Brian's Caldercraft 1/72 HMS Victory

[StephenN]

Nice!

[Neil Merryweather]

That's looking very elegant Brian

[flyjoe180]

It's looking superb Brian, great progress

[Bri62]

[Bri62]

This is as far as I can plank on this side I'll do the port side tomorrow

[Richard48]

Fantastic Brian.Just gets better every time i see her.
Richard

[Bri62]

Cheers Richard, actually very happy with the way its turned out so far

[minitnkr]

Amazing work. How will you fit 100+ guns, or will they be run in with ports closed for rough seas?

[Bri62]

Amazing work. How will you fit 100+ guns, or will they be run in with ports closed for rough seas?

Cheers Paul the bottom 2 rows are barrel only there is a backing plank which is drilled and the barrel is fitted after the gun port linings are fitted you don't see the inside hardly.

[Bri62]

Made a start on the port side planking up to the upper deck gun port holes then had some family visitors (how dare they) so had to stop for today, looks a bit rough and will need a good sand to tidy it all up

[Bri62]

Morning time to fit the upper gun deck but not sure how to go about it its narrower at the top than where it sits. options are as I see it.
1. Split it down the middle and fit in two halves
2.Cut out the noggings on the deck to 20mm so it fits over with minimal bending
3. Soak for a short time and bend it to fit in
what do you reckon? I'm leaning to split down the middle as it wont be seen after planking.

[Steven000]

Yes splitting the deck would be the least amount of work it seems, goodluck ?

[Bri62]

Finishing planks off as far as I can go and getting ready to paint lower bulkheads.

[Bri62]

I think splitting it was the right call and after planking it you would never know

[Stefee]

This build just gets better and better.

[Bri62]

Upper gun deck fitted.

[Andy the Sheep]

And what a gun!??
Hat and coat, please. ?

[Bri62]

Hehe that's my ray gun

[Bri62]

A bit of progress over the weekend.
Let the planking resume