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HMS VICTORY by Kevin - FINISHED - Caldercraft - 1/72


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Kevin, if you going to keep bringing her outside for photo shoots your going to need bigger doors, like most folks her age she gets wider mate.

 

She's looking lovely Kevin.

 

Be Good

 

mobbsie

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All mistakes are deliberate ( me )


Current Build:- HMS Schooner Pickle

 

Completed Builds :-   Panart 1/16 Armed Launch / Pinnace ( Completed ),  Granado Cross Section 1/48

Harwich Bawley, Restoration,  Thames Barge Edme, Repair / Restoration,  Will Everard 1/67 Billings 

HMS Agamemnon 1781 - 1/64 Caldercraft KitHM Brig Badger,  HM Bomb Vessel Granado,
Thames Steam Launch Louise,  Thames Barge Edme,  Viking Dragon Boat


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Hi Kevin

Just had a look through your log. I'm not a great follower of Victory builds so haven't really visited before but, wow, you are doing fantastic work on her. Superb!!!

Cheers

Alistair

 

Current Build - HMS Fly by aliluke - Victory Models - 1/64

https://modelshipworld.com/topic/34180-hms-fly-by-aliluke-victory-models-164/

Previous Build  - Armed Virginia Sloop by Model Shipways

 

Previous Build - Dutch Whaler by Sergal (hull only, no log)

 

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thankyou everyone for the comments, very much appreciated

the victory build is going on hold for a little while,

several reasons why, but the main one is that, I like to think ahead, in this case the HMS Druid build, to that end I am going to try a little project to see if I have the skill to take on that challenge

so for a while my posts will be on the Section Triton build

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Much as I hate to see your Victory put on hold, I like your decision to do the Triton cross-section. I also did it to prove to myself that I could do a framed scratch build if I chose to. Go for it Kevin.

 

Bob

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Wishing you luck with your new challenge.  Keep your spirits high and you'll move right up the new learning curve.

 

Will patiently await progress on your beautiful HMS Victory.

Augie

 

Current Build: US Frigate Confederacy - MS 1:64

 

Previous Builds :

 

US Brig Syren (MS) - 2013 (see Completed Ship Gallery)

Greek Tug Ulises (OcCre) - 2009 (see Completed Ship Gallery)

Victory Cross Section (Corel) - 1988

Essex (MS) 1/8"- 1976

Cutty Sark (Revell 1:96) - 1956

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LOL - come next Monday, everything will be back to normal, I will have used up all my wood, by converting it to sawdust, all my blades will be blunt or broken, and I will throw the whole idea of doing scratch out of the window, and I will have a brynes sander on the way that will never be used

 

seriously though - I am looking forward to it, a break from the Victory wont hurt me

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Lawrence, I need to do this, lol I need to say - I tried, Victory will be back, in fact she is not being moved of the work bench, I will be setting up my original shed for the job

hope to start the rigging before the end of the year

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  • 5 weeks later...

Thank-you for the Pm's, don't worry, i am still around, have a few different projects on the go that need to be be finished before i can get back to my builds, oh hum 

The 1/12 Fisherman's cottage needs to be completed before Christmas, otherwise i am dead the Victory, Bismarck and Br 52 all await attention as does my presence on the dark side with the Triton 

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  • 4 weeks later...

I would like to wish everyone in MSW a merry Christmas and a happy new year for 2015, thank you for the support that you have given to me and others,

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Good afternoon

Foremast work continues, still to be fully shaped and pinned 

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Ah yes, Kevin is back working on the great ship Victory!  Mast is looking mighty fine, Kevin.

 

Cheers,

Piet, The Flying Dutchman.

 

"Your greatest asset is not the quantity of your friends , rather the quality of your friends."  (old Chinese proverb)

 

Current Builds: Hr. Ms. Java 1925-1942

                       VOC Ship Surabaya

 

Planned Builds: Young America Diorama - scale 1:3000

 

Future Builds: KPM ship "MS Musi."  Zuiderzee Botter - scale 1:25. VOC Jacht in a 6" lamp,  Buginese fishing Prauw.  Hr. Ms. Java - Royal Navy Netherlands Cruiser.

 

Completed Builds:   Hr. Ms. O16 Submarine

                             Hr. Ms. O19 - Submarine Royal Navy Netherlands

                             Ship Yard Diorama with Topsail schooner -

                             Friendship Sloop Gwenfra

                           Muscongus Bay Lobster Smack    

                             Golden Hind - Cutte Sark (both not in this forum)

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Good morning everyone

 

Foremast is now complete and ready for painting (photo to come later),  but I have a question

 

I appreciate that on a real vessel masts were able to be removed, but in a scale representation do i permantly fix the mast into position. or continually tweak the position during the standing rigging stage

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Hi Kevin,

 

I know that some people like to glue/pin their masts in position, but I have never found it necessary. The Standing Rigging will hold it securely in place, and if ever the ship were to be damaged, it is then an easy matter to remove/replace the mast (which would not be the case were it to be glued/pinned).

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I'll take the other side Kevin. I've always preferred the stability provided by gluing the masts in place. I guess that this is one of those things that each of us decides for themselves.

 

Bob

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Good afternoon all

 

WORK IN PROGRESS

 

after three attempts i got the main mast nearly finished, looks a bit wonky , (because it is), still to pin the pieces together

 

then a quick trip into the sunshine, although the sun is quite low and throwing all the settings out on the camera

 

hope to have everything sprayed the right colours within a work or so

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Holy chiwawa Kevin, that's one big and beautiful ship you gat there, even with a wonky main mast  ;)

 

Great progress mate.

 

Cheers,

 

 

Piet, The Flying Dutchman.

 

"Your greatest asset is not the quantity of your friends , rather the quality of your friends."  (old Chinese proverb)

 

Current Builds: Hr. Ms. Java 1925-1942

                       VOC Ship Surabaya

 

Planned Builds: Young America Diorama - scale 1:3000

 

Future Builds: KPM ship "MS Musi."  Zuiderzee Botter - scale 1:25. VOC Jacht in a 6" lamp,  Buginese fishing Prauw.  Hr. Ms. Java - Royal Navy Netherlands Cruiser.

 

Completed Builds:   Hr. Ms. O16 Submarine

                             Hr. Ms. O19 - Submarine Royal Navy Netherlands

                             Ship Yard Diorama with Topsail schooner -

                             Friendship Sloop Gwenfra

                           Muscongus Bay Lobster Smack    

                             Golden Hind - Cutte Sark (both not in this forum)

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Wonky? Really?  ok.. I see it... She still looks great.

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)         

         

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

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they should be ok all the sections have brass rods through them to give it some strength and allow me possibly to do the rigging in stages - but at present nothing is glued- 

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I would like to wish everyone on MSW Happy New Year

 

from

Kevin, Ruth and the wabbits

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Hi Kevin,

 

Wishing you a Very Prosperous 2015. Your Victory is looking superb!

 

I would suggest that why your main topgallant mast looks 'wonky' (especially for Sjörs: Collins English Dictionary – unsteady, askew, liable to break down) is because there is something wrong at the doubling. It looks to me as if two sections of the mast (topmast and topgallant) are not quite in line, causing the upper mast to be out of true.

 

I am sure you could correct it before you continue. ;)  

Kester

 

Current builds: Sherbourne (Caldercraft) scale – 1/64th;

 

Statsraad Lehmkuhl (half model) 1/8th" – 1'.

 

Victory Bow Section (Panart/Mantua) scale – 1/78th  (on hold).

 

Previous build: Bluenose ll (Billings) scale – 1/100th.

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hello my friend,

 

the picture was just a work in progress, non of the section were lined up and when on top of the bin for the photo shoot - i could not reach the top to make it look better, they are all now  dis-assembled at present awaiting a new compressor for my air brush, it should all then be ok 

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Happy New Year to you too Kevin and Ruth and not to forget the wabbits.

 

Best wishes from Piet, Gwen and Ivana the cat.

 

Cheers,

 

Piet, The Flying Dutchman.

 

"Your greatest asset is not the quantity of your friends , rather the quality of your friends."  (old Chinese proverb)

 

Current Builds: Hr. Ms. Java 1925-1942

                       VOC Ship Surabaya

 

Planned Builds: Young America Diorama - scale 1:3000

 

Future Builds: KPM ship "MS Musi."  Zuiderzee Botter - scale 1:25. VOC Jacht in a 6" lamp,  Buginese fishing Prauw.  Hr. Ms. Java - Royal Navy Netherlands Cruiser.

 

Completed Builds:   Hr. Ms. O16 Submarine

                             Hr. Ms. O19 - Submarine Royal Navy Netherlands

                             Ship Yard Diorama with Topsail schooner -

                             Friendship Sloop Gwenfra

                           Muscongus Bay Lobster Smack    

                             Golden Hind - Cutte Sark (both not in this forum)

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Thank you for the "where am I) pm's received

 

 I am involved in a few other modelling projects  at present (non ships) so I am doing little posting on my builds, but I am monitoring what's going on

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