HMS Victory by dafi - Heller - PLASTIC - To Victory and beyond ...
Late summer 1805, the sun is burning inexorably from above, the wind is completely asleep, the sea is smooth as glass. The dispatches have already been exchanged. The master of the small cutter has just returned to his tiny vessel. Behind it there is towering the enormously massiv silhouette of the huge black and ocher striped three decker. Through the open gunports the lashed up guns can be seen. Also the officers' cabins ports are wide opened by the order of the Captain's to ensure an optimal
And here we go again.
Short positional test of the guns in interaction with the capstan.
Guns run out ...
... stowed ...
... cleared out of the radius of the capstan bars.
The next stages of construction will require the missing deck beams. Here is the status. The missing beams give a spaciousness and light that never existed.
Beams pre-bent in a template. Supports prepare
