1/72 HMS Victory Cross Section

[Peter Gillson]

Jim

just catching up after a while - great work, coming along a treat, definitely one for the from of the cabinet.

Peter

 

[Jim R]

Tim, Richard, Scottie and Peter - I appreciate your kind support No far to go now!!

The upper gun deck is complete. Beam supports, tools, buckets etc. all fitted.












The wales on the outer hull are next. I didn't know what wales were so looked on 'tinternet. They are lengths of planking fastened to the outer hull to add strength. When gun ports and entrances are cut into a wooden hull it is weakened and the wales go some way to restoring the hull strength. See - not just mogglin but free education thrown in

Jim

 

[Tim Marlow]

Absolutely fantastic…..free knowledge and great modelling of a really interesting subject….loving it!

 

[Mark1]

Really coming together now,it's gonna be a great end result.

 

[rtfoe]

If a Rating of today's Navy complaints about the accommodation and working conditions...they'd better have a visit to one of these ships of the line.

You've done a really nice piece of history for a display Jim and I've learnt what a wales is on a ship.

Cheers,
Richard

 

[boatman]

Jim this is fanstic build very well done
chris

 

[Allen Dewire]

Evening Jim,

This whole build is utterly fantastic and a true credit to your patience and modelling skills Sir. I can only tip my hat to you for your truly hard work in building this interesting piece of history. I thank you......

Also, I didn't know what wales were either, other than a country north west of England. I also noticed you have one cannon in the rearward position which means either it was just fired or is going to be loaded. Don't you just want to add some smoke and flame if it was just fired? John and I have the perfect answer for that....Even without the spiders!!!!...............coat on, door found......................

Prost
Allen (Ret.)

 

[Andy Belsey]

I’ve just had a catch up and it’s locking wonderful Jim! One to be really proud of.
Andy

 

[minitnkr]

Just outstanding.

 

[Jack L]

This is beyond brilliant Jim, and truly one of the best/most enjoyable models I have seen.

 

[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 . I must give him and John time to perfect the technique

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.
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.

 

[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.