1/72 HMS Victory Cross Section

[spanner570]

Brilliant stuff, Jim.
A real pleasure to follow.....

[Tim Marlow]

Just love it. I think this has become my favourite build on here…..

[rtfoe]

Love the details and wood staining Jim. I think your next build should be the whole Victory, rigging and all. I would definitely follow that too.

Cheers,
Richard

[Steve Jones]

The Blue Monkey pub became a den of iniquity over the years and was a hotspot for local drug dealers and users. It was in a lovely part of town with the local church behind. We went to several Harvest Festivals and Carol singing events in the church back in 90's. The pub closed in 2000 and was burnt down in 2006.



Now no one has claimed resposibility and it still remains a mystery too who torched the place. So Mr Race, was this your first practice session with all things firey??:smiling5::smiling5::smiling5::smiling5:

[JR]

The Blue Monkey pub became a den of iniquity over the years and was a hotspot for local drug dealers and users. It was in a lovely part of town with the local church behind. We went to several Harvest Festivals and Carol singing events in the church back in 90's. The pub closed in 2000 and was burnt down in 2006.

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Now no one has claimed resposibility and it still remains a mystery too who torched the place. So Mr Race, was this your first practice session with all things firey??:smiling5::smiling5::smiling5::smiling5:

No not me Gov, 2006 you say, no was in Broadmoor !:smiling3::nerd:

[rtfoe]

No not me Gov, 2006 you say, no was in Broadmoor !:smiling3::nerd:

We'll have to check Broadmoor for any incidences to verify your presence. :tears-of-joy: :tears-of-joy: ...definitely booking a flight to nowhere.:smiling5:

Cheers,
Richard

[Jack L]

Somehow missed this build until now. What fantastic work!

[Jim R]

Hi all
Your kind posts are most welcome. Thank you all.
Well a bit more progress although bench time has been harder to find as with the Covid rules being relaxed we have managed to get away for a few short breaks. It does seem a bit strange and to be honest, slightly unnerving, to be out and about after the restrictions of the recent past.
The decking of the upper gun deck is done. The support knees fitted and the gun ports and bulwarks painted. This deck has yellow ochre bulwarks, a nice change from the off white.






The next job is to build up the carriages for the four 12 pounders which fit on this deck. Lots of laser cut parts to clean up and assemble.


Thanks again.
Jim

[Tim Marlow]

Good to see this on the go again. Is there another gun deck above this one?

[Tim Marlow]

Just asking because the middle layer should be 24pdr, not 12pdr, I think?

[scottie3158]

This is really looking good.

[boatman]

HI Jim yes this is moddeling at its best an as Richard said be nice to see you build the whole ship an yes i know it would take yrs to build like my tiger an yours would be even harder build an we sometimes get a big model R/C sailing galleon on our norwich pond at do's like this sundays one if its there i'll take some close up pics to show here an its big about 5ft in leanght an the mast go up to about 6 to 7 ft high an it looks splendid in full sails but by gum its heavy though take 3 people to move it to the water
chris

[Tim Marlow]

Out of interest Chris, how do you control a six foot sailing ship by RC? I would think the only thing you can control is the rudder? I can’t imagine how the sails could be put up and down, though I suppose they could be rotated to get the angle to the wind correct?

[boatman]

Out of interest Chris, how do you control a six foot sailing ship by RC? I would think the only thing you can control is the rudder? I can’t imagine how the sails could be put up and down, though I suppose they could be rotated to get the angle to the wind correct?

HI Tim yes you are spot on m8 the masts an sails stay up when in tranport as the (ole chappie he has passed on now ) but someone eles has bought it had a special trailer made up for it like a mini horse box an the ship rode on a trolley inside an when he got to the pond the back end came down onto the concreate pond edge an the trolley with the ship on was pulled out by about 3 people as it was so heavy an off the trolley in to the water an yes it had rudder controll also a small eletric motor an prop in case it came becalmed an yes the mast turned the sails into the wind by R/C SO YES Tim you are correct
WELL THOUGHT OUT for someone who is not a floaty guy LOL
ATB chris

[Tim Marlow]

Always had an interest in ships Chris, mostly WW1 battle wagons, but also Napoleonic sailing ships. I’ve gamed both extensively in the past as well. One of my best memories from the school wargame club was refighting Jutland on the floor of the sports hall. I was a mere youngster, but two of the sixth formers were really into naval games and they spent a whole year building for it. All ships were scratch built from balsa using plans out of Janes fighting ships…..it looked fantastic to me at twelve