Kevin

October 20 1744 HMS Bonetta (14), HMS Greenwich (54), Cptn. Edward Allen, HMS St. Albans (54), HMS Thunder bomb (8) and HMS Lark hulk (42) foundered off Jamaica during hurricane. 1778 HMS Jupiter (50), Cptn. Francis Reynolds, and HMS Medea (28), Capt. James Montagu, engaged a French ship of the line Triton in the Bay of Biscay. 1793 HMS Crescent (36), Cptn. James Saumarez, engaged French frigate Reunion with a cutter, Esperance (14) in company. Reunion was taken but Esperance escaped into Cherbourg. 1798 HMS Fisgard (44) captured Immorlalite. 1799 HMS Cerberus (32) engaged five Spanish frigates. 1806 HMS Athenienne (64), Cptn. Robert Raynsford, wrecked on the Esquerques, off Sicily. 1808 21 Danish gunboats, under Cptn. Johan C. Krieger, attacks a British convoy in the southern part of the Sound. The convoy consisting of 137 ships is escorted by HMS Africa (64), Cptn. John Barrett, HMS Thunder bomb, James Caulfield, and 2 brigs. Due to lack of wind Africa could not manouvere and was severely damaged. 1813 HMS Achates (16), Isaac Morrison, engaged Trave off Cape Finisterre. 1824 U.S. Schooner Porpoise captures four pirate ships off Cuba. 1827 Battle of Navarino. A combined Turkish and Egyptian armada, under Ibrahim Pasha, was destroyed by an allied British, French, and Russian naval force, under Edward Codrington

Good evening everyone it looks like i am going to put the Victory on hold for a while, im not bored with her or any thing like that, but i fancy a change for a while, and it is not a scratch build either, i don't think my skills are good enough just yet, and i certainly dont seam to get enough time to concentrate on learning all the new skills needed. i have made the decision to go completely the other way, and build the Trumpeter 1/200 Bismark, and hope to have it in the workshop in the next week or so, Please do not banish me from MSW, lol if you do - i will have no one to talk to other than the wife, i know there is one other at the same scale and two larger, and alll look great builds, i would like to share this with you, any one interested?

October 19 1810 Start of campaign to capture Lle de France by HMS Illustrious (74), Cptn. William Robert Broughton, and consorts. 1811 Cptn. George Ralph Collier, HMS Surveillante (36), and a party of marines, in conjunction with a party of guerillas under Pastor, attacked the battery of Mundaca, put the enemy to flight, blew up the fortifications, and carried off all the stores. Boats of HMS Imperieuse (38), Cptn, Hon. Henry Duncan, and HMS Thames (32), Cptn. Charles Napier, took 10 polacres at Palinuro, Calabria. 1843 Cptn. Robert Stockton in USS Princeton, the first screw propelled naval steamer, challenges British merchant shipGreat Western to a race off New York, which Princeton won.

and dosn't she look great

October 18 1760 HMS Lively (20), Cptn. Hon. Frederic Maitland, took Valeur (20) off Cuba. HMS Boreas (28), Cptn. Samuel Uvedale, takes La Sirene (32) 1775 Capt. Henry Mowat RN, leading a four ship flotilla (HMS Canso, HMS Symmetry, HMS Spitfire, and HMS Halifax), commenced naval bombardment of Falmouth, Massachusetts (site of modern day Portland, Maine). 1798 HMS Anson (38), Cptn Durham, and HMS Kangaroo (16), Edward Brace, captured Loire (46). 1799 HMS Triton (32), Cptn. John Gore, HMS Naiad (38) and HMS Alcemene (32), Cptn. H. Digy, captured Santa Brigida (36), Don Antonio Pillon, from Vera Cruz with specie valued at 1,400,000 dollars. HMS Impregnable (98), Cptn. Jonathan Faulknor, wrecked after striking on Chichester Shoals of Portsmouth. 1806 HMS Caroline (36), Cptn. Peter Rainier, captured Dutch frigate Maria-Riggersbergen (36), Captain Jager, off the coast of Java. 1812 USS Wasp (18), Master Commandant Jacob Jones, captures HMS Frolic (18), Cptn. Thomas Whinyates,off the coast of Virginia. HMS Poictiers (74), Cptn. Sir J. P. Beresford, captured USS Wasp (18), Master Commandant Jacob Jones, and re-captured Frolic.

October 17 1747 Squadron of 4 British privateer frigates, under Commodore George Walker, King George, Prince Frederick,Princess Amelia and Duke engaged Spanish Glorioso (70) near Cape St. Vincent. They were later reinforced by HMS Dartmouth (50), Cptn. John Hamilton, which caught fire and blew up, and HMS Russell (92) before Cptn. don Pedro Messia de la Cerda surrendered. 1799 HMS Ethalion (38), Cptn J. Young, captured Spanish frigate Thetis (36), Don Juan de Mendoza, from Vera Cruz with specie valued at 1,411,256 dollars. 1807 HMS Firefly schooner, Lt. Thomas Price, foundered in a hurricane off Curacao. 1809 HMS Pelorus (18), Capt. Huskisson, and HMS Hazard (16), Hugh Cameron, were blockading Point-a-Petre when they observed a privateer schooner moored under the battery of St. Mary, Guadeloupe. Pelorus destroyed the battery and their boats boarded and blew up the schooner.

- Dr. Tentacle is still there to all eternity - he can´t move any more Are you sure - a week is a long time,

Eric if i am presenting any photo i drag them into a separate folder and resize them i use msn office picture manager, that protects my originals.then type in the window and add photos from the re sized folder, works for me

http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/540-how-to-add-pictures-in-your-posts-and-pms/

is he still there?

Happy Birthday Have a great day

October 16 1798 HMS Mermaid (32), Cptn. Newman, and HMS Kangaroo (16), Edward Brace, engaged Loire (46). 1799 Boats of HMS Echo (16) cut out American built French letter of marque Buonaparte (12), Enseigne de Vaisseau Pierre Martin, from Lagnadille at the north-west of Puerto Rico. 1807 HMS Pert (16), Donald Campbell, wrecked off Santa Margarita. 1815 Napoleon Buonaparte was landed on St. Helena where he remained under the watchful eye of the Royal Navy until his death on 6 May 1821.

lol but i missed 20 pages of Sjors rigging

i learnt another MSW lesson today, whilst reading logs, i accidentally selected the Mark forum as read button (the big blue one), so now it looks like i am up to date with everyone's logs, ooooops , how i have to try and remember where i was on the 100 or so i am presently following - dam

Congrats on the new job, and doing so well on your build , during the the unemployment stage

October 15 1711 HMS Edgar (70), Cptn. George Paddon, blew up at Spithead after an accidental fire. 1779 HMS Charon (44), Cptn. Luttrel, HMS Lowestoffe (32), Cptn. Christopher Parker (2), HMS Pomona (28), HMS Porcupine (24) and other small craft surprised fortress of San Fernando de Omoa in Honduras which during 4 day campaign was taken with 2 Spanish treasure ships. The treasure found in the fort and on board two treasure ships was worth some two million dollars. 1795 HMS Melampus (36), Cptn. Sir Richard John Strachan, and HMS Latona (38), Cptn. the Honourable Arthur Kaye Legge, engaged French frigates Tortue (40) and Néréide (36) off Rochefort. HMS Thunderer (74), Cptn. Albermarle Bertie, HMS Pomone (40), Commodore Sir John Borlase Warren and HMS Concorde (36), Cptn. Anthony Hunt, took French brig-corvette Eveillé (16) off Isle d'Yeu

i started mine about 2 years ago, and like several others have lost all the original information posted at the time, by a server crash earlier this year, so some of the build logs look a little sparse up to that time,as the information had to be reposted., Any information/help required please shout, Caldercraft are excellent at providing lost/missing parts, especially the flag locker inserts hope to see your build progress

welcome to the site of victory builders - lol

lovely work, well done, im about 700 hours behind you

Piet - i get my evergrren plastic from ebay, if you contact them by email prior to order they will do a good p&p deal http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_trksid=p2050601.m570.l1311.R9.TR10.TRC0.A0.Xevergreen&_nkw=evergreen+styrene&_sacat=0&_from=R40

October 14 1747 The Second Battle of Cape Finisterre. A British fleet of 14 ships of the line, under Rear-Admiral Sir Edward Hawke, intercepted a French convoy protected by eight French ships of the line, under Admiral Desherbiers de l'Etenduère. It was a decisive British victory. 1761 HMS Griffon (28) lost off Bermuda 1782 HMS London (98) and HMS Torbay (74) and HMS Badger (14) chased French warships, Scipion (74) and Sibylle(40) off San Domingo. Scipion was engaged but London's tiller rope was shot away which gave Scipion time to escape although she eventually struck a rock whilst anchoring in Samana Bay and sank. 1795 HMS Melampus (36) and HMS Latona (38) engaged batteries at Groix. HMS Mermaid (32), Cptn. Warre, captured Republicaine (18), Requiem Bay, Grenada 1803 HMS Racoon (16), Austin Bissell, captured gun-brig Petite Fille, Amelie (4) and Jeune Adele (6) near Cumberland Harbour in Cuba. 1810 HMS Briseis (10), George Bentham, captured French privateer Sans Souci (14) in North Sea. 1811 HMS Pomone (38), Cptn. Robert Barrie, with Sir Hartford Jones on board, wrecked on the Needles. The master was severely reprimanded for not taking accurate bearings of Hurst lighthouse. 1813 Capture of battery and 16 vessels at Marinelo, east of Civita Vecchia, by HMS Furieuse (38), Capt. William Mounsey.

October 13 1775 The Continental Congress at Philidelphia resolves to build armed ships. Recognized as the date of the official establishment of the US Navy 1796 HMS Terpsichore (32), Cptn. Richard Bowen, captured Spanish frigate Mahonesa (34), Cptn. Don Tomas Ayaldi, off Carthagena. 1798 HMS Jason (38), Charles Stirling, wrecked on unknown rock near Brest. 1804 HMS Firebrand fireship, William Maclean, wrecked off Dover. 1805 HMS Jason (32), Cptn. P. William Champain, captured French national corvette Naiade (20), Lt. Hamond, in the Atlantic west of Barbados. Jason also took a Spanish schooner, Three Schooners, the same day. 1813 HMS Telegraph (14), Cdr. Timothy Scriven, engaged Filbustier (22), Lt. Daniels, in the mouth of the Adour until her crew escaped ashore after setting her on fire. Attempts to save her did not succeed.

lol - i was advised against doing it and still went ahead, came back sobbing after about 30 hours, and did it the way that work for everyone else, that was 18 months ago now

hope this explains it a little better the mico bubble is just to ensure that it goes in straight, we have had good result in using this process, Of course the alternative would be to put the lining in flrst flush to the external side of the hull and then apply the 2nd planking, but i tried that, and did not work for me