HMS Victory by Paul0367 - Constructo - Scale 1:94 - First wooden ship build

[AndyW]

Nice on the anchors Paul.

[Paul0367]

Yep im still going, no, I haven't rigged the canons. Instead I teated myself to another book. HMS Victory her construction career and restoration. This book has opened doors regards info, the brackets I made for what I thought were for spare sail spars, turns out there not spare there actually functional and are brought out when at full sail. Pictures demo this, I have also made the deadeyes for the platforms as close as the scale allows to the original, ok only one is positioned but I think you get the idea, Oh and I have made up the mast strengtheners too but forgot pictures but to be fair there only clamped in position at the moment. Canons still avoided at this time.

Edited June 9, 2015 by Paul0367

[AndyW]

Beautiful Paul, is that barrels you have been buying?

[Paul0367]

Yeh toying with the use, there only on with blue tac for effect as they would need strapping down and metal bands added to them.

[Davesellindge]

Its going to a show piece when done, I just cant believe how much you are doing

[Paul0367]

Cheers Dave

Its not how much i'm doing, rather how long I can avoid the canon rigging, there is quite a lot of additional deck fittings and eyelets that the kits avoided, possibly as there is only so much they can add to keep the price down.

Oh before I forget don't put the large side lifeboat davits on until much later than the plans suggest,, trust me on this, they stick out shouting knock me loose, or  completely off. It will happen, my pictures show three, yep had enough of re attaching them. 

[AndyW]

Re the stud sail booms/yards, obviously these are for the mainmast, noticed in the drawings ones for the foremast as well, but no where evident of where they attach or are stowed.

 

Another good tip on the davits.

[Davesellindge]

Thanks Paul about the davits it was like the  advice doing the rudder earlier that made a difference. Did you make the barrels

Edited June 11, 2015 by Davesellindge

[Paul0367]

These appear to be brought out when at full sail and stowed by the side in the brackets attached to deadeye rails, there called lower studding sail booms, the fore mast does the same but there smaller and are fixed forward of the dead eye rail and not stowed outside the ship. Well from all my books they point at this but im no expert.

 

Dave, I cheated and bought the barrels, to cheap to consider turning my own. Shh I made them.

Edited June 11, 2015 by Paul0367

[AndyW]

Yeah it was the storage location, I wasn't sure of.

[Paul0367]

I have been pressing on, sobeit slowly, with the deadeyes on the mast platforms. The clamp is holding the mast strengtheners which are to be soon also fitted.

[Paul0367]

All mast platform deadeyes fitted and also the anchor supports missing from the kit.

[AndyW]

That is looking fine indeed Paul.

 

Well got my hands on the kit today, 7 anchors on order tomorrow.

[fxitgood]

Paul (Sir), When cutting small pieces of wood, what tool do you find makes the most square and accurate cut, please. Thank You.

[Paul0367]

Where you planing on puting all those Anchors.

Razor saw and a mitre box is my main cutter, I also use the proxon cirular saw but I do need a finer blade for it, clean all cuts with sand paper to remove any strands formed but keep the edges crisp & sharp

[AndyW]

McKay book the bower scale is wrong, it is actually 1/96, means the kit supplied anchor is 14 mm approx short, if you look on page 41 of the anatomy 100 gun ship book you see when catted the bower goes from under the cat head to where you have your nice new palm fitted. The size should be 68/69 mm, kit anchor is 54mm approx. Have the sizes for the stream and two kedge anchors. Gong to use 2mm rope for the hawse ropes as well.

 

The two sheet anchors as illustrated, the stream anchor is lashed to one of the sheet anchors, the largest kedge lashed to the other sheet anchor. Debate on where the smallest kedge was stored, probably in a boat, but might leave this one off.

 

As for saw, jewlers saw is superb like a mini bow saw, hand scroll saw superb for shaping and cutting small blocks.

Edited June 21, 2015 by AndyW

[Paul0367]

Let me know when you find the larger anchors but at the monent its a sacrifice I may live with. The many would never notice either way really. To to add the extra 14mm would make the kit ones look odd so new is the only way.

[Paul0367]

Starting to add the detailing to the platforms on each of the mast ( much more to add ), the kit, as always, falls quite short here too, so its chew through reference books and try and add as much as possible at this scale. Adding all deadeyes in the scale manor and also making the hooks to which the line is attached took quite some time and adjustments to match images rather than the kits positioning of each deadeye.

[Paul0367]

Thanks for the pictures Andy, they sort of forced me to do something I was trying to kid myself that I could live with. Mast platforms, the kit gives us a nice template and the methods of construction but the templates are quite wrong. I only noticed this fact when I studied the images of the fittings and for a while I thought they were ok, well for me there not. I will explain, the kit platforms are far to square and to be honest being so square was actually a pain to get the wood to conform to the shape. The actual platforms are far more curved and I just had to, replace or re work my originals, the latter surficed.

[AndyW]

Beautiful reworking Paul

 

Daren't tell you about the spar and mast detail

[Paul0367]

I have seen a lot of it and its a lot of work, but I will try

[Paul0367]

Been pressing on with the platforms today and fitted one of the rear rails, the uprights on the real ship are actually square and not round as Constructo would like us to beleive, I just hammered the brass wire supplied for this job, yep you guessed, hammered square.

[Paul0367]

Well its been a while since I posted any work, well been a while since any work has been carried out to be honest, well on the ship that is. I have been fitting a door on my build area to prevent stray noise from the equipment I have added since starting the build disturbing my boys adjacent tv room.

[Paul0367]

Pictures from other source

[shihawk]

 I,m coming slowly to the mast stage and your methods are very interesting ,giving me a lot of ideas. Thanks . lookin great .

[Kevin]

Paul it has been a long while since I posted on your build (lol) what a lot of your you have done, she looks great, well done on avoiding putting the poor quality castings on and making your own

 

well done, you have almost caught me up

[mtdoramike]

WOW, absolutely stunning work Paul.

 

mike 

[Paul0367]

Mast work coming along sobeit very slowly, I have had other commitments this month and awaiting the material's also hinders the build. That said, Its not a race and I'm in no rush.

Edited August 29, 2015 by Paul0367

[fxitgood]

Very awesome detail Paul. I am currently working on the portside cannon ports and the details on the bow. Keep the pictures coming. Thank You Paul.

[AndyW]

Beautiful job on the mast detail Paul.