Brian's 1/100 HMS Victory

[Bri62]

For you Andy

 

[peterairfix]

Definitely looking forward to seeing this one progress

 

[Bri62]

Definitely looking forward to seeing this one progress

Waiting on some aftermarket stuff (wooden deck, various ropes, P.E and some 3D printed) I can make a start but got a feeling It will be a long build.

 

[Jim R]

Watching with interest.

 

[Bri62]

There is a lot of ......well stuff and the instructions aren't the best to understand.


Guns and more guns 104

 

[Bri62]

Hi been to the local woodyard for a scrap of wood to mount her on.



Plastic strip to reinforce the gun ports (seen on YouTube) and the closest colour I could find to how she is now also a copper bottom

 

[Bri62]

A bit confused It says I need 18 x 13mm loops but on the plan I see 4 required?



I have ordered the admirals entrance and steps (3D printed) so I need to take the existing steps off and cut a hole but I will wait till I get it.
Can't use Tamiya extra thin quick setting has a bad reaction to the plastic similar to the reaction I got from the Millennium falcon (the shock breaks the plastic)

 

[Bri62]

Ok so I read online that copper goes best over black so that's what I used (Vellejo black primer)

 

[Jim R]

Can't help with the loops, sorry. Steady progress. I think most metallic finishes work best over a gloss black surface. Don't know why that is

 

[Bri62]

Can't help with the loops, sorry

Hoping it's a misprint

 

[wotan]

Good start Brian. I will be following this with interest. If you need any help with French translation or any other ship details just give me a shout. In your place I would wait until the channels (the boards that hold the lower shroud deadeyes) are fitted and then it will be clearer which length of loops are necessary.

John

 

[Bri62]

If you need any help with French translation or any other ship details just give me a shout

Thanks John much appreciated

 

[Waspie]

Being ex RN I'd be a fool not to watch the progress of the flagship!! Looking good so far.

 

[Ian M]

It's a bit hard to see which colour the loops have as they are on shadow. Would it be better if you wrote by the loop the size it should be. Could save a confusion along the way.

 

[Bri62]

Being ex RN I'd be a fool not to watch the progress of the flagship!!

There was no hairy fairy's on the victory ...... no stokers either ......hoist the main engines and all that

 

[Bri62]

I'll polish them when dry

 

[Bri62]

It's a bit hard to see which colour the loops have as they are on shadow. Would it be better if you wrote by the loop the size it should be. Could save a confusion along the way.

yes Ian but the 13mm is pink and there is only 2 each side for sure

 

[Bri62]

Give it a quick polish

 

[scottie3158]

Brian,
Chair pulled up. She looks nicely detailed. I don't fancy gluing all those barrel halves together.

 

[Waspie]

There was no hairy fairy's on the victory ...... no stokers either ......hoist the main engines and all that

I beg to difer!! I was on her in 1990(ish). Albeit only for a visit!!! The click bed would have been invented a lot earlier if Wafu's had served on the Victory.
All that aside, superb job so far, really looking forward to you doing the rigging, I did a bit of rigging when I was 12 for my uncle on his Victory. (He had fingers like sausages so he listed me to do the fiddly bits. I think he used waxed cotton!