HMS Victory as a Storyboard Diorama.

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Besides the obvious activity on board, this picture represents so much more.

The black sailor dressed in white hauling on the rope at the extreme left of the picture represents Victory's varied crew at the time of Trafalgar.Besides a mixed racial group ,there were also French deserters and many other nationalities,willing participants and press-ganged individuals.

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Storyboard Dioramas long history. Storyboard ship dioramas have as long a history as any other type of modeling.Sailing vessels with figures aboard have been found by many archeologists digging around in our human past.A more recent example would be this model from the time when Admiralty Board models were popular.

Made in the late 18th century in Buckler's Hard shipyard in Hampshire U.K. ,where this type of ship was actually built,this cut-away type example shows on board activity using scale figures on all decks.

This model inspired my Victory but I opted not to do it as a cut-away.

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The detailing on that is brilliant, something to be proud of.

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Copper plates were made from individual pieces,that were weathered and glued on.The nails were made from copper wire ,cut to length and one end sanded flat.Holes were then drilled into the hull and the nails were hammered in for a tight fit.

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New pics of the Victory storyboard diorama.

I was playing around taking pics of my Victory model tonight trying to make it look like the title says "Drumming Daybreak." The rising sun,a plain old 60 W bulb stood in for the sun.

I am quite pleased with the pics considering that Victory is now in glass case which makes taking pics very difficult during the day due to reflection.

I am very happy that I went with the wood/brass look as it seems to get a richer patina over time, unlike paint which tends to deteriorate.

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John, i think you capture what is meant by a model, a snapshoy in time. However you manage to include depth and texture with your photography (another hobby ?) .

a very nice model and photographed perfectly.

thankyou.

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