HMS Victory by Heinz746 - Caldercraft

[Heinz6672]

 

 

I think you did very well . Many errors of knowledge that I have done, that thou hast not. Great... Isalbert

 

 

this means that there is still hope for me? :-)

 

Thank you very much !!!!

 

- Heinz -

[waspy]

looking great Heinz!

[Heinz6672]

Hello my friends!

 

It´s time for a new update!

 

Last time, I asked myself, whether I should start to plank the deck or finish to plank the hull. I decided to first plank the hull. Unfortunately I had some problems to get new wood stripes. This is why I changed my mind and start to plank the deck. 

 

I knew that it would not be easy to do, because this time I first built the gratings on the deck. In fact, it took my much longer to plank the deck. But I think I managed it quite well and I am glad to say, that I am happy with the result.

 

As you can see in my pictures, I used my "old" technic. That means I first lay the wood stripes with a little slit between them. Then I fill the stripes with my black wood filler. After scraping and sanding the planks I seal them with varnish. 

 

Now I start to finish the hull planking!

 

Greetings and best wishes to all of you!

 

- Heinz -

 

[captgino]

Beautiful work. What is the recipe for your 'old technique'?

[Heinz6672]

Beautiful work. What is the recipe for your 'old technique'?

 

Hello captgino, 

 

thank you for your nice compliment.

 

My old technic? I mean the way I make the planks and the caulking. I tried to explain it with these words:

 

 That means I first lay the wood stripes with a little slit between them. Then I fill the stripes with my black wood filler. After scraping and sanding the planks I   seal them with varnish. 

 

Best

 

-Heinz-

[Seventynet]

Hi Heinz,

 

Nice deck planking. As usual your work is just outstanding. Sorry I haven't done anything on my Victory for a while. Soon.

 

Best, Ian

[Kevin]

just love the deck planking, much better than my painting one edge and one end, well done

[Heinz6672]

Ian and Kevin, 

 

many thanks for the nice words! They are really welcome :-)

 

@Kevin: the way I planked the deck has 2 big advantages: the first advantage is the old (dirty) look caused by the black wood filler all over the planks. The second is, that you can hide some mistakes, like planks that don´t fit perfectly together.

 

But you need very good nerves when you see your deck completely coated with the wood filler...

[J T Lombard]

Heinz:

Your deck planking looks great. Can you answer a few question about it? 1. how do you "space" your planking? 2. Is the wood for your planking from the kit or did you purchase different wood strips? 3. What is the "black wood filler" you used to coat your deck?

 

regards

 

J Lombard

[Heinz6672]

Heinz:

Your deck planking looks great. Can you answer a few question about it? 1. how do you "space" your planking? 2. Is the wood for your planking from the kit or did you purchase different wood strips? 3. What is the "black wood filler" you used to coat your deck?

 

regards

 

J Lombard

 

Thank you for your compliment!

 

I made a photo of the wood filler. It is from the company "Clou". I do not know if you can buy it outside of Germany. But here you can buy it in any hardware store. So I don´t think that it is something very special.

 

I use the wood stripes from the kit. I think it´s a beautiful wood and good to handle. Although many stripes are very crooked. I tried to use the best parts of it.

 

 

About the spaces...hmmm, I don´t know how to explain it... the only thing I do, is to put the wooden stripes not close to each other, but leave a small gap. I did this by eye. So there is no secret or special ability.

 

I hope this will help you :-)))

 

Best wishes

 

-Heinz-

[J T Lombard]

Heinz:

 

Thanks for your reply

 

J

[Heinz6672]

Hello friends, 

 

I want to show you a new update and what I have done in the last few weeks.

 

As I told you, I decided to finish the planking of the hull. Again I have the situation, that I don´ t want to use the parts of the kit. There are several moldings to put on the planks that have to be made of wood. I study the Victory of Alexandru very carefully, because he does it in such an outstanding way. I try to copy his work. But - surprise - it´s not as easy as it looks :-)

 

I had so many problems with it, I could not tell you. I decided to do it in my way, concerning to my skills. But even than I get some problems. First I had to find out, that my molding was invisible, because I used the same walnut-wood I used for the planking. The strips were a little bit thicker (1,5 mm instead of 1,00mm) but that was´t enough to have a visible contrast. The solution was to prepare them with my black wood filler and make them darker. Wood filler become a panacea for all my problems....

 

The next problem was the second and smaller molding. I simply don´t know how to do it and where to fix it. I have to admit that I was not able to build everything in the way that it fits perfectly and everything is exactly in the right position as it is written in the plans or on better models. So again I have to say: my model is inspired by the original, but it´s not a perfect copy. 

 

After finishing that part I returned to the upper deck and the walls (you can see in my pictures what I mean). Comparable to the stern I don´t wanted to use the sheet windows from the kit. I made new ones with my yellow wood.  Also I had the idea to fill the vertical slits with that wood, to have a contrast and a little "eye-catcher".  What do you think about it? 

 

Of course these parts are not fixed on the deck. I only placed them for the photo.

 

Best wishes 

 

-Heinz-

[Seventynet]

Beautiful precise work Heinz. You're coming along nicely.

 

Regards, Ian

[Heinz6672]

Hello modeling friends, 

 

just a small update with my recent photos

 

:-)

 

Best to all of you!

 

-Heinz-

[Seventynet]

I'm loving the detail Heinz, beautiful work. And that's no small update!

 

Regards, Ian

[Heinz6672]

Thank you again, Ian.

 

Without your nice words every time, it would be half the fun to build my model :-)

 

- Heinz -

[Heinz6672]

Hello friends, 

 

I think it´s time for a new update.

 

All canons are on their places now and fixed. The handrail is finished. And the poop deck is at his place and planked. It sounds like easy and fast work, but it was so much to do. 

 

I am really happy with the result. What do you think about it?

 

Many greetings to all my friends and modellers all over the world!

:-)

 

Have a nice week!

 

-Heinz- 

[donrobinson]

Beautiful work, is that paint you apply to the deck then scrape it off?

[Heinz6672]

Hello Don, 

 

thank you for your nice words.

 

It´s black wood filler.  Please look at the top of this site. There is a picture of it.

 

-Heinz-

[donrobinson]

I seen that but wasn't paying attention , sorry about that. Your photography is excellent 

[cobra1951]

All I can say it is an interesting and very effective way of caulking and it also gives the planking a used and aged effect. I may try this myself sometime. Excellent idea

[Heinz6672]

Hi Bob, 

 

you are right. I love that "aged effect". And because of that I don´t only use that method for caulking my planks. I prepare many pieces with the wood filler and make them look older.  It looks great on the walnut wood. I should have used it more often. The next model I will do it :-)

 

- Heinz -

[Karleop]

Hallo Heinz:

 

You are doing a really splendid work with your Victory, Congratulations!!

 

(By the way I also must check with the Google translator all my writings, but from spanish)

 

Tschüss, Karl Heinz ( aus dem Gulf von Kalifornien, Mexiko)

[Heinz6672]

Hello Karl Heinz,

 

thanks a lot for your nice compliment. I´m very glad about that!

 

I think we are both not the only guys who need to use the translator. But... who cares ? :-)

 

Now you have made me curious. Are you german too? You write, that you translate from spanish, but your greetings and your name sound very german :-))))

 

No matter, you are very welcome!

 

- Heinz -

[Karleop]

Hallo Heinz:

 

Yes, I have my Deutsche Staatsangehörigkeit because my father was German and although I've been a few times in Germany I was born in Mexico.

 

Saludos; Karl Heinz

[Mirabell61]

A great build Heinz,

 

you are doing an excellent job with that kit  

 

Nils

[Heinz6672]

Thank you all for your nice words. It´s the best motivation to keep it on :-))))

 

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

 

- Heinz -

[paulb]

Excellent job, Heinz.

The craftmanship is amazing.

Paul

[Heinz6672]

Hello friends, 

 

I had a few free days. Of course I used them to work on my model. The weather here don´t allow something else :-)

 

As you can see in my pictures I built the stairs to the quarter deck. Again I tried to build everything from wood. Although I know that this is not original. But if you follow my blog you know, that I prefer that way. 

 

The next step was building the fire buckets. It was very difficult to make the logos on them, because they are so small. Even the smallest brush is too big. Finally I used the tip of a metal needle. But the tough and sticky gold color makes it impossible to create a clear logo. I did my best. Hopefully nobody looks too closely on it. 

 

After this I turned to the front and the roundhouses. Here, too, the basic principle was: no paint or sheet! But that means that I had to plank everything  and try to build the bows with my yellow elderberry wood. What do you think about the result? I really like it :-)

 

Finally I build the two carronades today. 

 

Best wishes and a happy sunday

:-)

 

- Heinz -

[Charter33]

Quite simply outstanding! Superb work, Heinz. Thank you for sharing it with us.

 

Graham