georgek Posted March 21, 2013 Share #1 Posted March 21, 2013 hello to everyone, I am learning from this forum for a long time by now. Since i begun the building of the Hms Victory i have been looking for help on this forum all the time and everytime i found what i have been looking for. WIthout this forum the buid of this ship will be very difficult (don't forget that i choose this model as a first build). i am posting some photos of my first build. The ship is almost completed. I will continue to upload photos of the ship until the comletion. The kit is Mantua Hms victory but as you will see i have made many additions and i am making the rigging following the Jotika plans and instructions. Now i am making the braces. As you can see i have furled the sails on the yards. I wanna ask for your opinion: should i put a furled sail on the driver boom also? As i can see the jotika plans does not have the nesseccary blocks for the buntlines and leechlines (if there are any) for this sail. Seventynet, chris watton, avsjerome2003 and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shipyard sid Posted March 21, 2013 Share #2 Posted March 21, 2013 Hello Well this is an excellent victory build, everything is crisp and clean, you are doing a super job keep up the good work DAVID Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Haw Posted March 21, 2013 Share #3 Posted March 21, 2013 Hello George and welcome to the community of HMS Victory builders here at MSW. Your ship is beautiful and very well done, I can't beieve this is your first build! How long have you been working on her? When model builders decide to put sails on their models they so often overwhelm the detail work of the rigging, but yours are excellent, very tight and neat. Thanks for sharing your Victory with us. Patrick Quote HMS Victory by Patrick Haw - Caldercraft - Scale: 1/72 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgek Posted March 22, 2013 Author Share #4 Posted March 22, 2013 hi, i have been working on her four years by now. Ι am uploading more photos with the braces almost finished and i will be uploading new photos showing the progress. Stockholm tar, GrandpaPhil, avsjerome2003 and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted March 22, 2013 Share #5 Posted March 22, 2013 just found yr build, LOL i am trying to follow all the Victory ones, you have done a nice job, well done all the best Quote Its all part of Kev's journey, bit like going to the dark side, but with the lights on All the best Kevin SAY NO TO PIRACY. SUPPORT ORIGINAL IDEAS AND MANUFACTURERS. KEEP IT REAL! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ On the build table HMS Indefatigable 1794 by Kevin - Vanguard Models - 1:64 - Feb 2023 HMHS Britannic by Kevin SD 14 - Marcle Models - 1/70 - March 2022 - Bluebell - Flower Class - Revel - 1/72 U552 German U Boat - Trumpeter - 1/48 Amerigo Vespucci 1/84 - Panart- HMS Enterprise -CAF - 1/48 Finished St-Nectan-Mountfleet-models-steam-trawler-1/32 - Completed June 2020 HMS Victory - Caldercraft/Jotika - 1/72 - Finished Dorade renamed Dora by Kevin - Amati - 1/20 - Completed March 2021 Stage Coach 1848 - Artesania Latina - 1/10 -Finished Lady Eleanor by Kevin - FINISHED - Vanguard Models - 1/64 - Fifie fishing boat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocean clipper Posted March 23, 2013 Share #6 Posted March 23, 2013 HI Just found this build looks great very neat and tidy DEREK Quote current build HMS Victory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgek Posted March 27, 2013 Author Share #7 Posted March 27, 2013 more photos showing the progresss..... Seventynet, zeptraderUK, GrandpaPhil and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathewp Posted May 29, 2013 Share #8 Posted May 29, 2013 Very nice work for a first build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WackoWolf Posted May 29, 2013 Share #9 Posted May 29, 2013 Thank you for sharing your build with us. Your doing an excellent job. Keep the pictures coming. Quote Wacko Joe Go MSW :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris watton Posted May 29, 2013 Share #10 Posted May 29, 2013 That is a very neat job, especially when considering the relatively small scale. This has clearly been quite a labour of love for you, and it shows. Well done. Chris Quote Vanguard Models on Facebook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich.F Posted June 5, 2013 Share #11 Posted June 5, 2013 A Very Nice build you have here, keep up the great work Rich Quote Rich. Builds in Progress: HMS Victory Completed Builds: Constucto Enterprise Future Builds 2021/2022 USS Constitution Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shipyard sid Posted June 5, 2013 Share #12 Posted June 5, 2013 Well this is simply brilliant , and a first build. Your work is outstanding. Keep posting the photos . DAVID Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cpt. Tom Posted June 6, 2013 Share #13 Posted June 6, 2013 Respect for this great work.....WOW Very nice work for a first build. This is your first build??????? Quote With best regards Tom Current Kit Build Log The Sovereign of the Seas 1/84 commissioning HMS Supply Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stockholm tar Posted June 6, 2013 Share #14 Posted June 6, 2013 (edited) Georgek, Absolutely magnificent, especially for a first build! Your furled sails look just right too, not bulky or distracting, which is just how it should be. You asked about furling the spanker. I believe the practice was rather to furl the sail into the mast, leaving the gaff standing. I have a couple of prints which show the Victory at anchor, and the spanker is furled like this. One is by the late Derek Gardner, to my mind one of the best artists of the ships of Nelson's era. He meticulously researched his paintings, so I can't think he'd be wrong. The sail was in any case loose-footed, ie it wasn't laced to the boom, so just letting off the sheet would free it. It could then be brailed into the mast, by three or four brails attached to the leech of the sail and running across it, then passing through small blocks situated on the mast in suitable places. There were even small blocks on the gaff to furl the top part. The brails were probably then belayed somewhere at the foot of the mizzen mast. Not being a square sail, the spanker wouldn't have had buntlines or leechlines. I'm not exactly sure of the positioning of the brail blocks or the belaying points, but I am sure you could find this out. Edited June 6, 2013 by Stockholm tar avsjerome2003 1 Quote Kester Current builds: Sherbourne (Caldercraft) scale – 1/64th; Statsraad Lehmkuhl (half model) 1/8th" – 1'. Victory Bow Section (Panart/Mantua) scale – 1/78th (on hold). Previous build: Bluenose ll (Billings) scale – 1/100th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sjors Posted June 6, 2013 Share #15 Posted June 6, 2013 Wow, your first build! I want to see the second one then….. That's a museum build. Do you know what is your next build? Quote Currend builds: USS Constitution by Sjors - Model Shipways - Scale 1:76 HMS Victory by Sjors - Jotika - Scale 1:72 On hold: VOC Reconnaisance yacht Duyfken by Sjors - Kolderstok - Scale 1:50 Finished builds: HMS Snake (1797) by Sjors - Caldercraft - Scale 1:64 Nuestra Señora del Pilar by Sjors & Anja - OcCre - Scale 1:64 H.M. Brig-Sloop Flirt 1782 by Sjors - Vanguard Models - Scale 1:64 HMS Agamemnon by Sjors - Caldercraft / Jotika - 1:64 San Ildefonso - OcCre Le Mirage - Corel Smit Rotterdam (sea tug) - Billing Boats - 1:75 Sovereign of the seas - De Agostini Spirit of Mississippi - OcCre Santissima Trinidad - OcCre Corsair - OcCre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WackoWolf Posted June 6, 2013 Share #16 Posted June 6, 2013 Excellent job, the rigging is beautiful. Your first build, you got a ship to be happy to say it is your first and not your last. Keep the pictures coming. Quote Wacko Joe Go MSW :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronald305 Posted January 3, 2016 Share #17 Posted January 3, 2016 great job on your build just wish you would have posted your build from the beginning so members like my self who have the same kit could have learned from your build from the point of opening the box to now Ronald Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhegazi Posted January 13, 2016 Share #18 Posted January 13, 2016 Good work mate :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronald305 Posted January 14, 2016 Share #19 Posted January 14, 2016 Hi George Did you had to redo the bow on this kit as two Other models had to do Ronald Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mispeltyoof Posted May 8, 2019 Share #20 Posted May 8, 2019 Excellent !Especially impressed by your planking. Very well done indeed Nate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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