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steve244
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Hi all well here is my next build the mammoth HMS Victory at a Length of 4ft 2in Height 2ft 10in and will weigh in at 22lbs and at a scale of 1/84 it is the Artesania Latina kit broken down into monthly issues.
This is the part work kit by DeAgostini and I have now collected every issue over the past 2 years while I was building my HMS Supply so I won’t have to wait for each part every month I can just move on at my own leisure as and when time permits.
The magazine instructions are easy to follow and the materials appear to be good quality and I have started to construct the bulkheads and the keel by dry fitting them first to check there are no problems putting things together before gluing them and so far they fit together perfectly with very little or no need to sand them down.
I won’t be following the assembly instructions in the order of the magazines for every part as some issues have you building cannons and longboats well in advance and I shall also be double planking the hull with a walnut veneer rather than painting or copper plating it and it may not be historically accurate but I’m not a rivet counter and am building this in a way that will please me when finished which is what the hobby is about.
This also comes with some fine detail and includes some figures but whether I decide to use these or not is a long way off so I hope you enjoy this build as much as I am looking forward to doing it and it goes without saying that any comments tips advice is always welcome.
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cheers steve
This is the part work kit by DeAgostini and I have now collected every issue over the past 2 years while I was building my HMS Supply so I won’t have to wait for each part every month I can just move on at my own leisure as and when time permits.
The magazine instructions are easy to follow and the materials appear to be good quality and I have started to construct the bulkheads and the keel by dry fitting them first to check there are no problems putting things together before gluing them and so far they fit together perfectly with very little or no need to sand them down.
I won’t be following the assembly instructions in the order of the magazines for every part as some issues have you building cannons and longboats well in advance and I shall also be double planking the hull with a walnut veneer rather than painting or copper plating it and it may not be historically accurate but I’m not a rivet counter and am building this in a way that will please me when finished which is what the hobby is about.
This also comes with some fine detail and includes some figures but whether I decide to use these or not is a long way off so I hope you enjoy this build as much as I am looking forward to doing it and it goes without saying that any comments tips advice is always welcome.
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cheers steve