HMS Victory by godzilla_rising - De Agostini - 1:72 - Cross-Section

[godzilla_rising]

Sunday, February 21st 2021

A workbench near Brisbane, Australia.

 

Keel was laid and construction began on what will become HMS Victory (1:72 Cross Section from De Agostini). Considerable effort was made to complete the first three stages of construction within one day, although there was still time for tea breaks and history lessons.

 

 

This is my first cross-section model. I am not new to scale modelling, and this will technically be my second wooden ship model following a recent completion of an Artesania Latina HMS Endeavour Longboat. I have always been intrigued by cross-section models though as I love being able to see all the detail inside that is often (though not always) missed when building a full ship. I had debated for quite a while whether to get this kit though. Price and postage to Australia is quite frankly prohibitive, and I am not completely sold on the way they model the mast. However, price and shipping within America is quite reasonable, and I had a work colleague in America for a course. So I therefore decided to bite the bullet and get my hands on this kit. As a few others have shown, the kit comes in a whole bunch of individual stage bags that may or may not match the stage being built, but this is no real issue for me. Either way, I am looking forward to really getting into and enjoying this kit and build.

 

Kindest regards,

 

godzilla_rising

 

P.S. If anyone happens to have any plans that would either suit or be easily scaled to 1:72 of the full mast for HMS Victory (I believe its the main mast) I would love to have a chat. I am tempted, though not fully sold on the idea, of completely scratch building the mast and doing the rigging to really set off this kit. Maybe.