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

[Kevin]

oh no - I have been told off -

[newbuilder101]

   

[ocean clipper]

Hi Ken welcome back like you i have not done any more to my Victory in 2 months,summer is heregoing to make the most of it in garden,so model going on back burner for a while.Like you i am allways saying could i have done it sny better ?prob not with my limited skills it is what it is,as long as i am happy with it at end of day,then i am happy.  DEREK

[Kevin]

My Victory will be back on the workbench by this weekend, intentions are to get her to a masting stage by the end of the year, (well its a plan anyway)

 

My list of things to do in the next few weeks, lol about 100 on it -which will take me to masting

 

1) finish port side gun-port lanyards and then repeat everything starboard

2) stern and bow decoration

3) rudder

4) rework all davits and lower mast booms

5) stern Gun ports (missed)

6) find a way to re-position all top side cannons so they are not taking up deck space

 

yep the BUZZ is back

[gjdale]

Great news Kevin (or should that be Buzz? ) I look forward to the next update.

[Kevin]

well the Victory is back on the work bench, the available work space is going to be adequate for hull work - not so sure about height wise- i will worry about that another day

 

i am starting to catch up on some of the logs i used to follow, but have a nice long weekend ahead, Thursday night to tuesday

[Glenn-UK]

What a fantastic workshop, you've done a great job with that, and the Victory looks great in the dry dock. 

[Kevin]

stbd side gunports

 

All lids removed apart from two - they dont want to play my game, some de bonder needed, or bigger gun-port removal tool

old lanyard pins removed, by drilling out

About 1/3 of new lanyards made, 

1.5mm holes drilled into hull to take the uplift tubes

will touch up paintwork before i start to put it all back

 

good to be back

 

Edited July 12, 2014 by Kevin

[gjdale]

Good to see work on you Vic underway again Kevin. A tedious re-do job, but you'll be very pleased you did once it's complete. Hang in there!

[mtaylor]

It's great to see you back at the shipyard, Kevin.  Tedious work but it looks sharp.

[clipper]

Hi Kev, lovely smooth paint job my friend. Forgive me if I've missed it in an earlier posting but what paint did you use, did you spray or brush? Nice build mate. Waiting for your updates reminds me of when I was a kid waiting for my weekly comic. A good inspirational build

Tony

[Kevin]

Hi Kev, lovely smooth paint job my friend. Forgive me if I've missed it in an earlier posting but what paint did you use, did you spray or brush? Nice build mate. Waiting for your updates reminds me of when I was a kid waiting for my weekly comic. A good inspirational build

Tony

yellow orca was hand painted - using Jotika Admiralty paints  http://www.jotika-ltd.com/Pages/1024768/PSA_Paint.htm

the black was halfords rattle can

Edited July 13, 2014 by Kevin

[Sjors]

Hi Kevin,

 

A little bit late but from me also a welcome home       

After the visit of your beautiful ( lake district ) country it's good to be back and to see you again with your great build the Victory !!!!!!

 

[Kevin]

not quite as much work done today, lost another of our wabbits so feel quite miserable but did make a start on the stbd side 

[Kevin]

 Progress made

 

had the opportunity so far to just get on with it, instead of an hour here and an hour there,although i will be in this position a lot more now as i have just stopped my other hobby (Eve online) 

 

sat in my mancave listening to us being beaten by india 

[Piet]

WOW!!!  That's one good looking ship Kevin.  Great job on the gunport lids.

 

Cheers,

[Kevin]

good evening everyone

 

Nearly there, just Nine left to do, two this side and then strip 7 and redo them on the port side,so hopefully i can put this saga behind me (been a saga to me) 

Lanyards - once into a routine i was ok

 

click on image to get better image

Edited July 19, 2014 by Kevin

[mtaylor]

Beautiful work on her and the rework of the lanyards should make you very proud.  That was a major undertaking.

[Jerry]

Hello Kevin..

 

I'm happy to see your log again and to marvel as to how nice the new layards look.  The hull looks beautiful and the paint job stands out.

 

Good to see you back.

 

Jerry

[Kevin]

Goos afternoon, torn between lots of things today, F1 Race test match and Victory, so i have delayed watching the Race so that i can listen to the Cricket, Brilliant game

 

anyway - LOL subject to change the Gun-ports are finished, that for me is a big milestone, i have a couple of lanyards still to put away but the quarterdeck decoration still needs to be finished

 

so these might be the last few outside photo to be taken as she is going to be a handful to move outside as i start soon on the deck decoration, thank you all for likes and comments which have kept me going

 

[divarty]

Just found your build log and was blown away, she looks absolutely incredible.  Can't wait to see more.

[mtaylor]

Looks fantastic in the sun with her ports hanging down like that.  Bravo on the milestone!!! 

 

I suppose you'll need to make a wheeled cart to move from here on out?

[MEDDO]

Very nice ports.  Excellent photography as well, they really show the scale of this nice build.

 

p.s.  Eve... won't let you leave...  will try to suck you back in... 

[Kevin]

Very nice ports.  Excellent photography as well, they really show the scale of this nice build.

 

p.s.  Eve... won't let you leave...  will try to suck you back in... 

like it has done for the last 5 years, just a break to let me get on with the build, no doubt it will be back come winter, thank you for the comment

[Kevin]

Looks fantastic in the sun with her ports hanging down like that.  Bravo on the milestone!!!  clapping.gifclapping.gifclapping.gif

 

I suppose you'll need to make a wheeled cart to move from here on out?

ummm - i do like getting her out for some vitamin S (sunshine) im unable to get consistent indoor shots of her

[Kevin]

Just found your build log and was blown away, she looks absolutely incredible.  Can't wait to see more.

thankou

[augie]

Always a sight to behold.  Congratulations on the milestone.

[Piet]

Hello Kevin and a WOW to the nth power!  Magnificent!

 

Cheers,

[shihawk]

Agree with all comments ,brilliant work ,just be carefull of the thunderstorms !!

[SawdustDave]

Hi Kevin....Just now joining your Vic build.....my favorite, having built her twice. I go to bed each night looking at her in her glass case beside my bed.

You are doing a beautiful job, and I have enjoyed browsing through your build log. Very nice photography as well.

Dave