HMS Victory by knotty74 - Billing Boats - Scale 1:75 - first ever ship build, wood or otherwise

[knotty74]

Gunports lined in red and entryway added.

[knotty74]

Skidbeams, support columns, ladders, railings and details around the belfry done. 

[clearway]

coming along there - going to have to get mine re-started soon methinks!

 

Keith

[aviationman]

On 1/26/2015 at 1:56 AM, knotty74 said:

Stern taffrail

 

I decided to have a break from the planking and so had a go at seeing if my small-scale painting was going to be any good. The taffrail that comes with the kit is a piece of naff ply and so I bought the cast one from CMB. Very pleased with how it came out.

I can't find CMB on a google search to buy the Taffrail for my Billings HMS Victory can't anyone give me a lead ?  Thanks Marty

 

[shihawk]

i believe he means Cornwall Model Boats . i think that was where i bought mine years ago??

[shihawk]

If u look under . Caldercraft fittings .....Decrotive fittings .... u should find what u need ?

 

[aviationman]

Thanks for the info, bought one from Caldercraft appreciate the help.

[vaclavbrichta]

HMS Victory 1: 75HMS Victory 1:75

schání plachty, nebo plán na ušití plachet, máte někdo?

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[knotty74]

Back on it in lockdown and time to get the stern finished off.

[knotty74]

Used strips of yellow printed labels to recreate the window frames.

[knotty74]

Continuing building up the detail. Taffrail added. It's too big, compared to the original, but it's so much better than the flat wooden one provided in the kit, that I'm happy with the compromise.

[knotty74]

Additional decoration added and lanterns/nameplate.

[knotty74]

Belaying pins added and first gunport doors. Stern finished with the painting of the black strips between the windows and the rudder and chain added.

Edited May 10, 2020 by knotty74

[clearway]

welcome back- i am using a replacement set of lanterns by caldercraft as opposed to the billings ones- yep i'm still here after a vicky break lol.

 

 keith

[knotty74]

Back to it. Wanted to build some representation of the firebuckets to hang behind the binnacle (now in situ). Used circles to give 4 buckets, printed with the crown emblem on. Look slightly too big but they'll do, given nothing came with the kit.

[knotty74]

Done some gun ports recently. The kit only shows the lid itself and I wanted to additionally recreate the ropes that hold the lid open. Chose (after some trials) a 0.5mm hemp thread that gives a reasonable look I think. 

[knotty74]

Hammock stays all round!

[knotty74]

Railings added once the hammock stays were painted black.

[knotty74]

First attempt at adding some of the safety netting towards the bow section.

[knotty74]

Not a lot left to do on the hull now, after all the recent work. More gunport lids (and ropes) to do and the rest of the safety netting. I'm going to replace the green netting (that came with the kit) on the stairs, as I think the black (tuille) looks much better.

 

I'm then going to use some milliput to fashion some hammocks to go round the outside.- Pretty much done at that point and I can finally move on to the masts and rigging!

[Ensign Smith]

Hey there.. Hope your build is going well.. I've started mine just this month...

[David K]

What have I done!? I’ve always wanted to build a good sized HMS Victory. Building Spitfires, Messerschmitts, F1 cars and the odd Navy warship (all plastic) obviously made me an expert! Silly boy. Anyway I bought the Billing boats 75:1. THEN I found this site and, read the comments. Okay it’s a daunting task but the instructions are so perfect :(( can anyone tell me how on earth I do the deck planks? I’m not even sure what wooden strips to use. Do I lay them one by one, cutting out the holes for the stairs etc? Or do I cut the holes, glue them to the false deck, then put that in place? Hope that makes sense. Any help at this stage would be greatly appreciated. Kind regards,

David K.

[clearway]

On 10/3/2022 at 5:46 AM, David K said:

What have I done!? I’ve always wanted to build a good sized HMS Victory. Building Spitfires, Messerschmitts, F1 cars and the odd Navy warship (all plastic) obviously made me an expert! Silly boy. Anyway I bought the Billing boats 75:1. THEN I found this site and, read the comments. Okay it’s a daunting task but the instructions are so perfect :(( can anyone tell me how on earth I do the deck planks? I’m not even sure what wooden strips to use. Do I lay them one by one, cutting out the holes for the stairs etc? Or do I cut the holes, glue them to the false deck, then put that in place? Hope that makes sense. Any help at this stage would be greatly appreciated. Kind regards,

David K.

Hi David, somewhere back in the Ether on this section you will find billings victory builds by shihawk and myself as well (still to finish mine)! read the instructions several times then read again, yes lay the deck planks one by one as on most builds  to be honest though Vicky is a mammoth task especially if no prior experience with wooden shipbuilding.

 

Keith

[David K]

On 10/7/2022 at 8:26 AM, clearway said:

Hi David, somewhere back in the Ether on this section you will find billings victory builds by shihawk and myself as well (still to finish mine)! read the instructions several times then read again, yes lay the deck planks one by one as on most builds  to be honest though Vicky is a mammoth task especially if no prior experience with wooden shipbuilding.

 

Keith

Thanks Keith! I’ve looked closely at yours, Shihawk and Knotty’s build. Quite incredible really. I’ve started the build and, despite pouring over the incredible work you guys have done, along with reading the instructions countless amount of times, I’ve still made mistakes. The instructions just don’t make sense in many ways, to me. When I work out how to post a build log, I’ll do it, as the mistakes I’ve made (then fixed) are ones that you experts never would. Hopefully I can help novices like me, not muck up like I did/am. Thanks again mate

[clearway]

On 12/20/2022 at 6:18 AM, David K said:

Thanks Keith! I’ve looked closely at yours, Shihawk and Knotty’s build. Quite incredible really. I’ve started the build and, despite pouring over the incredible work you guys have done, along with reading the instructions countless amount of times, I’ve still made mistakes. The instructions just don’t make sense in many ways, to me. When I work out how to post a build log, I’ll do it, as the mistakes I’ve made (then fixed) are ones that you experts never would. Hopefully I can help novices like me, not muck up like I did/am. Thanks again mate

No Problem Dave- it is classed as "for the expert" by billings so they assume you will know a lot of the basics already- really really must fire my Vicky up again.

 

Keith

[Andrewj]

I,m in the process of building Billings HMS Victory and your build log is most useful. I woder if you could tell me where you got the safety netting support brackets. 

[allanyed]

On 8/17/2023 at 2:33 PM, Andrewj said:

I,m in the process of building Billings HMS Victory and your build log is most useful. I woder if you could tell me where you got the safety netting support brackets. 

Welcome to MSW Andrew. 

This topic has not had an entry in 8 months do you may not get a response.  You can PM the builder and ask him directly, or if you want to have more members give input on the netting brackets, do a post in the Ship's Deck Furniture forum.   

Again, welcome aboard.   It would be really nice if you would post a little introduction about yourself in the new member forum here at MSW. 

Allan

[clearway]

On 8/17/2023 at 7:33 PM, Andrewj said:

I woder if you could tell me where you got the safety netting support brackets. 

Hi Andrew- i bought  Victory etchings set from Cornwall Model Boats (Panart i think at 1:78 scale)

Edited August 19, 2023 by clearway
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