HMS Victory by gil middleton - FINISHED - Caldercraft - 1:72

[gil middleton]

We've just returned to Seattle after a few months.

It has been six months since the kind posts of Daniel (Sailor1234567890), Scott Larkin and Jason (Beef Wellington) to this site.  While taking the "Victory" out of mothballs, I've replied by PM.

Peter, many thanks for your remarks.  I'll look for photos on rope coils, or make them, however it may take a bit of time to get organized.

And Jack, thanks for your kind comments, however you are far more experienced than I in model ship building.

There is still work to be done in preparing our real boat for the winter, but I look forward to bringing the Victory back to life.

Cheers, Gil

 

 

The "Victory" mothballed.

[WackoWolf]

Glad your back. Get everything done and then you can get back to the shop. Looking forward to new updates.

[Sjors]

From me also a welcome home Gil.

 

I hope ( and I know ) that you had a wonderful time.

So vacation is over, wipe of the dust and then back to the bench please !!!!!

We want to have some updates !

 

Sjors

[dafi]

Got worried, nice to know you back :-)

 

XXXDAn

[gjdale]

Welcome home Gil. I look forward to the resumption of play.

[aliluke]

Hi Gil

I remember lurking on your log on MSW 1 (I may have commented then but I can't remember). I never tracked it down on NRG-MSW 2 until now and have just been through it all, beginning to end. A complete pleasure.

 

Just wanted to say that your work is at the very pinnacle of our craft and it is an absolute joy to look at.

[Jerry]

Hello Gil..

 

Hope your cruise was enjoyable and that everyone is feeling well.  I look forward to your future post, especially the photos of the coils as I am working in that area now.  Welcome back to our wonderful web site.

Jerry

[dgbot]

Welcome back.  Hopefully you had a good time.

David B

[edmay]

Welcome home Gil, hope you had  fair seas and a journey to remember well.Edwin

[Kevin]

GIL gil  gil gil gIL  YOU ARE BACK 

 

WELCOME HOME

[Glenn-UK]

Welcome back looking forward to watching your progress, your build is a key reference point for my on going build.

[Jack12477]

And Jack, thanks for your kind comments, however you are far more experienced than I in model ship building.

:D  Gil, if by that you mean number of completed kits!?!  Yes, I have a lot of practice making a lot of mistakes. None of my finished models holds a candle to your in-progress Victory.  Planking and rigging are my weak points and I have been paying close attention to your methodology as I hope it will help me improve my own.  Your skills are impressive. Thanks for the compliment tho. Hope you enjoyed your cruise.

 

 

Jack

[gil middleton]

Thank you all for such a warm welcome home.  It's nice to know that our family of model ship builders is alive and well.  I look forward to learning from each of you and throwing in a few thoughts along the way.  Cheers, Gil

[augie]

Welcome home Gil!  Looking forward to updates on your fantastic build.

[gil middleton]

Finally returning to model ships, with baby steps.  Most of the time devoted to the real ship preparing for winter. Someone mentioned earlier that I'd missed the studdingsail boom.  It was intentional, until the running rigging was completed.  The main studdingsail boom follows, while the foremast stun's'le boom may or may not be added depending on securing the anchors.

  Preparing the boom and hardware. Adding "Bolts" for the channel.

Booms tapered to approximately 3/4 the inner diameter.  Port Studdingsail boom.  Inner swivel and small tackle per McKay's drawings.

 

 

 

[gil middleton]

Continuing with studdingsail boom.

Channel support with appearance of bolts through the channel.

  Small block to receive line from studding sail.

  Starboard fitting with control tackle

 

Upcoming projects, Anchors and small boats.  After viewing Daniel's (Dafi) precise anchor treatise and Grant's beautiful small boat construction, my task seems easier.  Cheers, Gil

 

[Kevin]

lovely to see you back posting

[Sjors]

So your back Gil and you are starting with difficult things ????( for me )

What is the purpose for that studdingsail boom ?

Never seen it and never hear from it.....

 

Sjors

[Kevin]

sorry Gil I will remove if you are not happy me answering your question

 

Sjors , for rigging the light wind sails (stuns) or studding ,

These boons swing away from the hull to allow the deployment of the cloths on the spars on the end of the main and foremast spars (Page 49 in my log)

Edited October 8, 2014 by Kevin

[Sjors]

Thank you Kevin     

 

Sjors

[gil middleton]

Thanks Kevin,  For those not familiar with Studding Sails (Stuns'ls), the following should clarify.

 

  Studding Sails

 

Studding Sail Boom

 

  Ship with Studding Sails deployed.

 

Cheers, Gil

 

 

[Sjors]

Thanks Gil,

 

If I understand it right, they call it " sailing fore the wind" ????

 

Sjors

[AON]

...or running with the wind.

[gil middleton]

I was recently asked about how to make rope coils.  Looking back to pages 26, 27 and 28, I discovered that the photos are no longer posted, but only the index number of the photos displayed. Somehow, the files have been corrupted, deleting the photos. They used to be there, now they are not.  Has anyone else had this problem? And what is the cause?

 

Before further discussion on rope coils, it appears I need to go back and edit a number of posts to reinsert photos. In fact I probably need to review every post to see how extensive the problem is.  Cheers, (I think). Gil

[mtaylor]

Gil,

 

There was a system burp back in March.  See here for additional info:  http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/6021-server-maintenance-scheduled/

 

The root cause has been found and corrected and the site is now getting a different type of backup so this doesn't happen again.

[gil middleton]

Many thanks Mark. I've been out of touch since mid March and had not realized others were having the same problem. I'll get busy tomorrow tracking down photos.  Gil

[gil middleton]

After Mark explained what happened while I was gone, I read the postings of others with the same problem.  Looking back through my log, I believe all the photos have been replaced.  Cheers, Gil

[JSGerson]

I went through the same loss of images problem as well. If any of the photos were posted by a commentator, not yourself, then they must re-post. I still have images missing because the originator of the images never re-posted. BTY, on page 28, comment 417, two images are still missing.

 

I really have learned an awful lot from your blog and always look forward towards your next installment!.

 

Jon

[gil middleton]

Jon,  Good grief ! More photos missing. Thanks for the heads up.  It could have been so much worse.  Gil

[gil middleton]

BOW SPRIT

I've been asked about building the bowsprit, and on reviewing the photos (page 3 of this log), it is somewhat confusing. Though most of the photos were reentered after the crash of 2013, most comments were not. To explain, I'll duplicate some photos and add a drawing or two.  Of course, this is simply one way to do it.

 

Tapering the bow sprit with a "poor man's lathe" ( Hand drill in a cradle).

 

 

Bow sprit fitted at fore deck

 

 

Making gammoning "saddles."  Using another dowel of the same size, cut half way through.

 

 

One half thickness of the dowel removed.

 

 

Grinding out the center of the dowel.

 

 

Cutting saddles on a bias.

 

 

Gluing saddles in place,  Tenon fashioned at the forward end to fit square hole in the cap.

 

 

Saddles in place, "Iron rings" added and tenon at the right side.

 

 

Drawings to follow.