Artesania Latina Anatomy of Lord Nelson’s HMS Victory 1805

[GIG1810]

Hey Alan,

Really beautifully done, and yes, of course there were larger buckets and tubs. Some were made of wood, known as wash tubs, which were used to wash large quantities of vegetables or even meat... or even wash troughs, which people used to bathe in. As always, you've breathed new life into the building. By the way, I was able to reorder part P70 and AL has confirmed that the part has been sent to me.

 

[AlanOES]

Video #29 Update

Part P70 arrived today so I fitted it as best I could. It has to be bent into an offset shape to go through the chain. None of this was shown in the video, just the part in position
I had to paint the lower part before fitting as it passed behind a brass ring which would not be there if fitted at the correct time. I have included a couple of stills from the video to help others with the positioning

 

[GIG1810]

Hey Alan,

Now I have an idea of what part P70 looks like. Thank you very much. I've ordered it too. I'm excited to see when it arrives. I always look forward to your progress and pictures. Thank you very much.

 

[AlanOES]

One Year On

It’s been one year today that I started this build.(27/11/24) I haven’t kept a note of how many hours I’ve spent to date, I think that would drive me mad thinking about how many hours of the 3000 or so they say to build it are left
I don’t work on her every day and there are the holidays and days out in between, so I just plod along at my own pace. I thought at the start that this would be a 4 or 5 year project for me.
Let’s see where we are this time next year

 

[GIG1810]

Hey Alan,

Really nice, and I've been with you for a year now. Your construction report is great! Please keep it up... My two P70 parts arrived yesterday... really tiny...

 

[AlanOES]

Hey Alan,

Really nice, and I've been with you for a year now. Your construction report is great! Please keep it up... My two P70 parts arrived yesterday... really tiny...

Hi Gunther
Thank you for all your encouragement and comments over the past year
I look forward to seeing your Victory starting in the future

 

[GIG1810]

Hi Gunther
Thank you for all your encouragement and comments over the past year
I look forward to seeing your Victory starting in the future

Hey Allan,

Thank you very much for being excited about my win. I hope I manage to build it exactly as it was in 1765. I look forward to hearing your opinion and am so excited to see what it looks like. I will definitely take your tips and tricks on board...

 

[AlanOES]

Figures
As a break from making middle deck guns I had a go at painting a couple of crew figures
Not as easy as it was 20 odd years ago when my eyes and hands worked better

 

[AlanOES]

Instructions video #30 part 1 completed

Plenty to do in this one so again I will break it down into a few sections

In the first part it’s back to making guns for the middle deck, 28 x 24lb on this deck. I won’t go into too much detail as it’s been covered before ( video #23) so will just show some progress pics

A couple of things I did differently this time. Firstly I glued the wheels to the axles, they don’t need to turn and last time I found it difficult to keep the glue at the bottom of the wheels when moving the guns into position on the deck. I think I mentioned last time that I didn’t like the look of the silver wire holding the wheels in place, so I looked at some photos of Victory’s actual guns and saw they were secured by what looks like a metal rod (possibly wood originally). So I bought some 3mm brass rod, cut it into short lengths and blackened it. I then drilled out the existing holes in the axles and glued the rods in place. I only have half of the guns actually in position on the deck at this point, but wanted to make the post today so I could wish you all a merry Christmas