HMS Victory DeAgostini 1/84 scale

[eddiesolo]

Nice work so far Steve.


Si

[Guest]

thanks for the kind words spent yesterday faring the hull and laid my first plank then went onto measuring up the second plank which would run aft when i noticed it did not line up with the stern gallery supports it was then i realised the last bulkhead that the supports fix to was too high so ive had to try and loosen the glue luckily i have been using pva and i first tried using water to soften it up but that did not work so had a look round the internet and found a tip which was to use nail polish remover which after about 20 mins softened the glue enough to remove the bulkhead and having then checked the frame it had not been cut deep enough for the bulkhead to sit in its proper place so i have spent this morning redoing it and fixing the bulkhead back on the frame and alls well again now.


cheers steve

[Guest]

Such a huge model will allow a lot of fine detail. Looking forward to that.

[bazers]

Looking good Steve ,are you looking foreward to all that riging .

[Guest]

Thats one thing that will be a challenge barry it was bad enough on my supply build but managed to get through it in the end


cheers steve

[Guest]

Hi here’s a little update on how things are going, started off by fairing the hull which took quite a few hours to get right and then started on planking the gallery and laying the first plank.


The instructions call for the first row of planking to be laid with the bottom of the plank being lined up with the bottom of the lower gun deck and then continuing up for the first 6 planks and then marking where the bulkheads are on the planks this then becomes one side of the gun ports and the top of the first plank becomes the bottom of the gun port.


As suggested in the mag I made myself a small jig for marking out each of the gun ports which are 12mm square with 16 gun ports on each deck to make, so far the quality of the wood is good with no uneven size planks that can be found sometimes and with a little soaking in water are easy to bend using the plank bender that was supplied.


At first I tried using the plank bender without soaking the planks but with limited success breaking more than I bent but now I have no problems at all with bending them after about a 10 min soak.


The files and pin pusher that also came with the series are not the best quality but so far doing their job but I’m not sure how long the pin pusher will hold out, but that’s not a problem as I have my other one anyway.


Cheers steve


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[Dave W]

Looking good. I worked out in Saudi in the nineties. A mate I shared a villa with was building a similar sized Victory. I often wonder if he got it home in one piece!.

[takeslousyphotos]

That's looking good Steve. I only ever did one planked hull so I know it can be hard going. I'm looking forward to seeing the finished job on that.

[Guest]

good start! I am watching this!

[Guest]

hi all


Over the past couple of days I have been busy marking out the lower gun deck ports and planking some more of the upper part of the hull. After marking out the gun ports it is said in the magazine that you should scribe them with a sharp knife and cut them out in small sections all the way along which I did attempt but found this not to be suitable for me anyway so out came the multi tool and I attached the small router bit and did them that way even then it took over an hour to cut out the 16 gun ports each side.


I then spent the next few hours sanding the ports to size and also sanding the planking to level things up abit and reduce the time I will need to take sanding the upper hull later, I have now planked the forward bulkhead before carrying on with the hull planking from there and this takes me upto issue 26 of the magazine and once the glue on the forward bulkhead has dried I will turn the hull over to mark out the stern gun ports and cut them out in the same way as the others.


All in all so far I am finding the planks are sitting well on the hull without much fairing needed if any and they are level up both sides and I only needed to taper 2 or 3 of the planks by 2mm or so to keep an even run.


Cheers steve

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[Guest]

Very nice work, that looks difficult. Good job

[flyjoe180]

Impressive work Steve.

[Guest]

Looking good Steve, sound bit of planking look forward to seeing more.


Keep up the good work.


John

[Guest]

thanks for the comments


Ok well it’s come to that time again where I have to put everything away and get ready for another month at work so I won’t have anything to post now until July when I get back so hope you all have an easy time with all your builds and see you next time.


Cheers steve

[Guest]

Hi all well had a few days at home now so starting my build again later today so hopefully i will have a few photo's in a day or two


cheers steve