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Artesania Latina Anatomy of Lord Nelson’s HMS Victory Trafalgar 1805
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T
Beautiful to watch the progress, Tony.
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Hi everyone.
Starting to build up the hold.
The instructions ask you to glue together multiple 4mm strips to make a couple of 300mm x 300mm sheets. Then using the paper templates provided cut out all the various components. This to me seems a very complicated and long winded approach to this part of the build. Also I have read a couple posts from people saying that the glued up sheets fall apart when you are cutting the parts out.
So not wanting to give myself more work I have taken a different approach. I bought a few small sheets of 1.5mm boxwood instead. I scored the sheets in 4mm intervals to represent the planks (on both sides) and will use these as my base sheets.
Another modeller did suggest that Boxwood may not be suitable for this approach as it does not display much grain, but having tested a small piece I though it looked OK to me.
Here I begin to make up the Pump Well Room/Shot Locker.
I did add a little detail to the door of the pump well room but in hindsight it was a waste of time as the door will not be seen.
The time I spent ensuring the rib alignment was correct paid off when I test fitted the side walks.
The pump house is not glued yet as I want to test fit it with a beam above in place.
Thanks for watching
T
Hi everyone.
Starting to build up the hold.
The instructions ask you to glue together multiple 4mm strips to make a couple of 300mm x 300mm sheets. Then using the paper templates provided cut out all the various components. This to me seems a very complicated and long winded approach to this part of the build. Also I have read a couple posts from people saying that the glued up sheets fall apart when you are cutting the parts out.
So not wanting to give myself more work I have taken a different approach. I bought a few small sheets of 1.5mm boxwood instead. I scored the sheets in 4mm intervals to represent the planks (on both sides) and will use these as my base sheets.
Another modeller did suggest that Boxwood may not be suitable for this approach as it does not display much grain, but having tested a small piece I though it looked OK to me.
Here I begin to make up the Pump Well Room/Shot Locker.
I did add a little detail to the door of the pump well room but in hindsight it was a waste of time as the door will not be seen.
The time I spent ensuring the rib alignment was correct paid off when I test fitted the side walks.
The pump house is not glued yet as I want to test fit it with a beam above in place.
Thanks for watching
T
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Tony your workmanship and attention to detail is to be commended. I'm loving your build. Magic Mike
Thanks Mike
T
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Hey Tony,
that looks really good at the moment. You're building at a good level. What your approach to the model is is up to you and I think you're doing great. The way I see it, you carved in the front and back of the wood panel. That would have been too much work for me. I would have laid the individual pieces of wood on baking paper and then glued them together. That works too. I would have and will also install the door. You can't see it directly, you're looking at the inside, but it's a nice detail. I'm going to open the lids for the cannonballs and also fill them with small balls. The last picture looks great. I would love to have it bigger to admire your great work.
Best regards
Günther
that looks really good at the moment. You're building at a good level. What your approach to the model is is up to you and I think you're doing great. The way I see it, you carved in the front and back of the wood panel. That would have been too much work for me. I would have laid the individual pieces of wood on baking paper and then glued them together. That works too. I would have and will also install the door. You can't see it directly, you're looking at the inside, but it's a nice detail. I'm going to open the lids for the cannonballs and also fill them with small balls. The last picture looks great. I would love to have it bigger to admire your great work.
Best regards
Günther
Interesting kit. I went to the AL site to follow the video instructions. Two comments from those: The yellow ochre they used appears to be almost pinkish. Is that the case or is the color washed out by the video? The second comment is about the gentleman doing the build (and please, there is no judgement on my part here, only an observation). He has the hairiest hands I have ever seen.
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Way to go Tony. Very very cool and what an interesting build. Cheers Grant
Hi
I'm actually colour blind so commenting on colour is difficult for me. I believe it is generally thought that her Ochre colour was quite yellow, but recent research has revealed her true colours with the ochre being more terracotta. Here is a link to a very interesting video on this.
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Tony
I'm actually colour blind so commenting on colour is difficult for me. I believe it is generally thought that her Ochre colour was quite yellow, but recent research has revealed her true colours with the ochre being more terracotta. Here is a link to a very interesting video on this.
Tony
Thanks Grant
Hello Tony. It is very interesting video. When I did my Victory I attempted to match this research however when she dried it came out more salmon than expect. Still looks very cool though. If I had to do it again I would stick with the yellow Ochre. Cheers Grant
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Actually Tony, I think using boxwood would be better than using something with "more grain", given the way you are doing it. The reason for gluing up multiple strips is so that any visible diagonal grain does not traverse across the planks, thereby making it look like exactly what you are doing - simulating planks on a single sheet. That is one of my own pet peeves with pre-printed (or lasered) decks. any dark streaks in the wood carry over from one plank to the next - which would not happen in full scale. The relatively featureless boxwood, combined with the shadowed lighting within the hull (even with it being open) will hide the fact that it is one sheet. You may not want to do that with highly visible deck furniture, however.
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Ah, but you will know it’s there.
Your build looks really good. I admire anyone who takes on a huge project like this. I lack the fortitude to see it through but will enjoy your work.
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Wow Tony
You’ve made a flying start (Spitfire Ale
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Great work, you’ll be catching up with me soon!!
Looking forward to seeing you progress
Sorry I hadn’t seen and commented on your posts earlier, I’ve been tied up on the hull planking so haven’t logged in for a while
Regards
Alan
You’ve made a flying start (Spitfire Ale
)Great work, you’ll be catching up with me soon!!
Looking forward to seeing you progress
Sorry I hadn’t seen and commented on your posts earlier, I’ve been tied up on the hull planking so haven’t logged in for a while
Regards
Alan
Hi Grant
I'm with you on this one, I kind of like the Victory in the more yellow colour. I may go for this colour even though the pinker colour is more accurate for the time.
Regards
T
Hi Russ
It works for me. I understand what you are saying re the grain, in the hold is the only place I will use the boxwood, thanks for the advice. I did ponder why AL did not provide the parts for the hold as pre-cut lasered parts similar to the rooms for the orlop deck? Then figured that you may not be able to etch the planks on BOTH sides of the sheet, maybe?
Regards
T
HiAh, but you will know it’s there.
Your build looks really good. I admire anyone who takes on a huge project like this. I lack the fortitude to see it through but will enjoy your work.
Yes it is a huge project, well at least for me. But as I settle into retirement I have to stay out of Mrs J's way