discussion Brian's Caldercraft 1/72 HMS Victory

[Bri62]

Lower shrouds done

 

[Tim Marlow]

You deserve a tot of Pusser’s rum to toast your success Brian. Really looking shipshape now

 

[Bri62]

You deserve a tot of Pusser’s rum to toast your success Brian

Lol I used to buy bottles of Pusser's rum from Gibraltar on the way home from the middle / far east, blue and red label

 

[Tim Marlow]

I’m more of a Kraken man myself, but Pussers seems to be more in keeping with the subject…..

 

[Neil Merryweather]

So neat and tidy Brian it's wonderful. I'm curious how the horizontal bars near the tops are incorporated, could you show a close up please?
Cheers
N

 

[Bri62]

So neat and tidy Brian it's wonderful. I'm curious how the horizontal bars near the tops are incorporated, could you show a close up please?
Cheers

Hi Neil I can't seem to get a decent pic of the futtocks with my phone camera they are fixed using thin thread in a cross stitch and reinforced with a drop of glue I'll try again tomorrow

 

[Neil Merryweather]

Aha so that's what a futtock is

 

[Bri62]

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Aha so that's what a futtock is

Yes mate to attach the futtock shrouds to, to enable the men to get to the upper rigging

 

[Bri62]

Not happy with the mizzen mast so pulled the rigging down and starting again. (it's my OCD)

 

[wotan]

Brian ever the perfectionist. By the way while talking about the futtock staves I wonder if those on the foremast are not a little too low on the shrouds. I don't have any measurements etc but they just look as though the futtock shrouds might be a trifle long.

John

 

[Bri62]

but they just look as though the futtock shrouds might be a trifle long.

John If they are I won't be moving them there tied and superglued I did measure with the plans and there never wrong lol

 

[Bri62]

Damn looking at it now I think your right John so its either redo the foremast or pretend I never noticed

 

[Bri62]

Just measured and I'm ok It must be the angle there 6.5cm down as are the plans.

 

[Bri62]

Redoing the mizzen mast shrouds

 

[Jim R]

Every update is a real WOW! Patience, skill and attention to detail. It's been mentioned before but definitely "Museum Quality"

Hope the back improves - funny things 'backs', need looking after.

 

[Bri62]

Every update is a real WOW! Patience, skill and attention to detail. It's been mentioned before but definitely "Museum Quality"

Hope the back improves - funny things 'backs', need looking after.

Thanks Jim long story short I had an injury in the navy to my left knee resulting in a severe limp which in turn resulted in a curved spine hence a bad back (been told I gotta live with it)

 

[Bri62]

Mizzenmast done for the second time happy now

 

[minitnkr]

,,,,,,U happy we happy.......