1/72 HMS Victory Cross Section

[Tim Marlow]

Nice knitting Jim :thumb2: That looks great, it will look fantastic when they are in place......
There’s a lot of rigging on them. They need to be able to be run in and run out, and to be lashed tight....wouldn’t want three tons of gun running amuck during a bad storm.....I assume the big cable through the breech ring is there to stop them recoiling too far.....
Don’t think I’d like to stand on the other ship in an engagement! Three shots a minute at point blank range would destroy anything in front of them.

[scottie3158]

This is lovely work the guns and tackle look superb.

[minitnkr]

Exceptional. PaulE

[yak face]

Completely missed this one in January jim , just had a read through and wow , excellent work , a superb bit of building. Its going to be a showstopper when its on display in the house , cheers tony

[Steve Jones]

I really look forward to the updates on this build. That must have been a trial of your patience to get those cannons done. A real dedication to the cause. Beautiful work my friend.

[BattleshipBob]

Lovely work and skills Jim, superb job, really enjoying this unusual build:thumb2:

[JR]

Great work Jim, those cannon ropes reminded me of some spiders web !

[boatman]

HI Jim really fantastic work on those cannons an i can see that you enjoyed building these as it shows on how well you have made them brilliant work sir i take my hat off to you an just looking at them brings back memeriores for me an jen when we was lookin at the real things in victory as we have been over her about 3 times an your cannons look the spitting image of the real guns very well done on this model its a showstopper in our opinion as i shew jen an she aggrees with me on how well this model is made an jen said will you have some figures in like nelson lyein on the floor after his mortal wound ? as i think jen thought up a good idea there but up to you on that again though very well done :thumb2:
Chris an jen

[Steve Brodie]

just gets better and better

[Lee Drennen]

Jim. Nice build and those Cannons are looking good

[rtfoe]

Hi Jim, I just caught up with your build again and it's a beaut. The hammocks and guns are outstanding craftsmanship. I have only been on the replica HMS Endeavour and can understand how cramp the conditions were. Even Captain Cooks hammock looked so cramped and short.

My Dad visited the Victory when he was studying at Sandhurst to become a junior officer. He remembers all standing at attention and salute where Lord Nelson fell and also where he died in the deck below. He still shivers at the thought of the surgeons tools.

Jim, is the kit section anywhere near where Lord Nelson died and does the kit provide details of it?

Cheers,
Richard

[Jim R]

Thanks to you all for your interest and so many supportive, encouraging posts. They truly do boost the old mojo a lot.

So there are four 32 pounders on this section of the lower gun deck. The instructions allow you to choose between guns run in or run out. Just for interest I decided to show two in each position.

Very fiddly but what I lack in skill I make up for in patience and eventually I got one side done.
Gun run out


...and run in.






I coiled the loose rope as John suggested for the rear tackle when the gun is run in. The breech rope, which limits the recoil of the gun as Tim mentioned, was difficult to position as it is thick.

An interesting fact about the British guns "A gun crew of 12 was expected to be able to fire a round every 90 seconds. This was achieved by constant practice. The gun crews were expected to practice every day except when the weather was too bad" I have read that the superiority of the British gun crews was a telling factor at Trafalgar.

Thanks Jim

[BattleshipBob]

Superb Jim, lovely build and detail!!!

[Jim R]

Cheers Bob :thumb2:

A bit of progress but the better weather and jobs courtesy of SWMBO restricts bench time.

As a bit of a break from rigging guns I had a look at the top of one of the elm tree pumps which fits on this deck. It is a white metal part. This metal is very brittle and the top was broken.


Also the handle snapped when cleaning it up. I scratched a new handle from scrap styrene.


I decided that the hole for the hinge was unnecessary. I stuck it all together with two part epoxy rather than CA for strength.


I stuck a couple of styrene rivet heads over the handle hinge ends and the whole thing was painted.


One little idea I've had - don't know how it will turn out. When finished to show where this cross section is I have bought a cheap Airfix HMS Victory kit. The whole thing is less than 6 inches long and is very basic.

The idea is to build it, Paint the whole thing grey and then just paint the section in the proper colours, basically black and yellow ochre stripes.

That's it for now. I'm off to do some DIY stuff outside :sad::angry::crying:

Stay safe and enjoy the nice weather - well it is nice here in Shropshire :smiling5:
Jim

[rtfoe]

Hi Jim, great idea on showing where the section is on the little kit of Victory.

Cheers,
Richard