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Just acquired HMS Victory. My first wooden ship

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Here is another image. As I mentioned earlier a lot of the green powder is under the copper plate. Some of the worst pieces I removed, cleaned and glued back on.

I spent two hours just in this side to get it as it is.

I gather, if I brush the enamel lacquer on now. It will stop any further degradation?

If so. I’m going to go with this. I like how it looks now.
 
I searched today and no one where I live sells mat clear enamel lacquer, not easy to find here in Australia.

Not sure what I’m going to use now.
 
Graham’s suggestion to use lacquer is not a bad one, but honestly I don’t see any reason a spray acrylic wouldn’t work. Unless you live in a humid, salt-air environment (which I am led to understand is not common in the land of Aus) then I don’t think you need worry a whole lot about additional oxidation on copper. If anything, I think it would tend to even out the patina.

I prefer acrylic finishes over lacquer because of drying time and clean up. Might not be the right thing for furniture that gets a lot of wear and tear, but works fine for models.
 
Phillipsart said:
I searched today and no one where I live sells mat clear enamel lacquer, not easy to find here in Australia.

Not sure what I’m going to use now.
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Krylon is available down under and they have a wide variety of clear spray (rattle can) finishes in gloss, satin or matte. Most any of them would work, but I would stay away from the artist's fixative - it will wipe off. You should be able to find them at your local home center or at The Artist Warehouse, although it will probably be more expensive at art stores.
 
RussF said:
Krylon is available down under and they have a wide variety of clear spray (rattle can) finishes in gloss, satin or matte. Most any of them would work, but I would stay away from the artist's fixative - it will wipe off. You should be able to find them at your local home center or at The Artist Warehouse, although it will probably be more expensive at art stores.
Namabiiru said:
Graham’s suggestion to use lacquer is not a bad one, but honestly I don’t see any reason a spray acrylic wouldn’t work. Unless you live in a humid, salt-air environment (which I am led to understand is not common in the land of Aus) then I don’t think you need worry a whole lot about additional oxidation on copper. If anything, I think it would tend to even out the patina.

I prefer acrylic finishes over lacquer because of drying time and clean up. Might not be the right thing for furniture that gets a lot of wear and tear, but works fine for models.
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i live in a high humidity area in Australia. Humidity at the moment up around %80. Uptown 95%
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RussF said:
I've never used it, but I don't see why not. It should theoretically "freeze" the plating the way it is, which is what you want, right?
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Yes that’s the goal. Basically keep it the way it is. I can not find anything else to use where I live. The only thing. I believe it might be a gloss Finnish.

I may have no other option but to use this. Where I live is a harsh environment, High humidity and close to the coast.
 
What fun to receive a model already half through the process (albeit bad circumstances) and now it's your project. I really like the copper and the fact that it aged like a fine wine. Your clean up work on it made it look even better. I'm a sucker for models that look like they are as old as the ship they depict.
 
Phillipsart said:
Hi, I’m new and this is my first wooden model ship. It’s not the first ship I’ve built.

I built 4 ships thus far from 3D printed parts. The largest 200cm long.

Last week I received the Panart Hms Victory 1:78 scale kit with copper plating.

The hull as shown is mostly completed. It is from a deceased estate. I have not built the hull.

I’m super excited in completing this build. My first wooden ship.

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I did this same ship as my second build. I made a lot of changes but it turned out quite well for a second attempt.

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MisterCA said:
What fun to receive a model already half through the process (albeit bad circumstances) and now it's your project. I really like the copper and the fact that it aged like a fine wine. Your clean up work on it made it look even better. I'm a sucker for models that look like they are as old as the ship they depict.
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Thanks MisterCA.

Yes it certainly appears to be a big task ahead. One that I’m looking forward to and preparing.

I ordered the sails to go with this build and a few tools required to complete it.

This is not my first ship. I’ve built the pirate ship, the black pearl. German battle ship Bismarck at 200cm long and the titanic. They are basically scratch builds using my 3D printer.

The HMS Victory is my first Wood ship.
I’m hooked now.

Already planning what my next build will be after this one. The Endeavour
 
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