Mantua fitting gunport lids

[Les Moore]

Hi my name is Les Moore I live in Perth Western Australia I bought a Mantua model HMS Victory art 782 same as the 738 without sails. I was born in Chatham England where the Victory was built So it has a special place I am retired 79 so have plenty of time.

i have completed the hull but desperately need help to fit the gun port lids as the instructions are useless I  believe that after I drill the holes using the template provided I have to glue the pinties into the hull and glue the brass port hinges onto the gun port lids I have already cut and painted

once the hinges and pinties are glued I believe I have to fix them with glue using the brass wire and I have to bend the hinge to accommodate the rope that goes into the hull 

I would appreciate any help on this, photos would be great or just a basic suggestion to help me to continue 

kind regards 

Les Moore

[GrandpaPhil]

I have the 1:98 Mantua Victory, you are better off making your own gunport lids.  The metal ones are awful.

 

I made mine following the diagrams in Zu Monfeld’s Historic Ship Models.

 

Edited April 16, 2020 by GrandpaPhil

[mtaylor]

Welcome to MSW, Les.  Have look at the other Mantua Victory  logs and see what they do.   There is an index for kit models (to speed up your search) here: https://modelshipworld.com/topic/17023-quick-find-indexes-to-build-logs-for-kits/

 

 

And yes, some kit makers really do go somewhat obscure in the kit design and instructions.