HMS VICTORY by muggebigge - Caldercraft - scale 1/72

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Started on the mizzen mast,More fun right now.Only have ca 1 hour a day for the moment..

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Finaly started the coppering.....My firsth attemt doing this...boring but its gonna be nice then its finish....best part is that i can do smaler parts then i have time.....

[Shipyard sid]

Hello per -Olof

So it's back on the oven!!!! And now you are starting the coppering. Make sure you keep the tiles clean and free from glue on the surface, clean them as you go. And you have taken a break and started the masts a little bit early but why not, it's a break from the glue fumes. One point the bands on the masts go underneath the cheeks as well as over them. Keep enjoying it . Regards DAVID

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Back from holliday and finely started on my Vic again .....The tiles are comming on well but its a slow progress....This is how long im comming this far..........     

[Kevin]

lovely work

[Nirvana]

Hello Per-Olof,

oh that song .... muggebigge

Mahogny skrov med ruff.....

so many memories from the Swedish waters.

Very nice progress with your HMS Victory.

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HAHAHA Nirvana...Its from that song i have take my name

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Have some more copper to do...but getting there

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Starded planking the deck..Find it easyer to cut it in two pieces...it`s not easy to fit in one piece

[dafi]

One can never have enough Victorys ;-)

 

Great work, just the mast top is put the wrong direction in the second picture :-)

 

Cheers, Daniel

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see that now ...but only put it in for the moment

[Patrick Haw]

Nice job on your coppering.  Is the port side coppering complete?  It's hard to tell from the picture.  I cut the middle gun deck template i have before placing it but made the mistake of cutting the overlap between the two pieces a bit too much and wound up with the companionway and hatch openings being too narrow.  Easily fixed but easier to measure your openings against the plans before going much further.

 

I'm enjoying your build and will be following with interest

 

Patrick

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To Patrick...Have the other side to copper...so only one side nerly done.Trying to do some work this week to chach up whith you ...Did you hurt your back or did i get it wrong?

[Patrick Haw]

Yes, I have a muscle spasm in my back. It happens once in a while, very painful and incapacitating but muscle relaxers and a heating pad work well so hopefully I'll be back in the shipyard tomorrow

 

Patrick

[Kevin]

the coppering looks fantastic, god it seam such a long time ago, when i was doing mine

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swapt my chopper to this.Think i have the wintertime safe

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[Wintergreen]

uhm, that car looks really...vintage...and in desperate need of TLC (time, labour, cash)...

How is the Vic going?

 

Funny-thing, went past Dal-Rostock last weekend, had a very good meal at the Asian diner in Mellerud  

[hexnut]

Is that a 1948?  I love the patina, especially on the hood, looks great with the steelies and whitewalls. What is the engine?

BTW, the Victory looks very nice as well!

[muggebigge]

I do some work at it from time to time...The car take up allmost all time right now ;( Håkan...And yes its an 48 whith and old V8 sidewinder i think its calls

[hexnut]

Both the ship and the car are very worthy projects.  It can be said that the Victory defined the spirit of The Royal Navy, and the Ford V8 defined the spirit of American hot rodding.  We call them "flat-heads" around here, as the valves sit beside the piston in the block, not on top of it in the head like later engines...

Good luck on both fantastic efforts.

[Kevin]

hello my friend, been a long time since we heard from you, are you ok, hows the build going?