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Artesania Latina Anatomy of Lord Nelson’s HMS Victory Trafalgar 1805

Video 16 - (Part 1)
Time for sanding the hull. I intend to take my time here and get the smoothest convex curve I can to lay the planking onto. This was definitely a job to do sitting outside with a few tunes and a couple of beers.

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A selection of my sanding tools. In all honesty the vast majority of the hull was sanding using the small yellow hand held sanding block. It has interchangeable sanding pads and fits the hand comfortably.

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I started with the bow checking the curve regularly with a strip of wood.

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I found the stern to be a little more tricky.

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I then ran 4 pairs of wires to each deck above, these will be utilised when I come to add the lights to each deck.

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First row.

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I wasn't sure if I was going to bend the planks with a bending iron or use the Amati bending pliers you can just see in this picture. In the end I adopted neither of these methods. After soaking the plank in water for about 5 mins I simply shaped the plank between my thumb and forefinger. I was surprised how easily each plank conformed to where I bent it. We will see how this goes with more complex areas of the hull but for now it's a winner for me.

View attachment 606530I regularly fitted the beak to check the plank end point, I wanted it to a snug fit.

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Whilst it's easily accessible I removed a large portion of the gun port with a small saw.

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Happy with that!

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At this point I think I really got the majestic shape of the Victory.

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The stern was easier to finish. This will be later formed around the rear planking.

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Repeat on the other side up to the cutout.

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There's going to be a few of these gun ports to clear out.

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Thanks for dropping by
Great job, excellent sanding, you probably won't have problems laying the slats. The most difficult point is the stern but by wetting the strips they shape well. The small yellow sanding block is also nice, I think it's very comfortable to use, where was it bought? Thank you and good work
 
Video 16 - (Part 1)
Time for sanding the hull. I intend to take my time here and get the smoothest convex curve I can to lay the planking onto. This was definitely a job to do sitting outside with a few tunes and a couple of beers.

View attachment 606522
A selection of my sanding tools. In all honesty the vast majority of the hull was sanding using the small yellow hand held sanding block. It has interchangeable sanding pads and fits the hand comfortably.

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I started with the bow checking the curve regularly with a strip of wood.

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I found the stern to be a little more tricky.

View attachment 606527
I then ran 4 pairs of wires to each deck above, these will be utilised when I come to add the lights to each deck.

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First row.

View attachment 606529
I wasn't sure if I was going to bend the planks with a bending iron or use the Amati bending pliers you can just see in this picture. In the end I adopted neither of these methods. After soaking the plank in water for about 5 mins I simply shaped the plank between my thumb and forefinger. I was surprised how easily each plank conformed to where I bent it. We will see how this goes with more complex areas of the hull but for now it's a winner for me.

View attachment 606530I regularly fitted the beak to check the plank end point, I wanted it to a snug fit.

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Whilst it's easily accessible I removed a large portion of the gun port with a small saw.

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Happy with that!

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At this point I think I really got the majestic shape of the Victory.

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The stern was easier to finish. This will be later formed around the rear planking.

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Repeat on the other side up to the cutout.

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There's going to be a few of these gun ports to clear out.

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Thanks for dropping by
Tony

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Great job, excellent sanding, you probably won't have problems laying the slats. The most difficult point is the stern but by wetting the strips they shape well. The small yellow sanding block is also nice, I think it's very comfortable to use, where was it bought? Thanks and good work
 
Video 16 - (Part 1)
Time for sanding the hull. I intend to take my time here and get the smoothest convex curve I can to lay the planking onto. This was definitely a job to do sitting outside with a few tunes and a couple of beers.

View attachment 606522
A selection of my sanding tools. In all honesty the vast majority of the hull was sanding using the small yellow hand held sanding block. It has interchangeable sanding pads and fits the hand comfortably.

View attachment 606523
I started with the bow checking the curve regularly with a strip of wood.

View attachment 606524

View attachment 606525
I found the stern to be a little more tricky.

View attachment 606527
I then ran 4 pairs of wires to each deck above, these will be utilised when I come to add the lights to each deck.

View attachment 606528
First row.

View attachment 606529
I wasn't sure if I was going to bend the planks with a bending iron or use the Amati bending pliers you can just see in this picture. In the end I adopted neither of these methods. After soaking the plank in water for about 5 mins I simply shaped the plank between my thumb and forefinger. I was surprised how easily each plank conformed to where I bent it. We will see how this goes with more complex areas of the hull but for now it's a winner for me.

View attachment 606530I regularly fitted the beak to check the plank end point, I wanted it to a snug fit.

View attachment 606531

View attachment 606532

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Whilst it's easily accessible I removed a large portion of the gun port with a small saw.

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View attachment 606535
Happy with that!

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At this point I think I really got the majestic shape of the Victory.

View attachment 606537
The stern was easier to finish. This will be later formed around the rear planking.

View attachment 606538
Repeat on the other side up to the cutout.

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There's going to be a few of these gun ports to clear out.

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Thanks for dropping by
Tony

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Great job, excellent sanding, you probably won't have problems laying the slats. The most difficult point is the stern but by wetting the strips they shape well. The small yellow sanding block is also nice, I think it's very comfortable to use, where was it bought? Thank you and good work
 
Great job, excellent sanding, you probably won't have problems laying the slats. The most difficult point is the stern but by wetting the strips they shape well. The small yellow sanding block is also nice, I think it's very comfortable to use, where was it bought? Thank you and good work
Got from Amazon.

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Video 16 - (Part 2 - Complete)
The last bits of video 16. Completing the gun ports cut outs.

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I started on the first of the port side cut outs and came up with an idea to assit the task. I needed to enlist the help of the "MaxiPep 2000 Sanding Protector", well actually I needed a small piece of Aluminium.

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I fashioned a small piece to sit inside the base of the gun ports.

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Held there with a small piece of double sided tape it provided a protective buffer whilst I sanded away the unwanted material around the port. Worked quite well.

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All the port side for the lower gun deck now done.
Video 17 starts with the installation of the linings, once they are fitted and painted I will then go back to Video 15 and complete the installation of the inner walls as I talked about previous.

Thanks for dropping by.
Tony
 
Video 16 - (Part 2 - Complete)
The last bits of video 16. Completing the gun ports cut outs.

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I started on the first of the port side cut outs and came up with an idea to assit the task. I needed to enlist the help of the "MaxiPep 2000 Sanding Protector", well actually I needed a small piece of Aluminium.

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I fashioned a small piece to sit inside the base of the gun ports.

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Held there with a small piece of double sided tape it provided a protective buffer whilst I sanded away the unwanted material around the port. Worked quite well.

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All the port side for the lower gun deck now done.
Video 17 starts with the installation of the linings, once they are fitted and painted I will then go back to Video 15 and complete the installation of the inner walls as I talked about previous.

Thanks for dropping by.
Tony
Hello, great job, especially a beautiful solution to use a small piece of aluminum but I didn't understand how you used it and in what position you put it to shape the slats.
 
Hello, great job, especially a beautiful solution to use a small piece of aluminum but I didn't understand how you used it and in what position you put it to shape the slats.
It had nothing to do with shaping the planks. It was purely to protect the inside of the gun port from oversanding. I placed it on both the bottom and top of the gun port.
 
Interesting, how did you position these pieces of aluminum? With a photo it would be easier to understand. Thanks
 
Video 16 - (Part 3)
I was never happy with the method shown in the instructions in regard to where the inner planking ended leaving a lot of filling. The guy in the video used a mix of CA and talc to make a quick drying filler. I decided to place the linings first then add the planks covering the ends of the linings thus avoiding the need to fill at all.

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This is how the instructions have you end the planking (NOT covering the lining) leaving a lot of filling.

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This is how I approached the task. Installed and painted the linings first, then fitting the planks covering the lining ends. NO FILLER)!

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This seemed a better approach.

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Thanks for dropping by
T
 
Video #17 - Part 1
Little bit out of order here due to the fact I installed the linings before doing the inner planking. Here I start the linings.

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Make sure you number the parts, they look the same but they are all slightly different.

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The liner on the inside is later sanded flush with the inside framework.

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Some parts needed some gentle persuasion to lock them in. I found a scalpel handle did the job.

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The lining here is sanded flush with the framework and painted red.

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Thanks for dropping by.
T
 
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