HMS Victory

[OldMart]

Hi everyone. Just trying to work out things.
I am attempting to build the Caldercraft HMS Victory 1/72 scale model. I did start before I found your site, sorry about that. Anyway, I am a total novice so please bear with me. I hope that the pictures are ok. Will take more soon. Martin

[Tim Marlow]

Nice……huge straight edge as well…..

[stillp]

Watching with interest. I always follow Victory builds. My dad started a wooden model of Victory, from plans purchased from The Woodworker magazine sometime during or very soon after WW2. The hull was carved from two pieces of pitch pine, with a plywood keel. Dad had shaped the hull and made many of the masts and spars when he was killed in a road accident. I was 9 years old, and started to try to finish the model, which didn't go very well. After a few decades and several house moves I'd lost many of the small parts, and the hull had a bad case of woodworm, so it had to be thrown out.
Pete

[OldMart]

Watching with interest. I always follow Victory builds. My dad started a wooden model of Victory, from plans purchased from The Woodworker magazine sometime during or very soon after WW2. The hull was carved from two pieces of pitch pine, with a plywood keel. Dad had shaped the hull and made many of the masts and spars when he was killed in a road accident. I was 9 years old, and started to try to finish the model, which didn't go very well. After a few decades and several house moves I'd lost many of the small parts, and the hull had a bad case of woodworm, so it had to be thrown out.
Pete

What a shame.

[OldMart]

Nice……huge straight edge as well…..

Comes in handy?

[OldMart]

Right, confession time. Due to my haste and ignorance, I went to far and put on the upper deck. So yesterday I had the heat gun out, undoing a lot of work. Huge lesson learned! I managed to get the gun deck partially planked and painted. Tomorrow see's the cleaning up of the upper deck and supports.

[OldMart]

Sorry for the blurred images? Martin

[langy71]

I'm always in awe of folk who can take pieces of wood and turn them into some magnificent models, It's a skill I'll sadly never posses, despite trying a few times over the years, huge respect to you all..

[OldMart]

Just realised! Have I started this thread in the wrong place? Martin

[BattleshipBob]

Always loved these beautiful fully rigged man o war, count me in please

Way past my skills and importantly nerves lol

[Jim R]

Great to see this being built. It certainly is a Biggie.

Sorry for the blurred images? Martin

They are not blurred when tapped and opened up.

Just realised! Have I started this thread in the wrong place? Martin

We have all done it so no worries. One of the moderators will move it to an under construction thread.

[OldMart]

Always loved these beautiful fully rigged man o war, count me in please

Way past my skills and importantly nerves lol

Cheers. Hope I don't bore you, will probably take me ages. Martin

[OldMart]

Great to see this being built. It certainly is a Biggie.

They are not blurred when tapped and opened up.

We have all done it so no worries. One of the moderators will move it to an under construction thread.

Thanks for that. Martin.

[Ian M]

Hi Martin.
I have moved the post to 'ships under construction ' section.

Looks a great start.

[OldMart]

Thanks Ian. Sorry for the mix up. Yes not a bad start, got a little hot headed and went too far, so been busy with the heat gun undoing? Sorted now though. Martin