GrandpaPhil Posted October 27, 2018 Author #91 Posted October 27, 2018 My quarterdeck gunports now have frames! On to the drip shields! As a side note, I am very happy with how this project is turning out. I’m very glad that I bought the Anatomy Of The Ship for this build. Modifications are going well. I’m not going to mess with the stern or quarter galleries, and I’m using the guns that came with the kit, but everything else is getting modified to the AOTS standard. By the time I get to the Triton, I’ll have plenty of experience. 😀 zappto, Tom E, SIDEWAYS SAM and 2 others 5 Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
GrandpaPhil Posted October 27, 2018 Author #92 Posted October 27, 2018 Thank you! I’m using the Anatomy Of The Ship: The 100-Gun Ship Victory by John McKay. It has complete plans of the Victory. Old Collingwood and zappto 2 Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
GrandpaPhil Posted October 28, 2018 Author #93 Posted October 28, 2018 I made the lower gundeck drip shields and installed them! They are made from cardstock. I cut them from the sheets that I made for the port scuttles. I made sure that I made plenty of extras. Next, I’m going to scan a picture of the rest of the drip shields (which are different), and cut them out. Quick lessons learned for everyone, make sure you use sealant on cardstock parts before you cut them out. It makes life much easier. Retired guy, Ondras71, Old Collingwood and 1 other 4 Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
GrandpaPhil Posted October 28, 2018 Author #94 Posted October 28, 2018 One sheet of drip shields! SIDEWAYS SAM, CDW and Old Collingwood 3 Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
GrandpaPhil Posted October 28, 2018 Author #95 Posted October 28, 2018 While waiting for the sealant to dry on my drip shields, I made the hull sheaves. I’ve learned a lot on this forum, and I’m putting it to good use. Old Collingwood and CDW 2 Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
GrandpaPhil Posted October 28, 2018 Author #96 Posted October 28, 2018 (edited) The drip shields divert rain and spray running down the hull away from the gunports, which aren’t sealed. They’re for housekeeping purposes. Edited October 28, 2018 by GrandpaPhil Old Collingwood 1 Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
Old Collingwood Posted October 28, 2018 #97 Posted October 28, 2018 Yep there called wriggles, they were in two shapes - one more pointed in the center and the other more flat on the top with rounded corners. OC. GrandpaPhil 1 Quote Current builds 28mm Battle of Waterloo attack on La Haye Saint Diorama. 1/700 HMS Hood Flyhawk with PE, Resin and Wood Decking. Completed works. Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic. HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts. HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine plastic. Black Pearl 1/72 Revell with pirate crew. Revell 1/48 Mosquito B IV Eduard 1/48 Spitfire IX ICM 1/48 Seafire Mk.III Special Conversion 1/48 Kinetic Sea Harrier FRS1
GrandpaPhil Posted October 29, 2018 Author #98 Posted October 29, 2018 All wriggles are installed! Thanks, OC for the right terminology! Now I need to make some more adjustments to the hull IAW the AOTS outboard profile. Then I’m going to make the entry port. Old Collingwood, CDW and Retired guy 3 Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
Old Collingwood Posted October 29, 2018 #99 Posted October 29, 2018 Looking good with the extra details - no problem with the name of the wriggles. OC. CDW 1 Quote Current builds 28mm Battle of Waterloo attack on La Haye Saint Diorama. 1/700 HMS Hood Flyhawk with PE, Resin and Wood Decking. Completed works. Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic. HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts. HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine plastic. Black Pearl 1/72 Revell with pirate crew. Revell 1/48 Mosquito B IV Eduard 1/48 Spitfire IX ICM 1/48 Seafire Mk.III Special Conversion 1/48 Kinetic Sea Harrier FRS1
GrandpaPhil Posted October 29, 2018 Author #100 Posted October 29, 2018 Thank you! I made some adjustments to my bulwarks and opened up the entry ports. I have one framed. I will be making the canopies after I frame up the other one. I’ve never done this level of model building before. So, I am developing much of my woodworking skills on the fly, lol. I’m having fun with it and learning a lot, which is the whole point of this project. Old Collingwood 1 Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
GrandpaPhil Posted October 29, 2018 Author #101 Posted October 29, 2018 Side two! paulsutcliffe, Old Collingwood, Glenns_TX and 1 other 4 Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
Old Collingwood Posted October 29, 2018 #102 Posted October 29, 2018 Really cant go wrong with a build, be it either wood or plastic - or even a combination of both, its only limited by our imagination, the skill part comes along with practice (I think). OC. GrandpaPhil, Retired guy and CDW 3 Quote Current builds 28mm Battle of Waterloo attack on La Haye Saint Diorama. 1/700 HMS Hood Flyhawk with PE, Resin and Wood Decking. Completed works. Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic. HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts. HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine plastic. Black Pearl 1/72 Revell with pirate crew. Revell 1/48 Mosquito B IV Eduard 1/48 Spitfire IX ICM 1/48 Seafire Mk.III Special Conversion 1/48 Kinetic Sea Harrier FRS1
GrandpaPhil Posted November 8, 2018 Author #103 Posted November 8, 2018 (edited) Still working on the entry ports. After one massive failure, I realized that I needed to develop my carving skills, and buy some better quality wood to make my carvings from. Basswood doesn’t hold tiny details very well. However, I ran through the carving tutorials in the group project, which were very helpful, and I’m going to press on with the entry port carvings. Edited November 8, 2018 by GrandpaPhil paulsutcliffe, SIDEWAYS SAM and Old Collingwood 3 Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
VictoryGuy Posted November 9, 2018 #104 Posted November 9, 2018 Outstanding work GrandpaPhil! I really like the gunport modifications. The ones that come with the kit are thin and not particularly scale. All the details you've added are a nice touch. So far I've just painted the inside of the lids red and wasn't sure how to jazz them up beyond that. GrandpaPhil, SIDEWAYS SAM and Old Collingwood 3 Quote
GrandpaPhil Posted November 17, 2018 Author #105 Posted November 17, 2018 I’m still working on learning how to carve. I’m getting better and I’ll be making another attempt at the entry port carvings in the near future. I still need some better wood, but I might go with cedar. Tom E and Old Collingwood 2 Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
GrandpaPhil Posted November 20, 2018 Author #106 Posted November 20, 2018 I haven’t gotten much done on the Victory for a bit because I’m still teaching myself how to carve. I’m steadily getting better at it and have been enjoying the learning process. Tonight, I carved a sea monster off the stern of the British frigate Winchelsea. smarra, knightyo, Tom E and 7 others 10 Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
GrandpaPhil Posted November 29, 2018 Author #107 Posted November 29, 2018 Still working on my carving. I’m having fun with it. I’ll get back to the Victory shortly. Old Collingwood and CDW 2 Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
GrandpaPhil Posted December 12, 2018 Author #108 Posted December 12, 2018 The Victory is on temporary hold while I build the Prince de Neufchatel from Chapelle plans. I’ll be back shortly. Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
GrandpaPhil Posted December 17, 2018 Author #109 Posted December 17, 2018 I got a little bit done on the Victory. I made one of the entry port canopies. Retired guy, KurtH, Old Collingwood and 3 others 6 Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
GrandpaPhil Posted January 20, 2019 Author #110 Posted January 20, 2019 I haven’t forgotten about Victory. I’m about 2/3 complete with the Prince de Neufchatel. I’ve been learning a lot with it. I now know how I’m going to make the gratings, the head and the figurehead which were the parts that I was worried about my ability to make. Old Collingwood 1 Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
GrandpaPhil Posted March 9, 2019 Author #111 Posted March 9, 2019 I’m still working on the Prince de Neufchatel. I’m in the process of making cannon and giving the Prince de Neufchatel some teeth. I’ve definitely learned a lot from the build. I’m still planning on scratch building the rest of the Victory. I’ve been through the AOTS for the Victory a number of times and I don’t see anything that looks too difficult with the exception of the figurehead, but I’ve been practicing my carving. We’ll see how it goes when I get back to the Victory. Javlin and Old Collingwood 2 Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
GrandpaPhil Posted May 16, 2019 Author #112 Posted May 16, 2019 I’m in the final stages of the standing rigging on the Prince de Neufchatel so I’ll be getting back to the Victory shortly. Using the Prince de Neufchatel as a learning project has worked wonderfully. I believe that the Victory will go together quite nicely once I get back to it. Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
GrandpaPhil Posted May 18, 2019 Author #113 Posted May 18, 2019 4 hours ago, Wallace said: I have other things going on here that are keeping me from the shipyard and my Victory right now too Phil. I have a workshop filled with my lawn and garden machinery (we have 10 acres of land up here and need a lot of stuff to maintain it) that need servicing/fixing. I even have one taken apart and awaiting some valves. Priorities sir........ I understand very well. Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
GrandpaPhil Posted June 8, 2019 Author #114 Posted June 8, 2019 I'm currently making sails for the Prince de Neufchatel. I'll be back to the Victory soon enough. I've resumed planning for the Victory in the meantime. Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
GrandpaPhil Posted July 24, 2019 Author #115 Posted July 24, 2019 I’ve got one and change sails left to make for the Prince de Neufchatel. I’ve learned a lot building it. It’s been great training to finish the Victory. I’m looking forward to picking back up on Victory. I’m a lot more confident in my skills. I’m still set on scratch building the rest of the Victory from the AOTS plans instead of using the rest of the Mantua kit. I’m kind of in a quandary though. I paid almost $100 for the wooden life boat kits for the Victory from Cornwall Model Boats before I decided to finish the model from scratch. It would be incredibly wasteful to not use them, but I believe that I can do better from scratch because I scratch built the ones for the Prince de Neufchatel and they came out very well. Maybe I’ll use the Mantua ones as a base and improve upon them. I have a while to think about it. Tom E 1 Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
The Lazy Saint Posted July 28, 2019 #116 Posted July 28, 2019 Hi GrandpaPhil, I have really enjoyed reading through your build log, your attention to detail is inspiring l must say. The change of colour, although scientifically accurate l am sure, is rather disturbing. The commentator said "if the great man himself were here he would recognise the colour" (or words to that effect) which l am sure would be true,............... but l bet he would choose the yellow. I am looking forward to you starting your victory again in the near future. Best wishes as always. The Lazy Saint. GrandpaPhil 1 Quote
Javlin Posted July 28, 2019 #117 Posted July 28, 2019 On 11/17/2018 at 7:37 AM, Wallace said: Cedar is a beautiful wood. I had an old cedar tree here on the property that needed to come down. Once I had felled it I gave it to a friend of mine who has a sawmill. He cut me a nice piece out of the trunk that I am going to use as a bench. It is sitting in my woodshop now waiting for me to sand it down. Every time I go in there I can't help going over to it and taking a good sniff GrandpaPhil good looking build Sir and ambitious one at that The Victory! Now I need to find your other build out there.Wallace I totally agree I have worked with some Aromatic Cedar and it smells wonderful while planing that's one time the vacuum hose does not get connected to the planer.It's been said that in the ole days cedar was used alot in walls to keep the bugs out for they do not like the oils in it. Kevin GrandpaPhil 1 Quote
GrandpaPhil Posted August 9, 2019 Author #118 Posted August 9, 2019 Thank you for all of the likes and the comments. The Prince de Neufchatel is done. Game on for the Victory! paulsutcliffe 1 Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
GrandpaPhil Posted August 11, 2019 Author #119 Posted August 11, 2019 The Victory is in her new shipyard. She sustained minor damage in transport, but will soon see progress. She needs a couple of gunport lids replaced, but I made extras, so no big deal. Tom E, BLACK VIKING, paulsutcliffe and 5 others 8 Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
GrandpaPhil Posted August 11, 2019 Author #120 Posted August 11, 2019 This is where I left off 8 months ago: I now feel much better about my modeling skills. Now we continue. KurtH, SIDEWAYS SAM, mtdoramike and 2 others 5 Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
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