HMS Victory by Glenn-UK - Caldercraft - 1/72

[Glenn-UK]

Space was becoming an issue in the old shipyard, as was the general mess I was making so the shipyard has now been fully restored to it's old function, that of being a bedroom.

 

On saturday I constructed a work bench area in my garage, and still have room to get the car in if needed. Tonight I have moved down all the items from the bedroom to the new shipyard.

 

It will go live tomorrow night.

 

My main new work bench, with plenty of room for the boat and an extra area to work for making parts as necessary.

As can been seen I also created a storage area for the kit box under the desk.

 

 

The old desk from the shipyard has also been moved down which will be used for the tool storage.

 

Access to the new work shop is via the utility room, sorry about the old shoes in the picture.

Edited October 13, 2014 by Glennard

[Jerry]

Looks real good to me, Glenn..Just one thing, do you have heat in the basement?  I hope so.

Regards,

Jerry

[Glenn-UK]

There will be heat when need, just need to acquire a suitable potable heater, which is currently with my mother.

[Glenn-UK]

Work continues on the quarterdeck fittings in the new workshop. The added room is making the  work much easier.

 

Nice broadship picture of the assembly

 

Picture of the workbench, added some wooden battens to the wall so I can pin the drawing sheets as I progress on with the build

 

View of the bow end fittings

 

NIce view down to the upper gun deck.

 

 

 

 

 

[Glenn-UK]

Tonight I assembled the 4 waist ladders. Before I started I decided it would be benificial to make a simple jig to aid the assembly.

 

It was a very simple jig and I found it did speed up the process.

 

Here is a picture of the jig, there is an section to hold the 2 x ladder sides in place and a second section to cut the ladder steps to the correct length.

 

Ladder sides installed in the jig

 

The ladder steps were all cut to the same size, using the jig

 

Assembly of the ladder work in progress

 

Completed the frist waist ladder assembly

 

Dry fit of the first ladder.

 

Completed all four ladders, ready to be painted black, noting two ladders will be fitted on opposite side

Edited October 17, 2014 by Glennard

[Glenn-UK]

Thanks to everyone who has visited my log, for all your likes and very kind comments.

[Patrick Haw]

Hi Glenn

 

Just getting back into MSW and catching up on the builds.  Wow, you're really making progress!  Looks really good. I enjoyed fitting out the quarter deck, although I still have to install and rig the guns, but it was one of those "now she's starting to look like a ship" periods.  So enjoy!

 

Patrick

[Glenn-UK]

Just a quick update

I have installed the waist ladder baluster and associated wood strip, but will delay fitting the waist ladders for the time being as I want to decide on the best eyelets for the hand rails. Also I have completed the rigging opening, main companionway and admiral companionway.

 

Finally I have prepared the kevels, shot garlands, staghorns and belay pin strips.

 

I noted there was an error in the build instructions regarding the shot garlands which should be painted yellow and not black as advised. I have also inserted a yellow infill into one of the quarterdeck kevels and yellow strips to the staghorn assembly.

 

Here are some pictures, the last one is the progress as it stands. No more work to day as I'm off to the Man United V Chelsea game.

Edited October 26, 2014 by Glennard

[Jerry]

Nice work, Glenn.  Good to see how well you are coming along.  Real neat work; you'll have a real beauty one of these days.

 Best, Jerry

[Glenn-UK]

I have attached the kevels, pinstrips, staghorns and shot garlands to the quarterdeck. Here are a few pictures.

 

 

Following this I decided to start the assembly of the remaining 8 cannon assemblies

 

Parts removed and ready for assemby

 

Having refined the task, I have found it best to insert the 1mm copper strip first, not glued in at this stage.

 

I then used some super phatic glue as I inserted the front cross beam and then clamped for a couple of minutes whilst the glue grabbed. During the phase I did also check the width ready for the fitting of the rear cross beam

 

I repeated the process for the rear cross beam

 

After about an hours work all 8 basic assemblies were completed.

Edited October 29, 2014 by Glennard

[Jerry]

Keep it going. Glenn.  Your work is A1.  It's good to see another top craftsman at work.  As I've said before, you're creating a real beauty.  Best to you,

Jerry

[Glenn-UK]

Thanks Jerry, your comments mean a lot to me.

[Glenn-UK]

Hello Lawrence

The additional room  is a godsend, wish I'd moved in months ago as it has made working on the build so much easier.

And of course the added benefits of better lighting and better storage facilities for the tools / build materials.

The garage it not too bad temperature wise at the moment so no need for any additional heating.

I have sourced a suitable heater which I will buy when the temperature drops a bit more.

[Shipyard sid]

Greetings Glenn

Yep everything is coming on nicely , and no problems. Good luck with your patent, but come clean on the new shipyard , more space for storage etc!! You've been thrown out !!!!! DAVID

[Glenn-UK]

Hello David

Great result at weekend and last night for Newcastle, very pleased for you.

 

In truth I did decide to move out as space was fast becoming an issue after we had rearranged two of the bedrooms.

There was no pressure from the Admiral to move out, but she  is now very happy with the new arrangement.

 

How's the display case coming along?

[Glenn-UK]

Just a quick update as not much work carried out this weekend.

 

I decided to build the beakhead roundhouse assembly offship, the first task was to construct the roundhouses.

 

Roundhouses built, ready for final shaping

 

Before starting the shaping I decided to use my super phatic glue to seal all the gaps.

Will start the shaping tomorrow once the glue is fully dry.

 

I have also completed the cannon assemblies, looking at the real cannons the side breach rings were much larger than the normal eyelets, I decided to replicate this.

 

This picture show the rear and side breach rope rings fitted to a cannon

 

I like the menace of this picture

Edited November 9, 2014 by Glennard

[Jerry]

Good to see you're keeping it moving.  The cannons look mean.  Nice job, Glenn.

Jerry

[Glenn-UK]

Next stage of the beakhead roundhouse assembly.

 

The roundhouse assemblies are now complete and painted blue

 

Dry fit of the roundhouse assembly to the hull.

YOu will note that I have also dry fitted the doors and gun port lids, just for fun.

 

It has taken a couple days to paint the pilasters, so I thought I would dry fit them.

I think they look good. The roundhouse pilasters still require bending to fit correctly.

I plan to glue the pilasters to assembly tomorrow night and will also fit the hinges, doors and gun port lids.

Bottom and edges of lids painted red, slight leakage of red paint on one lid to correct

 

 

[Jerry]

OK Glenn...

Keep it going.  Looks like you have it down pat.  I'll be anxious to see the lids and doors in place.  I left one door free to open and close, for the fun of it , but i permanently glued the other door slightly open.  Have fun,

Jerry

[Glenn-UK]

Hello Jerry

Many thanks for your kind comments.

I'm looking forward to completing this assembly and getting to grips with fitting my first ever gun port lids.

I hope the finished result lives up to the initial promise!

I have also made a small jig so I can set the hinge back 1mm from the edge of the gun port lid

[Jerry]

Glenn, like I said before you have it down pat.  We'll be watching for the enjoyment.

Jerry

[Glenn-UK]

Hello Lawrence

Many thanks for your visit and kind comments.

You have completed an outstanding model and should be righty proud of your achievement.

I will keep referring to your log as I continue on with my build.

[Shipyard sid]

Greetings Glenn

Well once again everything is coming on fine, and all is in hand. Watch out for breakages on the curvy bits on the capping assy. Did yon get in touch with yon ?? Keep enjoying it glenn. DAVID

[Glenn-UK]

Hello David

Many thanks for the kind words. I have been in contact with Yon. He's lost all the pictures due to a hard drive failure but may have a few on another computer but can't check that out until next week sometime. Doors and pilasters have been fitted and doors fully functional.Hinges fitted to the two gun port lids. Plan to fit tomorrow night as I'm waiting for glue and paint to dry fully.

Edited November 13, 2014 by Glennard

[Glenn-UK]

I was doing some research and found the following picture which shows the actual rigging of the beakhead gun port lid; located adjacent to the roundhouses.

Most builds seem to have two eyelets / rigging lines fitted, one each at the end of the hinge.

 

I think I will try to replicate this tonight.

I have already modified the red side of the lid to match the picture shown in the owners Haynes manual.

I will post some pictures of my arrangement when I have completed the task.

[Shipyard sid]

Greetings Glenn

A simple way to replicate this is to drill the holes for the rigging thread in the hull the same diameter as the parral beads. You can slide the bead onto the thread, and when you fit the thread into the hole, slide the bead half way into to the hole, which should give a nice effect. You can also use the same idea on some of the running rigging which feeds through the hull at the later stage. Regards DAVID

Edited November 14, 2014 by Shipyard sid

[Glenn-UK]

Thanks David

I already had secured some insulated sleeving which I was going to use to cover the thread through the hole.

[Jerry]

Glenn..I really like David's idea because the concave surface of the bead gives the look more authenticity.  

Way to go, David.

 Keep going, Glenn...you're creating a treasure.

Jerry

[Glenn-UK]

The labour of love that is the beakhead roundhouse assembly is nearing completion and tomorrow and I move on to fitting the cat tails.

 

I decided to experiment with different rigging methods.

Here is my attempt at splicing the thread with a needle

 

The problem with this method was the neddle was too big which resulted in damage to the thread.

I did try to twist the thread to compensate, but still looked a mess so I abandoned this method.

 

The doors are fully functional, and I added to handles to spruce up the build.

At this stage I had not fitted the roundhouse portholes and some of the painting needs touching up.

 

If you refer to page 58 of the Haynes Manual for the Victory there is a nice picture of the gun port lid.

I replicated this by added another piece of wood to the bottom of the gunport lid and then added a single eyelet.

 

As per my earlier post there is only one rigging thread per lid, so I replicated this.

I did experiment with adding sleeves and parrel bids to simulate the rigging entry point at the beakhead.

I didn't like the end results. I may simply add a touch of black paint to replicate the sleeve.

 

Portholes are now fitted and paintwork touched up.

Just need to paint the inner porthole circle black to replicate the window

 

Edited November 14, 2014 by Glennard

[Glenn-UK]

Good news the beakhead assembly has finally been glued to the hull.

As can be seen the portholes have been painted black,

There is a bit of dust following fitting the cat tails and filing the top edge smooth

 

Was a quick and easy task to fit the beakhead deck planking.

 

The cat tails have been fitted, and clamped whilst the glue is drying

 

The two shot garlands have been painted and dry fitted. Will glue in place once the clamps have been removed.

 

I have started reposting some earlier pictures which have gone AWOL from this build log; I hope to complete this task over the next week or two, providing I can locate all the missing pictures!