Artesania Latina Anatomy of Lord Nelson’s HMS Victory 1805

[AllanKP69]

It may be the photos, but the blocks all look like they are upside down so the line is running against the tail, instead of between the crown and where the sheave would be.
Allan

 

[wernerweiss]

Hello Allan, you are right! The blocks are all turned upside down. Sorry to say, but these blocks are scrap, and I don' t understand why AL - and other kit manufacturers - provide such blocks with their kits. I would never use them but buy proper scale blocks instead.

Werner

 

[AlanOES]

Hello Allan, you are right! The blocks are all turned upside down. Sorry to say, but these blocks are scrap, and I don' t understand why AL - and other kit manufacturers - provide such blocks with their kits. I would never use them but buy proper scale blocks instead.

Werner

Not going to change them now
What blocks do you suggest for when I do the quarter deck guns

 

[wernerweiss]

Hello,
I suggest blocks from drydockmodelsandparts.com or syrenshipmodelcompany.com

 

[AlanOES]

Hello,
I suggest blocks from drydockmodelsandparts.com or syrenshipmodelcompany.com

Thanks
Just ordered some 2mm single and double blocks from Syren ship models
I think you’ve answered your own question as to what kit manufacturers supply poor quality blocks, the price ! At the end of the day they are there just to create an illusion of the tackles and at that scale, unless you zoom in you probably wouldn’t notice that much, but I’m going to try to get the quarter deck guns looking better as they are immediately more visible

 

[wernerweiss]

Hello Alan, of course it is the price......if you think that on a fully rigged e. g. Victory model there are hundreds of blocks of all sizes for the guns and the running rigging, it is a matter of cost, and providing hundreds of high quality blocks in one kit makes a kit probably unaffordable to one or another builder. I had the same issue with my Confederacy from Model Shipways, and I replaced all provided blocks for the gun tackles with blocks from syrenshipmodelcompany, and it makes a difference......

 

[AlanOES]

Hello Alan, of course it is the price......if you think that on a fully rigged e. g. Victory model there are hundreds of blocks of all sizes for the guns and the running rigging, it is a matter of cost, and providing hundreds of high quality blocks in one kit makes a kit probably unaffordable to one or another builder. I had the same issue with my Confederacy from Model Shipways, and I replaced all provided blocks for the gun tackles with blocks from syrenshipmodelcompany, and it makes a difference......

Yeah of course
The fact that this is the Anatomy version where every one of the 104 guns is rigged, ( that’s over 600 blocks just for the guns), the cost would be astronomical
Its cost me over £70 (including shipping) to get some nice blocks from Syren, but I don’t mind making the effort for the more visible guns

 

[AllanKP69]

kit manufacturers supply poor quality blocks, the price

Price to be sure, but I don't blame the kit maker. As long as people continue to buy their kits, why would they change? I would not be surprised if their business model is akin to the famous saying attributed to P.T. Barnum. We all have budgets within which we strive to live, and blocks can be relatively expensive from aftermarket suppliers, but there have been some great tutorials at SoS on making high quality blocks at home.

Allan

 

[DARIVS ARCHITECTVS]

Yeah of course
The fact that this is the Anatomy version where every one of the 104 guns is rigged, ( that’s over 600 blocks just for the guns), the cost would be astronomical
Its cost me over £70 (including shipping) to get some nice blocks from Syren, but I don’t mind making the effort for the more visible guns

Tell me about it. ALL THE GUNS on the Sovereign are fully rigged!

Middle gun deck