1/72 HMS Victory Cross Section

[adt70hk]

Jim

It just gets better and better!! Fantastic work and the guns do bring it to life.

ATB.

Andrew

[boatman]

Ditto Jim cant say it any better than Andrew has an he spot on wonderfull work an modelling my tiger wont be to this standard im afarid wow what moddelling
chris

[tr1ckey66]

Fabulous work Jim. This coming together really nicely.
Cheers Paul

[Mark1]

A fiddly job them guns! Really looking the part :thumb2:

[Tim Marlow]

Brilliant…….

[JR]

Jim.
Still can get over the timber deck colours , and now this takes the whole build to another level.
Has to be one of the most different and difficult builds we have seen.

[skinflint]

Just a superb bit of modelmaking. It's been a pleasure to follow this build.

[boatman]

Just a superb bit of modelmaking. It's been a pleasure to follow this build.

DITTO from me as well
chris

[Steve Jones]

The guys have said it all. Stunning work my friend

[scottie3158]

This is outstanding

[BattleshipBob]

A lovely job Jim, superb:thumb2::thumb2::thumb2::thumb2::thumb2:

[MAK2020]

Well done! It looks a lot better in yellow than in some ocher paint that is actually original colour in time from Trafalgar. Love it in yellov!

[Jim R]

Hi all
I blush from such great comments from fellow modellers whose work I admire and which inspires me. Thanks guys :thumb2:

The next job was to make up, paint and fit the pump head for the elm tree pump which tops out on this deck. The kit gives a pin to act as a hinge on the handle. I just used styrene rivets and glued the whole thing solid.


...and fitted.


All the beams for the quarter deck. Each one needed the charring from the laser cutting sanding off.


So far fit has been good but these beams were very slightly short. Maybe the whole cross section has splayed out a fraction. Not an issue mostly but the front and rear beams would show a small gap at the ends. So tiny slivers of wood were fitted and sanded back.


Fit is fine now.


Beams are just dry fitted. The large nuts are just to hold things in place and the centre cross beam is laying on top whereas in reality it fits underneath.


Next job is to mark and drill holes for the gunners tool brackets and then paint the beams off white.

Thanks again for staying with this. I'm slow at the best of times but this is a marathon even for me.
Jim

[Tim Marlow]

Love it! Looking truly superb….

[scottie3158]

This gets better every time I look in. A great fix on the short beams.