished. Hope to finish over the weekend.. Have good one, David and best regards, Jerry
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Okay Lawrence...At least you have some kind of block...LOL Happy building Jerry
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Hello Martin...Thank you for your very kind words. I am having a wonderful time working on this model. However, I would not be anywhere near where I am if it weren't for the great people whom I have met on this site. I could name more than a handful of fellow model builders who have helped me immensely and quickly have come to my rescue when in a dilema. Please come back and visit again. Jerry
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Good morning. Lawrence...No snatch block, eh...mmm, I wonder what you're going to do when you get to the bow rigging? Snatch blocks are very important as they hold the entire bow rigging in place. I think you better check the plans and contents of your kit, otherwise I have no idea what you're going to do. If you don't have a snatch block you can't do any snatching... he he he! JUST KIDDING! Truthfully, I'm not sure what this part is used for either but it will be used for the rigging someway, that I'm sure of. Anyway, thanks for contacting me and for your encouragement. One thing for sure you are always upbeat and that's a very good thing. I received a new chopper today and I'm really very happy about it. My old cutter was falling apart. The metal strip that holds the cutting arm was loose and most of the screws were stripped. When cutting a strip of wood to size I had to cut it twice or three times before it would work. Some of the cuts were not square and so I hope this new one will let me work faster and more accurately. I'm starting the final hull planking and hope to have that done today. Have a great weekend. Regards, Jerry
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Hi Wayne and thanks for your thoughts; I'm happy that episode is finished. Guess you're getting ready for cold weather up there. Take care, Jerry
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So, I tried to remove the wrongly positioned snatch blocks and sure enough one broke in half during the process. I figured I'd be able to glue the two halves together but one half went flying. I removed everything on my bench, turned all the tool racks upside down but the freaking half-piece was nowhere. I figured I was screwed. The I got the idea that maybe I could make another part from the small piece of mahogony plywood the original part came from. Thank goodness I was able to do it and a picture of it is below. Both snatch blocks are now glued PROPERLY in place. Have a good night all....Jerry
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Hi Dave...Thanks so much for pointing out my mistake. I'll remove the snatch bocks and install them correctly as soon as finish writing this to you. Much obliged. Jerry
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Hi Kevin, Thanks for checking my log and especially for your comment. Hope you have a great day, Jerry
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Hi Everyone...I know you're all waiting breathlessly for my next post. Well here it is...All inner bulwarks are now completely planked and painted yellow ochre. Now I'm getting ready to finish the outside planking of the hull all the way up to the top of the bulwarks. I'm reall y excited to have gotten this far which took me approximately six months. Happy day to everyone. Jerry
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Hello Lawrence and David... Thanks, David, youi are correct. I see the brass profiles shown in the parts list but I'm still pretty far off from thinking about the profile. Right now I'm working on lining the inside of the quarterdeck bulwarks. This has proven to be a tough job since there are several ports to work around. I'm planking the very aft part of the ship first (behind where the screen assembly will be) so I can paint that area and then glue in the screen assembly before I plank the rest of the inner bukwarks. I hope this makes sense. Best to you both, Jerry
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DeAgostini's HMS Victory Cross-Section -1/72
Jerry replied to bentrider1a's topic in Wood ship model kits
Hello Everyone... http://forum.us.model-space.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=51687post51687 This is the link to the new DeAgostini American web site where they have a chat log. I am also trying to find out where to buy their Victory cross section kit. I don't know what good it'll do but I thought someone might be interested. Jerry http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/1951-hms-victory-by-jerry-jotika-scale-172-1805-version-wood/ -
Hello Tom, I love your build of the crross section of HMS Victory. You are doing such a beautiful job. I am currently building the Jotika model of HMS Victory; my build log can be seen on MSW. I am very interested in building the cross section model but have no idea where to buy the kit. Will you please be good enough to tell me who sells the cross section kit? Thank you for your trouble. Jerry http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/1951-hms-victory-by-jerry-jotika-scale-172-1805-version-wood/
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Good morning Lawrence.. Nice to hear from you again and I appreciate that you like the pics. One of the best features of the Jotika kit, I think, is that one doesn't have to cut out the gunport holes. That in itself would probably be a deterant for many model builders. And it probably saves many hours of work. The trick, however, is make sure that inboard and outboard gun ports are lined up properly with each other so that when lining them they are square. As I mentioned before I had to slightly sand the bottom of the inboard bulwarks to make sure the two pairs matched each other. I imagine in kits, like yours, where the builder has to cut out the gunports, that should not be a problem. You mentioned that you plan to use profile brass insread of the wooden ones. Is this an item that is regularly found? Hope you have a great day.. Jerry
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I had hoped for a little more time today to spend working on Victory. When my wife left for work early this morning she noticed that the headlights of my car were "on." When I tried to start my brand new vehicle.....oops, dead battery. No problem, I thought; just call my insurance company and they'll have a mechanic to my home in no time. And I was right, a tow truck showed up in a half-hour and the operator dragged out his jump cables and raised the hood (bonnett for you Brits) of my new Prius..........Uh oh! no battery to be found. He suspected that the battery was in the rear of the vehicle but he couldn't open the rear hatch since there was no power from the dead battery to do so. After crawling over the laid down rear seats and lifting up a hatch next to the rear floor covering, he found the battery and jumped it. I was able to drive again. So off to the dealership I went where I discovered that there is a contact for the positive jumper cable under a plastic cover sitting under the hood and one is to use any metal part found there for the negative connection. But nobody was able to figure out why the battery went dead in the first place. The guessed concluision was that I may have left the driver's door slightly open causing the lights to burn instead of automatically shutting off in 30 sconds after I left the car and "closed" the door..So why have I told all this? BECAUSE I LOST 4 FREAKING HOURS OF WORK ON MY MODEL. But I did get somethng done later in the day. I glued on the 1.5x1.5mm strips on the sides of the skidbeam and although the inside bulwarks needed a slight amount of sanding, they installed easier than I expected. Oh yeah, the forecastle snatch blocks were glued in place too. Here are some photos of today's progress:
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Hi Patrick...Thanks so much for looking in at my log. I'm real excited as I progress through the build although the manual isn't as great as I hoped it would be. Thank goodness for all the other Victory builders who have helped me so much. I left some comments on your log as I just checked it out. Have a great day.. Jerry
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Hello Patrick... I spent a short time on the Amalfi coast when we cruised that area 2 summers ago. It was fabulous to the point where I suggested to my better half that we spend a couple of weeks there. It was so beautiful but I remember the roads ere a bit scary when rounding the many curves in a big coach. Your coppering is coming along quite well. I hope you stay with it as after that procedure the build gets even moe interesting as i'm sure you noticed reading mine and all the other Victory logs. It's so good to be able to reference the other logs when questions pop up and to make so many neat friends during this process. ....and thanks for checking out my log.. Best, Jerry
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Good evening, lawrence... Thanks for looking in at my latest post. It IS fun to get to this part and I'm sure looking forward to next phase. I also checked your blog and left a comment for you. Your build looks great. Keep up your good spirit. Until next time,,,,,Jerry.
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Thanks, David...As usual, I will take your advice and be on the lookout for the beakhead gunports. I need to check that as I don't remeber reading about them. Have a good night and a great day tomorrow. I;ll also be checking your log to see how you're doing. Jerry
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Hello everyone.. The quarterdeck planking has been completed and has several coats of matte varnish applied. Even if noone else likes the finish, I really do. Here are a couple of pics to prove my progress. Have a great evening...Respectfully posted.. Jerry
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Hey Lawrence.... When you referred to the upper deck, I thought you meant the upper gun deck because technically the deck I'm working on is the quarter deck, I hope I'm not being a smart *** but I just wanted you to know why I was confused. You sure have a lot of patience to take apart what you already built but if it doesn't fit i guess that's what you ahve to do. It'sso good that you knew how to handle the dismantle as I don't think I would have done anything but start over again. Are you retired and if not what kind of work do you do up in the north country? I spent a lot of my life in the theatre. I'm basically a techie but as my career took me into directing. I haven't done anything for a year and I miss it but I suppose if I did do some theatre work the ship building would suffer. Hope you've had a great weekend. jerry
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Good afternoon David. I'm glad you like the planking.. It's something, for some reason, that I enjoy doing. I hope to finish it this week and get on to the other "daylight" fixings that need to be done. Speak to you soon, Jerry
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Hi Lawrence...I'm sorry that you feel you offended me, Not so, in fact, you ahe always been kind and encouraging. perhaps I used the wrong word when I used jazzing when I meant "kidding." I appreciate your visits so please keep them up. You mentioned that you finished the upper deck. Do you mean the upper gun deck and therefore getting ready for the quarterdeck? Here's where I'm at: Have a great day and please keep in touch. Jerrr
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Good afternoon Lawrence and thank you for your very kind words. I think you're jazzing me because I believe you're way ahead of me; makes no difference, we're not in a race anyway. LOL...I'm about to assemble the quarterdeck screen assembly so it can me marked where it goes at the right bulkswarks. As soon as that's finished, I'll start the "fondly" remembered planking a deck again..At least that's better than walking the plank. You're right, as David, (Shipyard Sid ) has said, I'm out of the dark and back into daylight. Too bad I had to cover up so much work..but on second thought I also covered up a lot of mistakes..LOL Have a great evening and come visit again soon. Jerry
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