Fred B Posted May 22, 2024 #1 Posted May 22, 2024 Greetings! Fred here... Recently retired and am FINALLY going to start my Heller 1:100 Victory. I say finally because I've had it in my home for 21 years! I bought it for $66 back then. I've visited the Victory twice so that accounts for why I want to build her. I'm excited to be on this page and am looking forward to chatting with fellow builders. Thank you! Fred mtaylor, robdurant, BenD and 2 others 5
Keith Black Posted May 22, 2024 #2 Posted May 22, 2024 Fred, welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard. mtaylor 1 Current Builds: 1870's Sternwheeler, Lula Wood Hull Screw Frigate USS Tennessee Decorative Carrack Warship Restoration, the Amelia Completed: 1880s Floating Steam Donkey Pile Driver Early Swift 1805 Model Restoration
ccoyle Posted May 22, 2024 #3 Posted May 22, 2024 Welcome aboard, Fred, and good luck on your project! Keith Black and mtaylor 2 Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix
GrandpaPhil Posted May 22, 2024 #4 Posted May 22, 2024 Welcome! mtaylor and Keith Black 2 Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
Jim Lad Posted May 22, 2024 #5 Posted May 22, 2024 Hello Fred, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John Keith Black and mtaylor 2
Baker Posted May 23, 2024 #6 Posted May 23, 2024 And good luck on the road to Victory 😉 mtaylor and Keith Black 2 Regards, Patrick Finished : Soleil Royal Heller 1/100 Wasa Billing Boats Bounty Revell 1/110 plastic (semi scratch) Pelican / Golden Hind 1/45 scratch Current build : Mary Rose 1/50 scratch große-jacht / Yacht D'Oro 1/50 Corel Gallery : Revell Bounty Pelican/Golden hind 1/45 scratch Shore leave, non ship models build logs : ADGZ M35 funkwagen 1/72 Einhets Pkw. Kfz.2 and 4 1/72 Autoblinda AB40 1/72 122mm A-19 & 152mm ML-20 & 12.8cm Pak.44 {K8 1/2} 1/72 10.5cm Howitzer 16 on Mark. VI(e) Centurion Mk.1 conversion M29 Weasel 1/72 SAM6 1/72 T26 Finland T26 TN 1/72 Autoprotetto S37 1/72 Opel Blitz buses 1/72 Boxer and MAN trucks 1/72 Hetzer38(t) Starr 1/72 Cleaning the 1/72 military collection Si vis pacem, para bellum
mtaylor Posted May 23, 2024 #7 Posted May 23, 2024 Keith Black 1 Mark "The shipwright is slow, but the wood is patient." - me Current Build: Past Builds: La Belle Poule 1765 - French Frigate from ANCRE plans - ON HOLD Triton Cross-Section NRG Hallf Hull Planking Kit HMS Sphinx 1775 - Vanguard Models - 1:64 Non-Ship Model: On hold, maybe forever: CH-53 Sikorsky - 1:48 - Revell - Completed Licorne - 1755 from Hahn Plans (Scratch) Version 2.0 (Abandoned)
rcmdrvr Posted May 24, 2024 #8 Posted May 24, 2024 PHOTOS!!! Keith Black 1 Current Build: HMS Dreadnought - PLASTIC - Waterline Completed Builds: USS Cairo by BlueJacket; Nave Egizia by Amati; Harriet Lane by Model Shipways
Ian_Grant Posted May 24, 2024 #9 Posted May 24, 2024 (edited) You'll have to try harder - I had mine for 34 years before starting her. 😊 It's a common story among Heller Victory builders. Good luck with the kit, and are you aware: - of all the kit shortcomings? - of the best book to guide you through the rigging? - that brass etch parts are now available to enhance the build? If not, all this and more can be found in Heller Victory build logs, here. Looking forward to your build log! Ian Edited May 25, 2024 by Ian_Grant mtaylor, Keith Black and Baker 3
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