Nice job Will
I have to say that to my taste the new look is much nicer
That was certainly quite an effort but definitely worthwhile
Cheers
HMS Victory of Caldercraft by Wil
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I have to say that to my taste the new look is much nicer
That was certainly quite an effort but definitely worthwhile
Cheers
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22 The facia and the galleries part 2
With a few interruptions, the past few weeks have been dominated by finishing the galleries and the facia. In the following photo series, I would like to take you through how I did it.
We start with preparatory work on the facia.
After crowning, the boat was still standing neatly upside down on the tilting attachment. A couple of cans of paint underneath on one side and it came up with its butt nicely at working height.
First, a quick adjustment to the underside of the transom. Due to my mistake earlyer in the building process, when the last truss was set too high, the space between the two aluminium corner elements had to be filled in order to be level. I chose to add an extra plate here.
First fit the outer plate of the facia. In the inner plate, the edges around the windows had already been painted yellow
On the workbench, the many rounds of painting and fitting in the many ornaments then begin. Pictures of the real Victory at hand
Once the windows were fitted in the outer plate, the glass could be fitted on the inside. I gave the yellow stripes on the sides of the transom some extra cachet by inserting a 1 mm batten all around and dropping it back 1 mm.
Then the outer plate can be glued against it
After some final fill-ins, here is the final result.
In between, I also briefly assembled the lanterns. These will be mounted at a later stage, as they are too fragile otherwise
While working on the facia, I also tackled the galleries. E.g. the work is an extension of each other.
After removing the tape for the windows, work could begin on fitting the lower sills under the various ornaments and windows.
And when everything is in place, a coat of brush putty to seal the gaps.
Then the first layers of colour on top
Windows fitted and painted. This does make it handy to have a tool to help you find the right place in the whole thing.
And finally glue on the ornaments with the columns.
Tip: I did not paint the black areas between the windows, but cut them out of a black sheet of paper that came with the kit. At least, I assume it was meant for this purpose.
As a finishing touch, I finished the whole thing with a thin layer of matt varnish, to eventually give everything a similar gloss effect.
With the end result after several weeks of fiddling and detailed painting:
With a few interruptions, the past few weeks have been dominated by finishing the galleries and the facia. In the following photo series, I would like to take you through how I did it.
We start with preparatory work on the facia.
After crowning, the boat was still standing neatly upside down on the tilting attachment. A couple of cans of paint underneath on one side and it came up with its butt nicely at working height.
First, a quick adjustment to the underside of the transom. Due to my mistake earlyer in the building process, when the last truss was set too high, the space between the two aluminium corner elements had to be filled in order to be level. I chose to add an extra plate here.
First fit the outer plate of the facia. In the inner plate, the edges around the windows had already been painted yellow
On the workbench, the many rounds of painting and fitting in the many ornaments then begin. Pictures of the real Victory at hand
Once the windows were fitted in the outer plate, the glass could be fitted on the inside. I gave the yellow stripes on the sides of the transom some extra cachet by inserting a 1 mm batten all around and dropping it back 1 mm.
Then the outer plate can be glued against it
After some final fill-ins, here is the final result.
In between, I also briefly assembled the lanterns. These will be mounted at a later stage, as they are too fragile otherwise
While working on the facia, I also tackled the galleries. E.g. the work is an extension of each other.
After removing the tape for the windows, work could begin on fitting the lower sills under the various ornaments and windows.
And when everything is in place, a coat of brush putty to seal the gaps.
Then the first layers of colour on top
Windows fitted and painted. This does make it handy to have a tool to help you find the right place in the whole thing.
And finally glue on the ornaments with the columns.
Tip: I did not paint the black areas between the windows, but cut them out of a black sheet of paper that came with the kit. At least, I assume it was meant for this purpose.
As a finishing touch, I finished the whole thing with a thin layer of matt varnish, to eventually give everything a similar gloss effect.
With the end result after several weeks of fiddling and detailed painting:
Hi Will
Beautiful work, congratulations