1/72 HMS Victory Cross Section

[adt70hk]

Jim

Missed the last couple of updates. Quite simply OUTSTANDING!!!

Top notch work. Particularly love the ram rods for the guns.

Very well done indeed.

ATB.

Andrew

[David Lovell]

Giant thumbs up Jim ,have watched this one on the quiet from the start absolutely brilliant such a unusual and imersive subject to see it all from the cutaway perspective, what makes it that bit special for me in my youth I slept on one of the gun decks of HMS Fudroyant (spelling?) In hammoks cold and uncomfortable. This one is very special hope you've got a place of honour for it when finnished . Dave

[Jim R]

Once again guys I am so encouraged by all your very kind comments. I like Allen's suggestion but I'll give it a miss this time :rolling: :smiling5: :rolling: :tongue-out3:. I must give him and John time to perfect the technique :thumb2:

Wales all done although I think there is one more to fit further up the hull. Once again the instructions say to fit slightly oversize and trim/sand back. The whole thing is too fragile for that and anyway I can't risk sawdust getting inside the model. I cut each piece accurately and then fit - slower but less fraught.


Next is planking the quarter deck. They suggest fitting and then staining. I paint one side of each plank off white and then stain the other surface before fitting.


The outer planks are hard to clamp so I just weight them down.


Staining first works but as you can see there is a little touch up needed but that is easy and only takes a moment.


There are only a couple of stages left although having looked through them there seems to be a lot involved yet.
Thanks for your continued support.
Jim

[Tim Marlow]

Great stuff. Sanding on the model sounds a recipe for disaster to me. Good call on your technique Jim. Are you going to calk the seams on the top deck? She’ll be a wet vessel without it
Personally, I can’t work out how you could do it myself…..but this build is a real education so you might have a trick or two left….

[Andy the Sheep]

Jim, my compliments!
Great skills and a smart approach to the problems make this thread a real joy. :thumb2:
For those who wants to increase their naval thesaurus (mine starts from scratch) here is a link to a useful tool: Glossary of ship and boat building terms

[adt70hk]

Jim

This really is a work of art. Top marks all around.

ATB.

Andrew

[Steve Jones]

Nearly nine months on and you are still enjoying this as when you first started. This is truly an epic build and we still have more to come. Hopefully you will have it finished by Christmas but we wont say which year. :smiling5: :thumb2:

[JR]

WOW

Jim hats off to you, I agree with Jack's " truly one of the best/most enjoyable models I have seen. "

[Airborne01]

Giant thumbs up Jim ,have watched this one on the quiet from the start absolutely brilliant such a unusual and imersive subject to see it all from the cutaway perspective, what makes it that bit special for me in my youth I slept on one of the gun decks of HMS Fudroyant (spelling?) In hammoks cold and uncomfortable. This one is very special hope you've got a place of honour for it when finnished . Dave

'Foudroyant' mate - lovely looking vessel!
Steve

[outrunner]

This is a brilliant piece of work, truly outstanding.

Andy.

[Jim R]

Hi all
Once again I'm truly blown away with such great support.
To answer Tim's very valid point about calking the deck planks. The instructions do say to show this. Their method is to run a black felt tip along the plank edges before fitting. That doesn't work because the wood is porous and the black spreads/soaks into the wood and the calk line becomes blurry. As each plank is different the unwanted effect was worse on some than on others. I tried various pens with similar disappointing results. I tried spirit based pens but they were worse. Enamel paint worked OK but that tended to seal the wood and so the PVA wood glue didn't stick well and the planks didn't lay flat to each other. To be honest I gave up and thought the buggers in the upper gun deck would just have to put up with a bit of wet!! :smiling5:

I've had a pretty good couple of days on this.
First job was to complete the quarter deck planking around the deck openings. Those openings were just frames but on the actual ship they have a grid covering them. I found some suitable mesh in the spares box. I then planked the small bulwark and framed the cockpit. I also fitted the mast collar.




Rails fit around the cockpit.
As you can see the instructions want 4mm lengths from 3mm square wood. Oh yer!!? The wood just splits along the grain so I have used 3mm square styrene tube. It will all be painted black anyway







Thanks again guys :thumb2:
Jim

[scottie3158]

My hat is truly doffed Sir. An outstanding threat and build.

[Airborne01]

Working well mate! To replicate caulking I used to laminate black card (of appropriate thickness) between the planking and then trim flush with a brand-new blade; a coat of sealant and then a gentle sanding with a very fine grade abrasive paper, If you can find it a very dark grey art paper works even better visually.
Steve

[Tim Marlow]

Lovely! Great idea on the caulking as well Steve.

[Jim R]

Thanks guys.
Steve - what a clever idea. Wish I'd thought of that :thumb2:

Stage 29 is virtually finished. First job was to complete the bulwarks with the pinrail for the belaying pins. Also carve and fit the timber heads.


I also completed and fitted the cockpit rail.


Mouldings fit on the inside of the bulwarks. A 1mm square rod needed bending. I soaked it and clamped it. I only needed two but made three to have a spare for any cock ups.






The instructions say that there should be 3 slots in each pinrail post but they suggest only attempting two. I decided to try for three and actually got it done :smiling:




Finally the bent mouldings, the kevels and the pinrail were fitted and painted. Apart from a couple of small jobs that's the stage done.






Next up is Stage 30 - the LAST stage !! :tongue-out3:

Jim