HMS Victory
- Thread starter OldMart
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Nice……huge straight edge as well…..
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
Pete
What a shame.
Comes in handy?
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.
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..
Always loved these beautiful fully rigged man o war, count me in please
Way past my skills and importantly nerves lol
Way past my skills and importantly nerves lol
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.
Cheers. Hope I don't bore you, will probably take me ages. Martin
Thanks for that. Martin.
Hi Martin.
I have moved the post to 'ships under construction ' section.
Looks a great start.
I have moved the post to 'ships under construction ' section.
Looks a great start.
Martin,
Your off to a great start, I will follow along with interest.
Your off to a great start, I will follow along with interest.
Cheers Scottie. Planking tomorrow? Martin.
I have a mantua golden star in my stash which will be my first wood kit so i will follow along, hopefully i can pick up a few tips
Take it step by step Martin, better slow and steady than fast and redoing it all over again. With the planking on Victory is taking shape.
Cheers,
Wabble
Cheers,
Wabble
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