HMS Victory by Marinus - Caldercraft - 1/72

[allanyed]

Thanks for signing up and I am glad to have helped, even if only in a small way.

Allan

[Marinus]

The second planking is not going exactly the way the schip was build in real live but it is looking okay and most of it will be covered with the copper plates. Forgot to taper the planks when I used Chuck Passaro's bending technic.

[mort stoll]

It still looks great. Most of the planks are covered in plating and the ship is going to be painted. 

Keep up the great work. 

Mort

[Marinus]

First stage done of the second planking. The planking didn't go exactly as I had planned but it looks ok and I made it very smooth with a lot of sanding. I will get some primer and spray that on to y the waterline so I can see if I have some more sanding to do. I will continue planking upwards to just below the upper deck gunports and will then install the upper gun deck and do the upper gun deck planking.

[Kurt Bainum]

Looks like you are having a lot of fun. I may have to join you in a build of this kit soon.

[Marinus]

The holidays are over, so back to work. Lined up and installed inner bulwark patterns 275. Started the Upper Gun Deck planking and after that I will line the gunports 3 till 10.

[Marinus]

Upper Gun Deck planking done. Now sanding and applying several coats of matt polyurethane varnish.

[allanyed]

Hi Marinus

On 12/6/2021 at 2:29 PM, Marinus said:

The second planking is not going exactly the way the ship was built in real live but it is looking okay and most of it will be covered with the copper plates. Forgot to taper the planks when I used Chuck Passaro's bending technic.

 

 

Does the kit have copper sheathing material or will you be using something else?  The reason I ask is that most, if not all,  kits  with copper sheathing have the stuff which is not remotely close to being realistic and greatly diminishes the look of an otherwise beautiful model.  There are alternatives that will avoid the measles look on kit supplied copper materials and has been discussed in depth here a MSW lately.  If the plates in your kit have the phony bumps that are supposed to be bolts or rivets, PLEASE look at the discussions because there were no bolts or rivets used, but rather nails that indent the plates, they did not stick out.  At your scale they would be nigh invisible so probably better to use plain copper tape material with no fasteners indicated at all.  Just as an FYI, the plates were about 48"X15" (0.67"X0.20" at 1:72) if you want them to be to scale. These overlap 1.5"  on one vertical side and on one horizontal side much like roof shingles.

 

As a Victory fan, have you signed up for Adam Preston's TV series?

 

Allan

[Marinus]

Lined the gunports with no lids and planked the inner bulwarks. I will paint the bulwarks after I lined all the gunports and installed the beam shelves, stringers and waterways. It was a time consuming job but I am happy with the result. Now back to planking the outer hull.

[Marinus]

The wales are done.

Next I am planning to do the rest of the gunport linings.

[Marinus]

Hello, the golf season is ending and I am going to spend more time at building the Victory. My next task is lining the gun ports. I looked at other builds and got a lot of good information how to do this. If somebody has some advice how to do this I am happy to hear from you. Regards, Marinus.

[Marinus]

Got one gunport lining done, many more to go. I like to thank all Victory builders who posted a lot of great information to make it easier for new builders. 👍

[Marinus]

Lower gunports lined on the starboard side. Not as difficult as I thought but still a very challenging job, patience helps a lot.

[rshousha]

Nice work! Such an impressive model. 

 

[Marinus]

Gunports lined and painted. Painting the inside bulwarks, it takes a lot of coats to cover nicely. In the meantime in between the painting I started the Cannon carriage assemblies.

[kiwiron]

Nice job, I am about at the same stage.

[Marinus]

 

 

                                             Happy New Year to you all. Back working on the Victory.

Painted the hull and Cannon carriages and started the copper plating. Have to touch up some spots on the hull and paint the gunports. The instruction says that the outside edges should be yellow, but the real Victory has everything painted red. Didn't make a decision yet what to do. The cannons take a lot of time, same as the copper plating. I will find some other things to do on the Victory in between so I will have a break from it. 

Edited January 10, 2023 by Marinus

[Marinus]

It's been a little while that I worked on the Victory. We moved to a new house and it took some time to set everything up again. I am working on the cannons and the copper plating of the hull.

[Marinus]

[Marinus]

The Port side is sofar done. I will buy a paper cutter to cut the rest of the missing plates. I will start next with the Starboard side. It's not perfect, but I am happy the way it turned out. First time I did the copper plating. Any suggestions are welcome.

[Marinus]

It is almost a year ago that I worked on the Victory. My wife got very sick and needed me to help her, she is doing way better now. I finished the copper plating and starting now with the rigging of the cannons. I just add pictures of my progress to my site. There is already a lot of great advice and helpful hints on the website. Thanks to all of you, it helps me a lot.

Edited November 29 by Marinus

[Yabuhebi]

Looks great. Crisp paint lines and your gun ports, just beautiful! Very jealous!

[Marinus]

First cannon rigging done. It is a lot of work but I am happy with the result. I changed the hook up on the deck. The hooks provided with the kit are to long.

 

 

 

[Marinus]

On 11/24/2024 at 5:47 PM, Yabuhebi said:

Looks great. Crisp paint lines and your gun ports, just beautiful! Very jealous!

Thanks for your compliment.

[Marinus]

I got one side of the cannons rigged. I only fully rigged 7 cannons, the other cannons I only did the breaching ropes. You don't see them later anymore.

 

 

[Marinus]

Thank you all for the thumbs up. I also like to thank Charter33 for his great building log, I use it a lot and get some great help from it. I also use Robert29's building log. Thank you both.