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Amazing!  Absolutely fantastic, making the model tell the story of how the men worked the ship is a lofty goal.  One that you are meeting.

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Superb my friend,    have you been to Pompy  to see Victory?

 

OC

Current builds  


28mm  Battle of Waterloo   attack on La Haye Saint   Diorama.

1/700  HMS Hood   Flyhawk   with  PE, Resin  and Wood Decking.

 

 

 

Completed works.

 

Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic.

HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts.

HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine  plastic.

Black Pearl  1/72  Revell   with  pirate crew.

Revell  1/48  Mosquito  B IV

Eduard  1/48  Spitfire IX

ICM    1/48   Seafire Mk.III   Special Conversion

1/48  Kinetic  Sea Harrier  FRS1

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Thank you Sirs :-)

 

@Frank: I found them on my cutting board underneath the scalpel ;-)

 

XXXDAn

To victory and beyond! http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/76-hms-victory-by-dafi-to-victory-and-beyond/

See also our german forum for Sailing Ship Modeling and History: http://www.segelschiffsmodellbau.com/

Finest etch parts for HMS Victory 1:100 (Heller Kit), USS Constitution 1:96 (Revell) and other useful bits.

http://dafinismus.de/index_en.html

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Daniel,

 

your messenger-and anchor cable handling crew is a real tutorial for all who intend to rigg the anchor cables. Beautiful illustration work !

 

Looks like tere are always enough hands on a heavy ship like HMS Victory with training, dicipline, and a strong command

 

Nils

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Current builds

-Lightship Elbe 1

Completed

- Steamship Ergenstrasse ex Laker Corsicana 1918- scale 1:87 scratchbuild

"Zeesboot"  heritage wooden fishing small craft around 1870, POB  clinker scratch build scale 1:24

Pilot Schooner # 5 ELBE  ex Wanderbird, scale 1:50 scratchbuild

Mississippi Sterwheelsteamer built as christmapresent for grandson modified kit build

Chebec "Eagle of Algier" 1753--scale 1:48-POB-(scratchbuild) 

"SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse" four stacker passenger liner of 1897, blue ribbond awarded, 1:144 (scratchbuild)
"HMS Pegasus" , 16 gun sloop, Swan-Class 1776-1777 scale 1:64 from Amati plan 

-"Pamir" 4-mast barque, P-liner, 1:96  (scratchbuild)

-"Gorch Fock 2" German Navy cadet training 3-mast barque, 1:95 (scratchbuild) 

"Heinrich Kayser" heritage Merchant Steamship, 1:96 (scratchbuild)  original was my grandfathers ship

-"Bohuslän" , heritage ,live Swedish museum passenger steamer (Billings kit), 1:50 

"Lorbas", river tug, steam driven for RC, fictive design (scratchbuild), scale appr. 1:32

under restoration / restoration finished 

"Hjejlen" steam paddlewheeler, 1861, Billings Boats rare old kit, scale 1:50

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Daniel,

 

Absolutely fascinating. I can see plenty of jobs there that risked trapped fingers and limbs. 

 

BTW I am a great believer in understanding how things actually work when making models. In my view it leads to better modeling - which your fantastic models clearly show. :) 

Ian M.

 

Current build: HMS Unicorn  (1748) - Corel Kit

 

Advice from my Grandfather to me. The only people who don't make mistakes are those who stand back and watch. The trick is not to repeat the error. 

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On the preserved Victory they do walk around tours, but nothing compared to this even if it is in minature, on the real thing it would take a very large cast of renactors to get across something like this,,,again Superb

 

OC

Current builds  


28mm  Battle of Waterloo   attack on La Haye Saint   Diorama.

1/700  HMS Hood   Flyhawk   with  PE, Resin  and Wood Decking.

 

 

 

Completed works.

 

Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic.

HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts.

HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine  plastic.

Black Pearl  1/72  Revell   with  pirate crew.

Revell  1/48  Mosquito  B IV

Eduard  1/48  Spitfire IX

ICM    1/48   Seafire Mk.III   Special Conversion

1/48  Kinetic  Sea Harrier  FRS1

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super diorama you've set up there....very well done!  the figures look superb  ;)

I yam wot I yam!

finished builds:
Billings Nordkap 476 / Billings Cux 87 / Billings Mary Ann / Billings AmericA - reissue
Billings Regina - bashed into the Susan A / Andrea Gail 1:20 - semi scratch w/ Billing instructions
M&M Fun Ship - semi scratch build / Gundalow - scratch build / Jeanne D'Arc - Heller
Phylly C & Denny-Zen - the Lobsie twins - bashed & semi scratch dual build

Billing T78 Norden

 

in dry dock:
Billing's Gothenborg 1:100 / Billing's Boulogne Etaples 1:20
Billing's Half Moon 1:40 - some scratch required
Revell U.S.S. United States 1:96 - plastic/ wood modified / Academy Titanic 1:400
Trawler Syborn - semi scratch / Holiday Harbor dual build - semi scratch

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Last warning!

 

...tic-tac-tic-tac...

 

... be sure, the guided tour will continue :-)

 

...tic-tac-tic-tac...

 
XXXDAn
 
 
 
PS; Thank you all for the nice comments!
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To victory and beyond! http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/76-hms-victory-by-dafi-to-victory-and-beyond/

See also our german forum for Sailing Ship Modeling and History: http://www.segelschiffsmodellbau.com/

Finest etch parts for HMS Victory 1:100 (Heller Kit), USS Constitution 1:96 (Revell) and other useful bits.

http://dafinismus.de/index_en.html

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At the very beginning, I was desperately searching for crew. Still have the HÄT ones floating around some where ...

 

... but too big, too clumsy in form, too little and wrong positions ...

 

 

... then found the Preiser. First planed to make some and cast replicas - but first quite challenging casting in this scale and second, would have end up with a multitude of same positions.

 

Now I know that the change goes quite fast and I can give them custom postures - just whatever their duty needs :-)

 

Here some more pics from along the way. Last charge  were too clean and were too lollypop-like on deck so I had to filthy them up in situ. Here the latest press with before and after, but remember, the originals are a mere 18 mm, this means the eye is more lenient :-)

 

Victory-crew_0171.jpg

 

Victory-crew_0178.jpg

 

Victory-crew_0170.jpg

 

Victory-crew_0168.jpg

 

The last gentlemen is very serious about occupational safety - he got himself a jockstrap as the steel helmets to sit on were not invented yet ;-)

 

Also some gents with an immigrant background are finally to be spotted, something documented quite often.

 

Victory-crew_0195.jpg

 

Victory-crew_0190.jpg

 

XXXDAn

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To victory and beyond! http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/76-hms-victory-by-dafi-to-victory-and-beyond/

See also our german forum for Sailing Ship Modeling and History: http://www.segelschiffsmodellbau.com/

Finest etch parts for HMS Victory 1:100 (Heller Kit), USS Constitution 1:96 (Revell) and other useful bits.

http://dafinismus.de/index_en.html

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Your crew members are fantastic Daniel - very life-like. It's hard to remember, looking at the photos, just how tiny these actually are! Well done, Sir! :)

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More amazing work, Daniel.  It will be interesting to see what you do with these lads.

Mark
"The shipwright is slow, but the wood is patient." - me

Current Build:                                                                                             
Past Builds:
 La Belle Poule 1765 - French Frigate from ANCRE plans - ON HOLD           Triton Cross-Section   

 NRG Hallf Hull Planking Kit                                                                            HMS Sphinx 1775 - Vanguard Models - 1:64               

 

Non-Ship Model:                                                                                         On hold, maybe forever:           

CH-53 Sikorsky - 1:48 - Revell - Completed                                                   Licorne - 1755 from Hahn Plans (Scratch) Version 2.0 (Abandoned)         

         

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

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Thank you Sirs, very appreciated!

 

@Mark:

As usual, I will make them work! The starter is already waiting to bite the last man!

 

XXXDAn

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To victory and beyond! http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/76-hms-victory-by-dafi-to-victory-and-beyond/

See also our german forum for Sailing Ship Modeling and History: http://www.segelschiffsmodellbau.com/

Finest etch parts for HMS Victory 1:100 (Heller Kit), USS Constitution 1:96 (Revell) and other useful bits.

http://dafinismus.de/index_en.html

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Holy cow, we forgot the gun powder ...

 

... hurry-up, hurry up, I can already hear the sound of the starter ...

 

... and the smell of the cat´o´nine tails ...

 

Victory-150501_0301.jpg

 

... but how do we now get this stupid ball out of the barrel?

 

...

 

XXXDAn

To victory and beyond! http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/76-hms-victory-by-dafi-to-victory-and-beyond/

See also our german forum for Sailing Ship Modeling and History: http://www.segelschiffsmodellbau.com/

Finest etch parts for HMS Victory 1:100 (Heller Kit), USS Constitution 1:96 (Revell) and other useful bits.

http://dafinismus.de/index_en.html

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Sounds like Metallica - Master of Buckets

 

Victory-150501_0309.jpg

 

XXXDAn

To victory and beyond! http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/76-hms-victory-by-dafi-to-victory-and-beyond/

See also our german forum for Sailing Ship Modeling and History: http://www.segelschiffsmodellbau.com/

Finest etch parts for HMS Victory 1:100 (Heller Kit), USS Constitution 1:96 (Revell) and other useful bits.

http://dafinismus.de/index_en.html

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"Take my hand ... we're off to Never-Never Land ... "

(Whoops !! Wrong album.)

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The nice thing on a project like this is, that one can find so many small models that coincidentally gives a nice Vic.

 

One of those things are the gunport lids, haven´t yet tried the lower gunport lids with the scuttles :-)

 

First preparing parts and erasing the wooden grains and old fittings ...

 

Victory-gunportlids_0227.jpg

 

... and think.

 

First doubling for extra thickness. Did not want to cut the hole before assembly for positioning reasons. So made a steel stamp and used it first to give a color mark on the appropriate place.

 

Victory-gunportlids_0246.jpg

 

Used a 1 mm drill to give the depth and a scalpel for approx. shape and then used the stamp for the right form. Gives a nice and crisp edges and also flattens the bottom of the hole.  

 

Victory-gunportlids_0249.jpg

 

 

 

Then used my etch parts ...

 

Victory-gunportlids_0254.jpg

 

... the parts can be positioned easily, the split line for the scuttle was cut with scalpel and needle ...

 

Victory-gunportlids_0251.jpg

 

... and first color test.

 

Victory-gunportlids_0245.jpg

 

Than tinkered the rings out of etch eyebolts and 0,2 mm copper thread ...

 

Victory-gunportlids_0271.jpg

 

... and folded lovingly together by the help of two pliers.

 

Victory-gunportlids_0273.jpg

 

Still showed the planking , mounted the rings and imitated the bolts from the fittings ... 

 

Victory-gunportlids_0285.jpg

 

... and done.

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To victory and beyond! http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/76-hms-victory-by-dafi-to-victory-and-beyond/

See also our german forum for Sailing Ship Modeling and History: http://www.segelschiffsmodellbau.com/

Finest etch parts for HMS Victory 1:100 (Heller Kit), USS Constitution 1:96 (Revell) and other useful bits.

http://dafinismus.de/index_en.html

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And then the assembly, taking measure by putting the lid on the barrel, marking the positions with a needle ...

 

Victory-gunportlids_0260.jpg

 

... drilling and fitting test.

 

Victory-gunportlids_0262.jpg

 

 

 

 

Still missing the lanyards . Took my drilled and streched sprue ...

 

Victory-gunportlids_0267.jpg

 

... a template gives the right distances ...

 

Victory-gunportlids_0277.jpg

 

... open the holes with drills step by step ...

 

Victory-gunportlids_0276.jpg

 

... introduced the tubes ...

 

Victory-gunportlids_0279.jpg

 

... still spliced the lanyards to the rings and introduced them into the tubes ...

 

 

 

 

... and with some luck ...

 

Victory-gunportlids_0325.jpg

 

... one gets ...

 

Victory-150501_0298.jpg

 

... something like that.

 

Victory-gunportlids_0293.jpg

 

XXXDAn

To victory and beyond! http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/76-hms-victory-by-dafi-to-victory-and-beyond/

See also our german forum for Sailing Ship Modeling and History: http://www.segelschiffsmodellbau.com/

Finest etch parts for HMS Victory 1:100 (Heller Kit), USS Constitution 1:96 (Revell) and other useful bits.

http://dafinismus.de/index_en.html

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Some more petiteness:

 

The salt box for the cartridges ...

 

Victory-guns_0220.jpg

 

... used my etch monograms and pressed them with my vice into the wood to be more leveled, nice side effect is that they became less high :-) 

 

Victory-guns_0223.jpg

 

Glued the fittings and afterwards some red paint - careful, explosive!

 

The buckets from Master of Buckets were wooden ones from the lath with brass eyelets and copper handles, for the small ones I wanted to try something else.

 

2 mm poly rod, drilled open and milled out ...

 

Victory-guns_0224.jpg

 

... and then shaped them with a conical device pressed into it.

 

Victory-guns_0226.jpg

 

Then cut and filled with PVC and we have a nice water bucket for the small boy, that is supposed to have a wet wipe up on all remains of powder on the floor.

 

victory-guns_0317.jpg

 

Then I realised - too much space - pillars were missing ...

Tja und dann etwas bemerkt: Soo viel Platz war da gar nicht Mal, denn das dafi hatte in seiner großen Weitsicht noch nicht die Stützen platziert ...

 

Victory-guncrew_0336.jpg 

 

... so I had to replace some of the stuff

 

Two more shots for the subject: red salt box for the cartridge, round transport case, wad, multi purpose water bucket and a barrel with slow burning matches in case the flint lock does not work, everything as far off the guns as possible.

In P. the wads are hanging in a netting in between the hammocks, I omitted that, as there was not enough space for that.

 

Victory-guncrew_0338.jpg

 

Victory-guncrew_0342.jpg

 

XXXDAn

To victory and beyond! http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/76-hms-victory-by-dafi-to-victory-and-beyond/

See also our german forum for Sailing Ship Modeling and History: http://www.segelschiffsmodellbau.com/

Finest etch parts for HMS Victory 1:100 (Heller Kit), USS Constitution 1:96 (Revell) and other useful bits.

http://dafinismus.de/index_en.html

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Absolutely brilliant... 

Mark
"The shipwright is slow, but the wood is patient." - me

Current Build:                                                                                             
Past Builds:
 La Belle Poule 1765 - French Frigate from ANCRE plans - ON HOLD           Triton Cross-Section   

 NRG Hallf Hull Planking Kit                                                                            HMS Sphinx 1775 - Vanguard Models - 1:64               

 

Non-Ship Model:                                                                                         On hold, maybe forever:           

CH-53 Sikorsky - 1:48 - Revell - Completed                                                   Licorne - 1755 from Hahn Plans (Scratch) Version 2.0 (Abandoned)         

         

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

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Just a query about the salt boxes and brass monograms. While I'm sure I've got more than enough thanks to your kit. Do you think that once embossed that the recess could be filled with fine powdered brass and CA? Or is the recess to small?

 

Love the workmanship and attention to details I can only wish for.

Ongoing builds,

 

SCutty Sark Revell 1/350 (Mini Nannie)

Cutty Sark Airfix 1/130 (Big Sis)

Will (Everard) Billings 1/65 but with wooden bottom, because I can

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love it Daniel!.........wonderful imagination!

I yam wot I yam!

finished builds:
Billings Nordkap 476 / Billings Cux 87 / Billings Mary Ann / Billings AmericA - reissue
Billings Regina - bashed into the Susan A / Andrea Gail 1:20 - semi scratch w/ Billing instructions
M&M Fun Ship - semi scratch build / Gundalow - scratch build / Jeanne D'Arc - Heller
Phylly C & Denny-Zen - the Lobsie twins - bashed & semi scratch dual build

Billing T78 Norden

 

in dry dock:
Billing's Gothenborg 1:100 / Billing's Boulogne Etaples 1:20
Billing's Half Moon 1:40 - some scratch required
Revell U.S.S. United States 1:96 - plastic/ wood modified / Academy Titanic 1:400
Trawler Syborn - semi scratch / Holiday Harbor dual build - semi scratch

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Happy birthday dear Vicci!

Today 250 years ago, dear little Vic was taken out of the dock :-)

 

I had the honor to prepare the laudatory speech for the german daily magazine Modellmarine.de

http://www.modellmarine.de/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4236:07-mai-1765-250-geburtstag-der-hms-victory&catid=364:jahrestag

 

Please find here the google translation :-)

https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=de&ie=UTF8&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.de&sl=de&tl=en&u=http://www.modellmarine.de/index.php%3Foption%3Dcom_content%26view%3Darticle%26id%3D4236:07-mai-1765-250-geburtstag-der-hms-victory%26catid%3D364:jahrestag&usg=ALkJrhiPT4Bvw0qW2hY2O1ROJDRrkda-DQ

 

Cheers and all the best for the future to our dear Vicci, Daniel

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To victory and beyond! http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/76-hms-victory-by-dafi-to-victory-and-beyond/

See also our german forum for Sailing Ship Modeling and History: http://www.segelschiffsmodellbau.com/

Finest etch parts for HMS Victory 1:100 (Heller Kit), USS Constitution 1:96 (Revell) and other useful bits.

http://dafinismus.de/index_en.html

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So, the public already took place ...

 

Victory-Crew-150515_0463.jpg

 

... and is wondering what to come ...

 

Victory-Crew-150514_0451.jpg

 

... and also my little seed of maggots looks like is ready to be harvested :-)

 

Victory-Crew-150515_0475.jpg 

 

Ok, let´s clean the stage up :-)

 

Victory-Crew-150515_0478.jpg

 

XXXDAn

To victory and beyond! http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/76-hms-victory-by-dafi-to-victory-and-beyond/

See also our german forum for Sailing Ship Modeling and History: http://www.segelschiffsmodellbau.com/

Finest etch parts for HMS Victory 1:100 (Heller Kit), USS Constitution 1:96 (Revell) and other useful bits.

http://dafinismus.de/index_en.html

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