H.M.S. Victory by Caldercraft - Build Log

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I began working on the kevels, cannon ball holders, belay pin holders, etc.

I have attached pics of the 2 balusters that need to be attached to the corner of one of the skid beams. It will provide support for a lower wooden railing where the stairs come up.

3 of the forecastle kevels have sheaves in them. The plans require a hole be drilled to simulate the sheave. I opted to cut out a spot to accept a 4mm brass sheave. I blackened the sheaves and squeezed them in.

 

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Working on the admiral screen (pics are out of order), I used Mr. Metal to prime the PE window frames.

I also added some darker stain to screens to give them a more richer color. After the windows dried, I installed them and added glazing.
I had extra acetone and cut pieces to fit behind the scenes. I sanded the acetone on both sides to give them a cloudy look.

I also created an installed little brass rings for the doors. They may be a but out of scale, but add color too!

 

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Adding the various kevels and parts is pretty straight forward. There is a slant to the cannon ball holders that may be hard to create, also, I would add the cannon balls BEFORE installing base to bulwark wall.

I have some small diameter styrene tubing that I painted and added to base of interior walls. I would have preferred a piece of wood with a nice concave shape, but at that scale, there was no way I could think of. I like the way it looks, it adds some depth to everything.

A few builders have worked on adding interior tubing to walls. I have enough of the tubing to see if I can make styrene work. But it seems pretty busy in there.

 

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I also worked on dining room stairwell. I believe I am running out of PE stanchions and want to make sure I have enough for the skid beam area and any later assemblies. I decided to just create some straight pieces of wood. I do not think this area is going to be very visible once the poop deck is installed.

After, I worked on the binnacle and wheel assemblies.

I was able to create a groove in the main binnacle housing with a file to accept the glazing. I used canopy glue to secure it to wood and PE front/back piece.

I also created some little white compass housings and a larger red/orange/yellow piece to simulate the 2 compasses and lantern for the binnacle.

I have a few coats of paint and we'll get back to it later to see how it looks.

I also worked on wheel. It requires 4 PE pieces to be glued together to create ship's wheel. I used E6000 to glue them as it sets a bit slower and allows me to move it around. It does create little glue webs and has to be cleaned but is the glue of choice when combined 2 PE pieces together.