HMS Victory 1805 by Robert29 - FINISHED - Caldercraft - Scale 1:72

[mort stoll]

Well done sailor. Very, very well done.

 

Mort

[Malcolm Greig]

Fantastic effort, a marvelous example of the Victory.  Very well done. Congratulations. 

 

regards

Malcolm

[Blue Ensign]

Your work is impressive Robert, no mean feat to complete a Victory model to such a high standard.

She looks wonderful, well done. 👏

 

B.E.

 

 

[Anthony Hearne]

i agree with all those that have written before me, what an exceptional model, congratulations

[mugje]

Congratulations with finishing your Victory. A real masterpiece! Well done!

[Robert29]

Andrew, Chris, Graham, Sjors, Ian, Julian, Mort, Malcolm, B.E., Anthony, Mugje, thank you all for your coments.  Also thank you for all the likes.

 

Robert

[Knocklouder]

Congratulations, awesome details, one to be proud of,  that's for sure.    

[Retired guy]

One heck of a model Robert, brilliantly done 👍

 

Regards

Richard

[Sapper]

Hi Robert,

Echoing all the other accolades, this is indeed an exceptional model, and combined with a very impressive build log giving many useful tips.

I am about to embark on a similar journey and will no doubt be double-checking my progress against the master for the next few years! Thank you in anticipation.

One question: now that you can view your completed model with its internal lighting on, in hindsight what would you have chosen to do differently with the electronics and lighting numbers/positions compared with your original design?

Regards, Bruce

[Michael Mash]

Spectacular!

[Robert29]

On 3/1/2024 at 6:09 PM, Sapper said:

Hi Robert,

Echoing all the other accolades, this is indeed an exceptional model, and combined with a very impressive build log giving many useful tips.

I am about to embark on a similar journey and will no doubt be double-checking my progress against the master for the next few years! Thank you in anticipation.

One question: now that you can view your completed model with its internal lighting on, in hindsight what would you have chosen to do differently with the electronics and lighting numbers/positions compared with your original design?

Regards, Bruce

Thank you all for the comments.

 

Bruce,

As for the lighting, electronic wise I tried to keep it as simple as possible.  Anything that goes wrong you cannot repair inside the model. The system only involves led's, a resistor for each led and wired them in parallel so I can put as much led's as I want to, just calculate the total amperage of the led's, and make sure the power supply (transformer, its practically impossible to run all those led's on batteries) has the adequate amperage. The other advantage of having them in parallel is that if any led or resistor is burnt, which is very unlikely, will not effect the others. Where possible I also wired them in a ring circuit so that if I have a wire becoming disconnected they will still have the voltage supply on them.  My main concern was that I did not want to let any wiring showing, not even the once going out to the power supply.  A thing I wish I would have done is have  added just a few hanging lanterns on the quarterdeck and the bow so when lit in the dark more details could be seen. This would have been more difficult to hide the wiring.  All in all I am quite satisfied with the result, but obviously there are always some things you would do differently if you had to do them agin.

 

Robert

[md1400cs]

Hi Robert,

 

I have been following your log since the first frame. Brilliant outcome on arguably the most difficult kit to get PERFECT (the ship is so complicated). 

You also added so many extra details --- 🏆 🏆 

 

Regards,

[Robert29]

Thank you Michael for your kind comments.  Haven't visited my log for quite some time.  

 

Finally I received the case and the table.  First I had ordered the acrylic case and had to wait to have it in hand  before I ordered the table as I had to have the exact dimensions to cut the groove on the table surface to take the case.  This took quite some time as its becoming quite difficult to find a carpenter to do something custom made.

 

 

Acrylic case and table ready to take HMS Victory.

 

 

Stands in place to take the ship with holes drilled through the table,  The two end ones to take the threaded rods from the keel and bolted from under the table to keep it in place and the middle one to pass the wires from the keel to the power supply under the table.

 

 

 

 

HMS Victory in place.

 

 

 

And finally, after over 5 years working on her, covered and placed in a prominent place in my apartment where I hope she will stand for years to come and whenever I look at her reminds of the hours I spent building her.  

 

 

 

 

 

Now I am taking a break from ship building and my next project is reconditioning my small collection of Canon SLR Cameras and Lenses, plus a 'Rollop" twin lens camera which belonged to my late father, thus this camera has a big sentimental value for me.  They are the film type and since the electronic DSLR came out I haven't used them for years and now in need of a very deep cleaning job and also some repairs for which I ordered some tools and will do the job myself.   I want to bring them back to full working condition and maybe try taking a few photos with them as well.  When I ordered the table for the Victory I also ordered a small display cabinet for them. 

 

I thank once again all those who followed my build log and found so much encouragement from.  I hope my build log will be of help to others, as honestly I found so much help and ideas from other builders on this site.  

 

Regards

Robert

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited 8 hours ago by Robert29