HMS Victory by dafi - Heller - PLASTIC - To Victory and beyond ...

[dafi]

After the fighting top had found its place, it was finally time to fit the futtock shrouds.

The work preparation was the blackening of the etched parts and the painting of the dead eyes. Then the irons of the dead eyes were bent open, the dead eyes inserted and everything squeezed shut and secured with some glue.



The upper hooks were then tied into the shrouds. This shroud was fully dressed, again using my technique with white glue as for my scale.



First test of the dead eyes in the holes of the fighting top and the shrouds hooked in.





Now you can see where the holes in the fighting top need to be reworked so that the irons don't sit at an angle. The lower shrouds have also been marked with a thread to hold the futtock shrouds.



Next, the dressing of the lower shrouds was completed and brought to the same height.



Finally the futtock shrouds could be hooked in, wrapped once around the futtock stave and tied to the shroud.

After trimming, this is what came out http://www.shipmodels.info/mws_forum/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif







XXXDAn

 

[shipman]

Astonishing work at that scale; well done.

Nice to see your model progressing so well.

[dafi]

For the next level, I prepared the top mast shrouds. Even if Steel doesn't mention it explicitly, in most modern sources the foremost shroud is also dressed here, so that's what I decided to do. The sisterblock is also integrated between the two forward shrouds.

But first come the hangers / burton tackles ...



... then the sister blocks ...



... and everything in place.





Here you can see again the difference between the dressed and undressed shrouds. Unfortunately, in contrast to my self-made ropes, the purchased ropes do fluff a little, but this is not visible to the naked eye.



To continue working, I tensioned the shrouds down with clamps and gravity.



And dark ropes in front of a dark background are somewhat annoying even with good lighting, so I made a white cardboard template for this spot.





Here you can see again the difference between the dressed and undressed shrouds. Unfortunately, in contrast to my self-made ropes, the purchased ropes do fluff a little, but this is not visible to the naked eye.



To continue working, I tensioned the shrouds down again with clamps and gravity.



And dark ropes in front of a dark background are a bit annoying even with good lighting, so I made a white cardboard template for this spot.



Then the dead eyes were bound in as the lower ones. To compensate for the lack of a third hand, I then tied the shroud to be worked on with a thread to the yardarm, see green arrows, helps immensely.



XXXDAn

[dafi]

It was that time again. My little one had wanderlust again and wanted to get out.

Evian on Lake Geneva was the destination this time, a big meeting of the French. And as Madame doesn't like travelling, I was allowed to come along too. And a few other bits and pieces.



The SMS Trinkstein was a big hit! The number of times Joachim had to tell the story is mind boggling, as the dafi was never there, he was at all times everywhere and gossiping with everyone. Thanks Joachim for the help!



Captain Hornblower's starting scene was also well received, Capitaine sans peur as he is called in French, the captain without fear.





Various printed parts ...



... working stuff ...



... books ...



... and of course savoury slices - after all, the French are gourmets 🙂



And the little one was also very excited ...



...we had a photo session with her straight away.











Best regards, DAniel