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

[dafi]

Thank you for all the thumps up, as always very appreciated!

 

And I am always delighted by the fine structures that are now possible in printing. Once again, parts whose diameter is half as wide as my papillary ridges, these are some of the finest parts of my products 🙂

XXXDAn

[dafi]

I was in model-building deprivation, with no time to do anything and not even to document what I had already built.

The version of the Launch with sails has to be stored in the back for now, as martens have damaged it by chewing on the sails ...

That's why I continued with the version equipped with a davit for anchoring and fishing. Here some pictures last stage.

First, there was the question of where to put the cable that had been hauled up. Instinctively, I had stowed it in the bow during the first test.

But in order to attach a pulley to the capstan that can only be attached forwards to the stem and the cable accordingly had to go to the rear. So I decided to store it in the middle of the boat, which is also better balanced, and you can see that this is a good solution.

But first, a little bit of small stuff, which also makes a difference http://www.shipmodels.info/mws_forum/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif

The pulleys are pre-assembled; this one should hang loosely, so I shaped it with wallpaper glue.

The grapnel anchor and ladles have also arrived.

To tie in the anchor rope, I clamped a pair of tweezers in my vice.


And then I built a nice bunch with the rest of the rope.

And here it is the small menagerie.

And now it got pleasantly exciting, but see for yourself...












While two lads secure the pulley, the capstan bar is being changed on the other side. The lieutenant keeps a watchful eye on the whole process, while one man checks to see if anything is happening at the back end at the cable. In the middle, one man holds the cable taut and clears it neatly. That setup certainly wouldn't have worked with the rope at the front in the bow, as crowded as it already is there.

Cheers, Daniel