Kevin

Thanks!!

Only one thing I need - time...

can you build a time machine?

its a method of tightening shrouds - part of the main rigging on masts, here in this video you might gain some information

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oU-h8i4LtPM

That looks brilliat

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday

AUGUST 17

1695

Bombardment of Calais by British.

1781

George III. visited the fleet at the Nore.

1796

Dutch fleet under Ad. Engelburtus Lucas surrendered to British squadron under Ad. Sir George Keith Elphinstone at Saldanha Bay, South Africa.

1803

HMS Racoon (16), Austin Bissell, destroyed Mutine off St.Jago.

1804

HMS Loire (40), Cptn. Frederick Maitland, captured privateer frigate Blonde (30) off Bordeaux after a chase of 36 hours.

1810

Porte du Diable stormed and carried by British.

1812

USS President (44), Commodore John Rodgers, captures British schooner L'Adeline in North Atlantic

Do you think one of these paint sets will be enough for Chris' Victory?

No - but individual paints are available, the red orche for gunports yellow orcha for the hull matt black for pretty well everything else, although i use Halfords spray matt black, and a primer - a blue for the fwd bulkhead - copper for any gaps between the copper plates- a bit of grey for side entry door roofs - i cannot think what else i have used

AUGUST 16

1742

HMS Gloucester (50) burnt near Ladrones to avoid capture by Spanish.

1778

HMS Isis (50) engaged Cesar

Engagement between British squadron under Sir Edward Vernon and a French squadron under M.Tranjolly off Pondicherry, Coromandel coast.

1779

HMS Ardent (64), Cptn. Phillip Boteler, captured by Franco-Spanish fleet in the Channel.

1805

HMS Raisonable (64) engaged Topaze (40)

1808

HMS Sybille (44), Cptn. Clotworthy Upton, captured Espiegle (16), Cptn. Maujouan.

1812

USS Constitution (44), Cptn. Isaac Hull, recaptures American merchant brig Adeline.

1850

The Danish paddle steamer Hekla, Cdr. Edouard Suensson, of the blockade force outside Kiel, fights the Schleswig-Holstein steamship Løwe and 4 gunboats in the Kiel inlet. 1 gun boat is set on fire.

Good morning Chris,

 

Congratulations on a beautiful build.

I would like some help with the colour scheme for Victory. I have Caldercraft’s kit and I am a bit confused with the colours given by the company. I see you use Vallejo paints. I do also.

Which Vallejo colours do you recommend for painting the hull?

Also, which red colour do you recommend for the gunports?

 

Thank you ever so much,

 

Vasileios

i use the Caldercraft pant set http://www.shipwrightshop.com/shop/contents/en-uk/d107_Admiralty-Paints-Kit-Paint-Sets_01.html

Admiralty Paints from Caldercraft have been purposely designed for modellers and the current range is specifically for 17th/18th/19th Century Man-of-War colours. This range of scale paints has been colour matched to the Admiralty colours, as still used on HMS Victory in Portsmouth. Admiralty Paints are now available as acrylic (waterbased) only.

Range also includes a metal primer.

AUGUST 15

1758

Commodore Howe destroyed Cherbourg.

1778

HMS Orpheus (32) abandoned and burnt of Rhode Island.

1779

French and Spanish fleets off Plymouth.

1797

HMS Alexandrian Schooner (6), Lt. William Wood Senhouse, captured French privateer schooner Coq (6) off Martinique.

1807

HMS Comus (22), Cptn. Edmund Heywood, captured Danish frigate Fredrickswoern, (30) off Marstrand in Sweden

1815

HMS Dominica Schooner (14), Lt. Richard Crawford, wrecked off Bermuda.

very nice, sorry i never watched the build progress

good evening everyone

 

not much to report from the weekend, i have turned the build around now and making all the gun port lids fit, and this time fitting the fenders to the hull before putting on the decorative strips less room for mistakes

 

as i have distant thoughts towards the dark side i bought my self a couple of presents tonight, the serving machine and the rope maker from Alexey

lol

Your scrap box looks better than my build

AUGUST 14

1799

HMS Fox (32), Cptn. Henry Stuart, HMS Daedalus (32), Cptn. Henry Lidgbird Ball, and boats destroyed Kosseir.

1806

HMS Phosphorus Fireship (4), Lt. W. J. Hughes, beat off a French privateer lugger (12) off the Isle of Wight.

1809

Boats of HMS Otter (18), Nisbet Josiah Willoughby, captured two vessels in the Indian Ocean.

1812

HMS Chubb Schooner(4), Lt. Samuel Nisbett, foundered near Halifax.

1813

HMS Pelican (18), John Fordyce Maples, captures USS Argus (20), William Henry Allen, off St. David's Head, Ireland.

1814

HMS Nancy (3) burnt in Nottawasaga river to avoid capture by Americans

Sjors she looks lovely

in real life the anchor stowage position with the netting must have been a pain, but i dont see how it can be avoided

i love watching your work

lovely work - its still hard to believe i have this in the partial build state, but have lost in the will to continue with her

AUGUST 13

1704

Battle of Malaga. An Anglo-Dutch fleet under Sir George Rooke, flying his flag in HMS Royal Katherine (84), fought an inconclusive action with a Franco-Spanish fleet under the Comte de Toulouse, in Foudrayant (104).

1759

HMS Crescent (32) took Berkeley.

1762

Havana capitulated to British.

1777

American explosive device made by David Bushnell attatched to the 'Turtle' was used to attack HMS Cerberus(28), Cptn. J. Symons, at anchor off New London, CT. It actually blew up a schooner astern of the frigate, and killed several men on board. This was the first vessel ever destroyed in such a manner.

1761

HMS Bellona (74), Cptn. Robert Faulkner, took Courageux (74), Dugne de L'Ambert

1805

Boats of HMS Swift (16), John Wright, take guarda costa schooner Caridad Perfecta (12) at Truxillo.

1810

Isle de la Passe (off Grand Port, Mauritius) surrendered to British.

1811

HMS Temeraire (98), Cptn. Joseph Spear, and HMS Caledonia (20), Cptn. Francis William Austen, engaged a battery on the Cap des Medes at the N. E. end of the island of Porquerolles, near Toulon.

1812

HMS Alert (16), Thomas Lamb Laugharne, captured by USS Essex (46), Cptn. Porter.

1846

Joint expedition led by Cdr. Robert Stockton seizes Los Angeles, CA

i always look forward to your updates

just catching up, very nice progress

 

Below a possible idea of how to position and present the ship boats, externally to the model, on the display case basement. If we exclude the black base which of course is not needed, this presentation system would have two advantages: allow to display the boat with more viewpoints visible and the possibility of fixing the boat base to the basement with a simple double-sided tape. .

 

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Cheers, Jack.Aubrey.

 

Jack i am hoping to display my ships boats on acrylic stands at the height of the waterline, as part of a diorama, I love your work, well done

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Somerset_(1748)?veaction=edit

AUGUST 12

1778

HMS Somerset (64) wrecked off Cape Cod.

1780

HMS Bienfaisant (64), Cptn. John Macbride, took Count d'Artois off the Old Head of Kinsale.

1798

HMS Hazard (16), William Butterfield, captured Neptune (10) from the Isle de France bound for Brest.

1804

Boats of HMS Galatea (32), Cptn. Henry Heathcote, failed to cut out French privateer General Ernouf (late Lily) lying at the Saintes near Guadeloupe.

1809

HMS Monkey (12), Lt. Thomas Fitzgerald, and HMS Lynx (16), John Willoughby Marshall, captured three Danish luggers off Dais Head near Rostock.

1812

USS Constitution (44), Cptn. Isaac Hull, captures and destroys brig Adeona 
Battery carried at Benidorm by party from HMS Minstrel (18), John Strutt Peyton

1814

Boats of HMS Cherwell and HMS Netley took Somers and Ohio.

i struggle getting a nice photo to present my work, any suggestions, i have a decent camera, what is the best colour to have as a backdrop,