H.M.S. Victory cross section by Corel [COMPLETED BUILD]

[martijnonderwater]

My next project will be finishing a cross section of the H.M.S. Victory, from a kit by Corel. I bought it semi-finished online, and there is not much to do in order to get her finished. Unless I decide to improvise somewhere down the line. Let's see what happens

 

[martijnonderwater]

And a video on YouTube as well:

 

[Uwek]

Have fun with the finishing works - looks like the first owner did a good preparation job

 

[martijnonderwater]

A few more pictures:

 

[martijnonderwater]

Hi Everyone,

I'm adding the canon the Victory cross section, and I'm having a problem with the blocks. The picture on the left shows two blocks which together tie down one side of a canon. On the right picture, I attached them to the eyelets. As you can see, they are way to close together to nicely run rope through them. Ok, it is possible, but it doesn't look nice.

Basically, the hooks I made on/around the blocks (from 0.5mm brass wire) are too large. I had the same issue on the Royal Louis, and decided to use thread to tie the blocks to the eyelets. That saves up just another 1.5mm or so, and that does the job. But I'd like to figure out how to do it with brass wire. Do you have any suggestions or examples?

I have (tried) other ways to create more space btw:

• make the eyelets a bit more oval
• move the canon backwards a bit
• the eyelet on the canon is as far backward as possible

Side note: these are the big canon: the ones on the other decks are pretty much impossible to fit

 

[martijnonderwater]

 

[martijnonderwater]

Also, another video update:

 

[martijnonderwater]

And, another update with a few creatively solved problems

 

[martijnonderwater]

Working on the spars:

 

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[martijnonderwater]

another update:

 

[martijnonderwater]

Getting closer to the finishline

 

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[martijnonderwater]

A few more images of the build. I'm almost done

 

[martijnonderwater]

She's done!

 

[martijnonderwater]

And can somebody modify the title of this thread with [completed build] ?

 

[GrantTyler]

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And can somebody modify the title of this thread with [completed build] ?

Good evening. Congratulations. This is really very cool. So many fine details. Lovely work. Cheers Grant

 

[martijnonderwater]

Good evening. Congratulations. This is really very cool. So many fine details. Lovely work. Cheers Grant

thanks Grant!

 

[Uwek]

also from my side Congratulations for finishing this fine model - well done!

 

[martijnonderwater]

also from my side Congratulations for finishing this fine model - well done!

thanks, I'm happy with the result