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Brian's Caldercraft 1/72 HMS Victory
Great job on the anchor ring puddening. Hammocks were always brought up but of course when not in battle only half would be in the cranes since only one watch would be active. John You could check in an art store for raw artist's canvas, that might be less expensive.- wotan
- Post #928
- Forum: Ships Under Construction
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Brian's Caldercraft 1/72 HMS Victory
More great work Brian. Below is some reference material that you may find useful. These images come from a book called The Young Sea Officer's Sheet Anchor. Originally published in 1760 and updated in 1819. You can get reproduction editions of this original book as in this image. Check it...- wotan
- Post #924
- Forum: Ships Under Construction
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Brian's Caldercraft 1/72 HMS Victory
Very well done Brian. John- wotan
- Post #911
- Forum: Ships Under Construction
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Brian's Caldercraft 1/72 HMS Victory
Great investment Brian, a beautiful ship. Personally I would faint looking at all those ratlines to tie. John- wotan
- Post #885
- Forum: Ships Under Construction
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Neil's 1-35 Liberty Ship Diorama
Very nice figures Neil and great paint job on each of them. John- wotan
- Post #212
- Forum: Peterairfix's Injection free zone GB: Oct 2024 - M
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The Smythemeister's Bf109 G-10
Smiffy Excellent job so far. I must say this looks all the better for having a good well painted pilot model sitting in. John- wotan
- Post #79
- Forum: Aeroplanes Under Construction
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Brian's Caldercraft 1/72 HMS Victory
Brian I have not built a Mantua model although I hear that they are very good. I have built a few Corel models which I enjoyed; They do have a rather nice Wasa model. However I would wait until you have fully rigged Victory before you commit to another one. John- wotan
- Post #877
- Forum: Ships Under Construction
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Brian's Caldercraft 1/72 HMS Victory
Brian This is an excellent and detailed model of a very fine ship. Being a huge fan of this period you inspired me to do this little sketch, in your honour. John- wotan
- Post #842
- Forum: Ships Under Construction
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Brian's Caldercraft 1/72 HMS Victory
Bravo Brian, good job on the new catheads. How could I have ever doubted your skill. John- wotan
- Post #801
- Forum: Ships Under Construction
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Brian's Caldercraft 1/72 HMS Victory
Brian I'm not sure about this but it looks to me like the pulley slots you have made in your cathead are not correctly aligned with the support bracket. These catheads support the cables for the anchor when it is "catted". in which case the supports are aligned with the pulley slots vertically...- wotan
- Post #794
- Forum: Ships Under Construction
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Brian's Caldercraft 1/72 HMS Victory
this is a supplier I found on E-Bay. Looks to have everything covered. Look under Model rope for ships professional.- wotan
- Post #785
- Forum: Ships Under Construction
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Brian's Caldercraft 1/72 HMS Victory
Billings boats in Denmark has a wide range of bits and pieces for ship building and has a mail order service. John- wotan
- Post #784
- Forum: Ships Under Construction
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Brian's Caldercraft 1/72 HMS Victory
Brian If you want to lay your own hawsers and cables then you would need a ropewalk. I have always found that ship modelling stores can supply ready made cable in most sizes. this is a short definition of cable making ( leaving aside the details of cable laid and rope laid) I hope this helps to...- wotan
- Post #783
- Forum: Ships Under Construction
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Brian's Caldercraft 1/72 HMS Victory
That's a serious bit of kit you'got there. Great work so far and if you come across any problems with the rigging feel free to ask since I have done a fair few fully rigged models in my time. John- wotan
- Post #771
- Forum: Ships Under Construction
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Brian's Caldercraft 1/72 HMS Victory
Brian When I made masts and spars I just chucked the dowel into an electric drill and held the end with sandpaper as it spun. This takes a little while but it is very effective. You need to wear some gloves to hold the sandpaper as it tends to get a bit warm. John- wotan
- Post #722
- Forum: Ships Under Construction
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Lego my V8
Thanks guys. Chris I don't think the instructions to this model would help you very much because they are not very clear. They have tried to follow the lego style where they show a list of the pieces needed for each step at the top of the page, and then the sequence of how to assemble the...- wotan
- Post #24
- Forum: Other Hobbies and interests
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Lego my V8
At last the final piece has been clicked in place, at least I have a few bits left over but I am assuming that is intended. You certainly have to be extremely careful with checking as you go. I don't mind admitting that I had to build the gearbox twice after finding that the first gear I had...- wotan
- Post #19
- Forum: Other Hobbies and interests
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Lego my V8
It certainly is fun but very challenging to get right. I still have the gearbox to add so it will be about 20" long by 10" high. John- wotan
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- Forum: Other Hobbies and interests
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