1/72 HMS Victory Cross Section

[adt70hk]

Jim

That is coming on very, very nicely indeed. A top, top job. Simply outstanding.

ATB

Andrew

[JR]

A work of art Jim, really impressive work on your part.The wooden decking colour on the top deck is great .

[Jim R]

Tim - there is a top deck above this. I think the position of this cross section means that there are no 24 pounders visible on the middle gun deck. The cross section has been chosen to show the entrances rather than the guns.
Scottie - appreciate :thumb2:
Chris - I would love to see some photos of the RC galleon. Must be an amazing sight.
Andrew - thanks for your support.
John - thanks. With your background in wood you'll understand how this is built better than most. I must confess that at times the fact that it is lazer cut wood has been quite challenging.
Jim

[Tim Marlow]

Tim - there is a top deck above this. I think the position of this cross section means that there are no 24 pounders visible on the middle gun deck. The cross section has been chosen to show the entrances rather than the guns.
Scottie - appreciate :thumb2:
Chris - I would love to see some photos of the RC galleon. Must be an amazing sight.
Andrew - thanks for your support.
John - thanks. With your background in wood you'll understand how this is built better than most. I must confess that at times the fact that it is lazer cut wood has been quite challenging.
Jim

Yep, see it now…..it’s a section right through the mainmast where the entryports are….took some looking at plans though LOL…..absolutely loving it!

[boatman]

Yep, see it now…..it’s a section right through the mainmast where the entryports are….took some looking at plans though LOL…..absolutely loving it!

Tim i may have some photos of that big galleon sailing on my old p/c but ive got hundreds of pics on it so i'll post it on here if i come across it as i was a few yrs ago as i havnt been up to sail on norwich pond now for about 3yrs so the pics of it are that old but will see on that as i use the old p/c as a picture book because on there ive got pic that are ireplaceable so when i look on it i may come accross it
chris

[JR]

Tim - there is a top deck above this. I think the position of this cross section means that there are no 24 pounders visible on the middle gun deck. The cross section has been chosen to show the entrances rather than the guns.
Scottie - appreciate :thumb2:
Chris - I would love to see some photos of the RC galleon. Must be an amazing sight.
Andrew - thanks for your support.
John - thanks. With your background in wood you'll understand how this is built better than most. I must confess that at times the fact that it is lazer cut wood has been quite challenging.
Jim

Jim, I can quite see how the lazer cut would at times pose a problem in removing the "burn" mark.Plenty of sanding, but not too much so as to loose the shape.

[Jim R]

That is exactly it John. Coupled with the fact that it is plywood which on the finer parts can de-laminate.

[BattleshipBob]

Beautyfull work Jim

Very impressive!

[Jim R]

Cheers guys.
I know it's been a while but with some relaxing of the Covid restrictions the wife and I have been getting out and about. We spent a week in the Lake District as well as some shorter trips. We are really enjoying getting 'back to normal' and we are feeling safer and more confident again.
The next job was the four 12 pounders for this gun deck. They are fiddly to put together but the rigging is really testing and takes so much time. After assembling and painting the guns themselves the side rigging was fixed




Then the rear rigging and the breech rope.




Fitting the cannons is next and from fitting the 32 pounders earlier I know that the main difficulty it ensuring all the ropes are correctly positioned. Although the guns are only small there are almost 50 parts to each one!!

Thanks guys.
Jim

[rtfoe]

Nice Jim, wondering where this got to. Great to see it back and the heavies look good with the tie downs.

Cheers,
Richard

[Mark1]

Nice work again Jim :thumb2:

[Tim Marlow]

Lovely stuff. I’ve been missing my fix of this build so I am glad you’re back on it….

[adt70hk]

Glad you l to hear you've been able to get our and about..... But even more pressed to see to back at this.

ATB

[JR]

Nice Jim, looks as if it was very fiddley, and enough parts per gun.

[Jim R]

Hi all
As always I'm very grateful for all your support.
A rotten, rainy few days here in Shropshire so managed quite a bit of time on this. All the 12 pounders are fitted onto the upper gun deck. Very time consuming because the guns are quite delicate and all the ropes get tangled up. I have shown one of the guns run in and the others run out.









A few odds and sods to add to this deck and then the main deck to fit. The end is in sight :thumb2: :smiling:
Thanks again.
Jim