1/72 HMS Victory Cross Section

[spanner570]

And there was me thinking I was your "Dear Friend" Mr. Race!!:flushed: .........
........ oh well,"It`s MY ball,(comment),,and i`m taking it home"!!:loudly-crying:
Sorry Ron..... Just couldn`t resist!!:tears-of-joy::tears-of-joy:
Andy

Not a problem, Andy.
I'm sure Mr. Race has a couple of balls he can still play with, so the one you are taking home won't be missed! :tongue-out3:

Sorry Jim, away on a tangent there.......

[JR]

And there was me thinking I was your "Dear Friend" Mr. Race!!:flushed: .........
........ oh well,"It`s MY ball,(comment),,and i`m taking it home"!!:loudly-crying:
Sorry Ron..... Just couldn`t resist!!:tears-of-joy::tears-of-joy:
Andy

Andy how can you say such a thing, you are indeed a dear friend as well. .:cold-sweat::cold-sweat::smiling3::smiling3::nerd:

[JR]

Sorry Jim, we just barged into your thread.I got a little apologies.

[Jim R]

Don't apologise for banter. In these strange times I welcome all forms of fun, jokes, banter, eccentricity and good old plain daftness. You and Ron have plenty of the latter :smiling2:

[The Smythe Meister]

Don't apologise for banter. In these strange times I welcome all forms of fun, jokes, banter, eccentricity and good old plain daftness. You and Ron have plenty of the latter :smiling2:

Yeah,sorry JIM!
My sense of humour interrupted this fine thread too Sir:rolling:....
Only meant in jest i assure you :thumb2:,
Andy

[Jim R]

Andy your sense of humour is appreciated.

[Si Benson]

Coming along very nicely Jim :thumb2:

[stillp]

Looking good!
I'm a sucker for any Victory build. During the war a magazine sold a set of blueprints (yes, proper blueprints, state of the art then) of the Victory. Not sure of the scale, it was about 2 feet long. My dad carved the hull from pitch pine, and started making all the masts and spars. When he died I carried on making small parts for a while, but over the decades bits got lost, and the rain got into the shed so the blueprints rotted, so I finally gave up and threw it all out around 2000. :sad:
Pete

[tigertc]

This looks amazing!

[Jim R]

Hello 'My dear friends'
Thanks for your great posts. Always appreciate a bit of banter :tongue-out3:
Not a lot done but some progress. First job was to plank the bulwarks of the orlop deck. Rather than cut the planks slightly oversize, as per the instructions, and then sand back I measured each plank accurately so virtually no sanding was needed. Too much sanding stresses the frame :rolling:


Before planking the orlop there were gratings to make. A couple were made with PE mesh and a couple were all wood.


Stay safe guys. With the vaccination programme going well and maybe some relaxing of the lockdown I might, just, perhaps, possibly get to see my granddaughter for her 4th birthday on Saturday :smiling:
Jim

[JR]

Hope you do Jim.
Very neat as to be expected , can we have a photo of your bench please. So I can gloat:smiling3:

[BattleshipBob]

Lovely work Jim, very impressive!

[Bobby Conkers]

Absolutely bloody loving this.

[Si Benson]

Bulwarks.....Planking your orlop.....well that doesn’t sound peculiar at all Jim :smiling5:
Hope you get to see you Granddaughter for her birthday :thumb2:

[Jim R]

John, Bob, Andrew and Si - as always your posts are most welcome. Looks like granddaughter's birthday will be a video call but hopefully we'll get to see her a week later.

Now the hold is finished the orlop deck can be put in. The instructions tell you to only stain the upper surface as the underneath will hardly be seen. Their reasoning is that the glue will not work well on stained wood. I can't see that as the stain sinks in and I'm using proper wood glue. Did a bit of a test and the glue on stained wood still sticks perfectly. So I stained top and bottom of the planks. They also tell you to plank right across and then cut out holes for the mast and pumps.


In my mind that is a recipe for disaster. They even warn you in step 8. So I planked up to the edge of the pump well.


Then using the template for the holes and some very careful measuring I built the centre section as a separate piece.


A bit of tidying and carefully drilling the mast hole and all done. Much more time consuming but easier and a better result.


Thanks again for following along.
Jim