GrandpaPhil Posted October 26, 2018 #1 Posted October 26, 2018 It doesn’t appear that there are gunport lids on 8 gunports on each side of the Upper Gun Deck of the HMS Victory according to the outboard profile in the Anatomy of the Ship for the Victory. Am I reading my plans right? I just want to make sure before I make appropriate adjustments. 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)
Morgan Posted October 26, 2018 #2 Posted October 26, 2018 You are reading it right, the ones in the waist are ‘lidless’. Gary GrandpaPhil and mtaylor 2 Quote
GrandpaPhil Posted October 26, 2018 Author #3 Posted October 26, 2018 Okay, thank you very much. mtaylor 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)
Osmosis Posted October 27, 2018 #4 Posted October 27, 2018 Fellow member robdurant posted an excellent photo collection of the Victory there are about 150 or so pics and they are very informative. One shot is of the exact area you are asking about and clearly shows the "lidless" waist gun ports. Follow the link bellow. Rob Durant Victory Photos Best Regards mtaylor and GrandpaPhil 2 Quote Art Smith Current Build: E.M. White Guide Canoe - Canoe Model Kits, San Francisco Cross Section - Artesania Latina Completed: Peterboro Canoe - Midwest , Hobbyzone Organizers and Building Jigs, Guns of History Naval Smoothbore, 1st Build: Midwest Sakonnet Daysailer
Mark P Posted October 29, 2018 #5 Posted October 29, 2018 Hi Phil; Further to the replies above, in the mid 1600s the gun-ports in the waist did have port lids. However, slightly later in that century they were done away with, largely to save money. All the best, Mark P GrandpaPhil and mtaylor 2 Quote Previously built models (long ago, aged 18-25ish) POB construction. 32 gun frigate, scratch-built sailing model, Underhill plans. 2 masted topsail schooner, Underhill plans. Started at around that time, but unfinished: 74 gun ship 'Bellona' NMM plans. POB On the drawing board: POF model of Royal Caroline 1749, part-planked with interior details. My own plans, based on Admiralty draughts and archival research. Always on the go: Research into Royal Navy sailing warship design, construction and use, from Tudor times to 1790. Member of NRG, SNR, NRS, SMS
druxey Posted October 30, 2018 #6 Posted October 30, 2018 Also, the waist was open to the sky anyway, so there was no reason for port lids to keep things dry! Mark P, paulsutcliffe and mtaylor 3 Quote Be sure to sign up for an epic Nelson/Trafalgar project if you would like to see it made into a TV series http://trafalgar.tv
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