New member Intro

[QuThinh]

Thank you for allowing me to join the group.  I love ship in general and sailing ship in particular.  I wanted to get into building wooden ship model for a long time but didn't know how.  Luckily I was able to obtain a wonderful half built HMS Victory.  The ship is in fair condition and comes with all the parts but without instruction.

 

I hope to join this group and have support to get me through the completion process.  I don't know the brand of the model, so I put few pictures of the ship.  Hopefully, the experts here can help identify it or refer me to a good manual to continue the build.  Thanks!

Edited April 9, 2022 by QuThinh
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[CPDDET]

Welcome! I'm sure you will get all the help you need on this site.

[Dave_E]

Welcome aboard! What name do you go by? You've got quite the 1st time project there! 😀

[Jim Lad]

Hello, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'.

 

John

[Oldsalt1950]

Welcome aboard. It looks like almost everything except the rigging has been done. When you inherited the ship, where there any scrap pieces of wood included like the sheets the parts came out of. If so, it has the model number printed on them. We can use that to determine who the kit manufacturer is.

[QuThinh]

I go by Tin. Yes it’s my first. At least I don’t have to work on planking for this one

[Keith Black]

  Tin, welcome to MSW. Hopefully you get all your questions answered on your Victory and are able to complete her successfully. 

Edited April 9, 2022 by Keith Black

[QuThinh]

I tried to look for any manufacturer name but can’t find any. Only the cloth for the sail and the rigging are not touched but there isn’t any name on them. 

[starlight]

Tin, can you measure the length of the model? The full-size Victory was 57 meters along the gundeck and 69 meters long overall. You can figure out what scale your model is, which will help narrow down the kit manufacturer.

 

-starlight

[mtaylor]

Welcome to MSW, Tin.  I hope you get your answer.  Who ever built it did a fine job.   Do you know who built it?  Maybe if you can contact them, they can help.

 

It looks like it just needs rigging and a bit of repair on the gunport lids.  So possibly rigging diagrams for Victory (almost any kit) might work.

[QuThinh]

I got it on craiglist- awesome find btw - but the owner doesn’t know either. From measuring the model vs. Victory true size, it’s about 1/75 scale

[markjay]

[Baker]

[catopower]

Welcome Tim. This is the Panart/Mantua kit. It's 1/78 scale. I recognize it from the details, particularly the base.

 

It's this kit: https://www.agesofsail.com/ecommerce/mantua/panart/ma738-panart-victory-wooden-ship-kit.html

 

But, as Mark said, it basically needs to be rigged, and just about any Victory rigging plans should work.

[QuThinh]

Thank you everyone for your help. With this level of support, I’m sure I can get it done. First step for me is to clean the ship up - it has quite a bit of minor damages seem to come from a fall. Then I can work on the rigging. Was able to find a rigging manual online from a different Victory kit as Mark suggested. 

[mtaylor]

That's great news, Tin.   When you're ready to start work, consider opening a build log as it's an excellent way to get help and meet other model builders.

[Louie da fly]

If you need to clean off old dirt and grime, what museums do is wipe gently with a Q-tip dipped in saliva (I kid you not!) . I've used this very successfully on a model which had been neglected for 50 years or so.

 

The only thing is - spit into a small bowl and use it as a reservoir. Don't (as I did at first) put the dirty Q-tip back in your mouth to refresh the saliva (YUK!)

 

Steven

[GrandpaPhil]

Welcome to Model Ship World!

 

John McKay’s “The 100 Gun Ship Victory” (The Anatomy Of The Ship series) has been an invaluable resource for my own Victory build.

[QuThinh]

Thank you Phil