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HMS Victory by Shipyard sid - FINISHED - Caldercraft


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Hello my friend

LOL - i am slowly catching up with you, i am now putting a few snaggie bits on mine, so no doubt there are going to be a few choice words coming from my man cave soon, i have loved following your build and will be sad to see it come to an end, just wish i had been able to keep up with you

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Greetings all

Well I expected to have my victory encased in a few days time, and have tidied the ship up, and touched up the paintwork. At the moment I am painting the oars and anchors for the two small boats which fit on the davits. The two final replacement acrylic sheets for my case appear to have been lost in transit . I got a call today to tell me they had been dispatched last Wednesday, and I should have received them the next day, but TNT appear to of lost them. I have been told it will be sorted tomorrow, and I will be sent two more sheets. I expect to start the royal caroline in a few weeks time, and I have just had a keel clamp made. I have just noticed that the horizontal bar may need lengthened . See what think of it. Thanks for your comments and for viewing. DAVID

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Hello David...

I was sitting in my dry dock ready to close up when your email came.  I like that keel clamp very much and I don't believe you'll need to change it if you set the clamps close to each end of the horizontal bar.  One of my many mistakes is that I failed to drill the keel for mounting so I guess I'm going to have to rely on clamping.  Your little boats look excellent and I hope mine will look as good.  Nothing much more to say except it seems like the glazing (arylic?)  seems cursed.  I thought you were using glass and it was shattered during the first delivery.  Cutty Sark has been sitting in its acrylic case for about 15 years now.  No dust and not a drop of discoloring in the acrylic.  Thought you'd like to know that.  Have a great evening,

Jerry

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Hello Philippe

This Is the first time I have ever made masts so I just followed the instruction book, and built one mast at a time. The bowsprit first and then the foremast. I have noted others have built all three lower masts first. I suppose the expert model ship builders may make and assemble their masts in various sequences, depending on certain factors. Maybe someone could enlighten us. DAVID

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Hello David

 

Just getting back to MSW and catching up on the Victory builds.  Wow!  Amazing work.  Congratulations, you must be very proud of her.  Builds like yours are an inspiration to those trailing behind you.

 

Patrick

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Greetings all

Well at last the ship is in it's case. The photos don't do it justice, as I pointed out in the display case log. But the ship does really look impressive. The photos showing the full case are very fuzzy, and we tried everything we could think of to eliminate it. I did notice the fuzzy pictures when I moved into my new shipyard and blame it on the blue walls which I was advised was the best colour to use. The walls in the other yard were magnolia and the photos were much sharper. Anyway you can see the difference with the close up photos. So that's my lot, and now I turn to my next build which is the royal yacht caroline by panart. I did purchase the pegasus after following blue ensigns brilliant build, but the admiral said she wanted me to build a galleon. She said my late fathers last two ships were galleons so she wanted a galleon. She had a look through Cornwall model boats list of ships and between herself and her friend decided the caroline was a nice ship. So I am now beginning the only royal galleon caroline on the site. I would like to thank you one and all for following my build over the last few years, which has been wonderful experience. I am now off to build my Galleon. Here's the last few photos. Keep enjoying your builds....DAVID

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Hello David,

Congratulations!!..It's so nice to see your beautiful model resting in its new spacious home.  The case looks very nice and having a removable panel makes handling the ship a task and not a chore.  It was my pleasure to watch your progress when I came aboard the site and especially to have you become my friend.  Truthfully, I would have never completed my ship if it weren't for you with your friendly personal messages calming down my many panics.  As much as I liked communicating with you the past couple of years, I can tell you for sure, I am not going to build the Caroline.  Now it's nothing personal but I think the next project may be the Derfflinger, a Euromodel kit.  My admiral hasn't made up MY mind yet.  IN any event, My Victory is finished as the flags and pennant were hoisted this afternoon.  I'll probably post a picture of her sooner or later.  The display case has been ordered and will hopefully be ready in four weeks, just in time for Christmas.  In the meantime she is isitting on her table, probably collecting dust as we all await the cover.  Have a great night and enjoy the rest of the weekend.  Your friend,

Jerry

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You should be very proud. I salute you sir.

 

Mort

Current Build - Caldercraft Victory

 

Completed - Artesiana Latina Swift, Harvey, MGS Prince de Neufchatel, Imai USS Susquehanna, Mamoli Constitution, Rattlesnake per Hunt Practium, Caldercraft Snake, Diana, Kammerlander Duke William 

 

Waiting to be Launched -  Bluejacket Constitution

 

 

Proud member of The New Jersey Ship Model Society

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Wow congrats David very wonderful work, thanks for sharing your build over the last few years, look forward to your next build.

Rich.

 

Builds in Progress:   HMS Victory

                                

Completed Builds:   Constucto Enterprise

 

Future Builds 2021/2022 USS Constitution

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Hi David

 

very very well done build on the Victory. And I like the case too... I got one just with acrylic glass and no wooden bars. I admit that your case looks very much better. For my Caroline I think I will also look for this kind of case...

 

Cheerio my friend

 

Max

Next: Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde by Euro Model 1:47

 

Finished: Half Moon Corel;  HMY Royal Caroline Panart; HMB Endeavour Occre 1:54; Fregatte Berlin, Corel, 1:40

 

 

A life without dogs is possible... but worth to live?

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Greetings all

Thanks once again to one and all. Cheers Brian and good luck with your sloop. Philippe good luck with your mantua victory art776 which I have myself half built . Gunther yes I have started to build the caroline, and will start my log soon, and hoping for help along the way. Greetings Max which ship are you building .??? Cheers Rich back to those wretched tiles , and Glenn you will be surprised what a difference the case makes, apart from the dam reflection on photos. Photos don't do it justice. And we can always rely on you being around Mort , thanks a lot. Regards DAVID

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Hello  Chris. I did not know you could get it fixed. I have noticed other logs  still have their photos and were finished well after mine. It would good if it could be fixed. Yes that would be really good. Thanks a lot    David

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Hi David,

Did you use an on-line photo hosting site for your pictures? I used to, it was free and allowed me to crop, rotate and manipulate the data size of images before uploading them into my build log. When they changed their conditions of use and required a subscription payment I stopped using them, and could no longer access the pictures I had saved with them. There were then problems with photos I'd previously added to my build log through that provider. Just a thought......

Cheers,

Graham

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