HMS Victory by GrandpaPhil - Mantua - Scale 1:98 - Kit-Bash

[Edwardkenway]

Wont be long til you move on to Winchelsea  now Phil 😉😏

[GrandpaPhil]

Good morning everyone!  I hope the day finds all of you well.

 

Mark and Edward, thank you very much for the comments!  I am making good progress and having a lot of fun.

 

Thank you very much to everyone who has stopped by and everyone who has hit the “like” button!

 

The port side quarterdeck guns are rigged:

To anyone who would follow in my footsteps and use Tichy HO scale eyebolts, please remember that they are plastic, and when used with a double pulley system, are prone to breaking.  There may, or may not, be many blocks that are glued directly to whatever they secure to, now.  Take great care while tensioning the rigging.  Having said that, the Tichy eyebolts still look great and work beautifully.

 

Stay healthy and take care.

[Emmet]

3 hours ago, GrandpaPhil said:

Good morning everyone!  I hope the day finds all of you well.

 

Mark and Edward, thank you very much for the comments!  I am making good progress and having a lot of fun.

 

Thank you very much to everyone who has stopped by and everyone who has hit the “like” button!

 

The port side quarterdeck guns are rigged:

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To anyone who would follow in my footsteps and use Tichy HO scale eyebolts, please remember that they are plastic, and when used with a double pulley system, are prone to breaking.  There may, or may not, be many blocks that are glued directly to whatever they secure to, now.  Take great care while tensioning the rigging.  Having said that, the Tichy eyebolts still look great and work beautifully.

 

Stay healthy and take care.

I am just getting ready to rig the cannons on my little La Nina.  The pictures here are very useful.My rigging will be somewhat different but it still 

good to see these.

[GrandpaPhil]

All quarterdeck guns are completely rigged:

Next up: bow chasers!

[GrandpaPhil]

The bow chasers are done:

I got the rigging plan for them from a plan of an American Privateer from the War of 1812, that I found in a Model Shipbuilder magazine from the 1980’s.  
 

Hopefully, it is accurate.  It looks functional to me.

[GrandpaPhil]

Carronade number one:

[Emmet]

2 hours ago, GrandpaPhil said:

Carronade number one:

Excellent pic of excellent work-this is a keeper

[GrandpaPhil]

Thank you, Emmet.

 

Thank you all for stopping by and all the likes.

 

Victory’s artillery is completely rigged.

Next, I believe that I will make and install the shot garlands.

 

Edited March 16, 2020 by GrandpaPhil

[CDW]

She looks awesome Phil!

 

[Jeff-E]

Nicely done Phil👍

[GrandpaPhil]

Thank you all for the comments and the likes!

 

Currently working on the shot garlands.

The big picture is that I am working on finishing the Upper Gun Deck.  However, I am doing the same as before and since I need shot garlands on the spar/quarter decks, I am going to make those too.
 

Thanks for stopping by and stay healthy.

[Edwardkenway]

Once again Phil you've gone over and above, the rigging on your guns is super. Keep at it!

Stay safe

[GrandpaPhil]

Thank you very much, Edward!  Thank you everyone for all the likes!

Ended up making the cat tail from laminated card.  I trimmed it with a #10 scalpel blade.

I made the shot garlands for the carronades (not glued down, they still need painted).

I discovered that I had misinterpreted the plans earlier (I’m still learning) and ripped up hatch covers by the main mast so I could make the bitts properly, which run down to the upper gun deck.

I started making the ship’s boats because the first set of them will be needed soon.  I am using the ones that the Admiral bought me for Christmas two and a half years ago.

Edited April 1, 2020 by GrandpaPhil

[Old Collingwood]

Phil  you are making some Superb progress  - its a pure delight to see your baby  build into such a loverly  piece of art.

 

OC.

[GrandpaPhil]

Thank you very much, OC!

 

I realized today that the ship’s boats by Mantua are horribly out of scale and inaccurate, so I will scratch build my own.

[Edwardkenway]

 

2 hours ago, GrandpaPhil said:

Thank you very much, OC!

 

I realized today that the ship’s boats by Mantua are horribly out of scale and inaccurate, so I will scratch build my own.

There you go again ! you're a glutton for punishment 🤣🤣🤪 have fun and stay safe 

Edited April 2, 2020 by Edwardkenway

[Retired guy]

Isn't scratch building fun Phil, will look forward to what you produce 👍

 

Regards

Richard

[GrandpaPhil]

Thank you both for the comments and thank you everyone who has hit the “like” button.

 

I enjoy scratch building very much.  
 

I accidentally made that discovery with my Prince de Neufchatel.  I ended up having the most fun that I had ever had building a model.  
 

Truth be told, I never expected to finish the Prince de Neufchatel.  I thought it would end up in the trash.  Then I had a hull.  Once I had a hull, I figured I’d try to carve a figurehead and make some fittings.  Then I decided to make some cannons and some rigging fittings, just to see if I could.  The next thing I knew, all I lacked were the ship’s boats.  I gave them a try and ended up with a set of them.  After that all I had left was the masting, rigging and sails.  I did the full rigging, with the studding sails.  
 

It was genuinely a lot of fun.  There were several times that the Admiral pulled me out of the shipyard after I had been in there for 15 hours and didn’t realize it, because I got lost in the model.

 

I had so much fun that I decided to bash the rest of the Victory.  

I don’t like Mantua kits.  I’ll never buy another.  However, it is serving as a good base to work from.

 

Enough rambling.  I am in the process of making the bitts and the pin rails for the main mast.

I am working on closing up the Upper Gundeck.

[GrandpaPhil]

I made the bitts that sit on the Upper Gundeck.

I cleaned up the paint on the Victory as a whole and glued down the shot garlands and the framing around the open hatches by the main mast.

I have ten pillars which will hold up the cross-spars of the spar deck, some shaping required.

[GrandpaPhil]

Prototype pillar:

[GrandpaPhil]

I have six now:

The test fit of the bitts is successful:

Edited April 3, 2020 by GrandpaPhil

[GrandpaPhil]

And then there were ten:

[Retired guy]

Nice job on the pillars Phil 👍 stay safe

 

Regards

Richard

[GrandpaPhil]

Thank you very much, Mark and Richard!  Thank you everyone for all the likes!

Except for some touch up paint work, some hand rails and a final highlight coat, the Upper Gundeck is mostly done and ready to be closed in (I know that I need to make four ladders, too, but I’ll make those when I make the railings that go around the split beams).

 

Speaking of split beams, those will be made from single pieces of 1/8” basswood.  I’ll carve the line for the joints into the beams.

 

Everyone stay healthy!

Edited April 3, 2020 by GrandpaPhil

[GrandpaPhil]

I put up the hand ropes around the ladders heading down into the hull.

 

[Old Collingwood]

4 hours ago, Wallace said:

In a seemingly chaotic world full of uncertainty and worry it is so refreshing to see all this Phil. It kinda keeps me grounded. Very nicely done sir, and hats off for the consistency on those pillars. 

Just jumping in here to wish you and yours well  - stay safe and well.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

Excellent work Phil   those pillare look the business.

 

OC.

[SIDEWAYS SAM]

Phil,

Enjoying your approach and the build.

Those pillars look good.

 

Keep safe

 

Sam

[GrandpaPhil]

Thank you all!

 

One set of split beams, some shaping required:

I wish you all health and safety!

[GrandpaPhil]

The prototype beam: