HMS Victory - 1/100 Heller [COMPLETED BUILD]

[Y.T.]

This plastic kit is a million times better accuracy and appearance than any of wooden Victory kits on the market. If I knew of it I would have never bought my current Mamoli Victory 1:90 and would have been looking for this kit. It does not matter how long I struggle with my Mamoli and how much more money spend on adding details and replacing bad looking parts I will never be any close to Heller Victory.

 

[Hubac’s Historian]

Heller Victory is one of the best model kits, period.

 

[Gennaro]

Great build! Thanks for sharing. When I watch some of these builds in plastic/paper I wonder why some of us bother with wood.

 

[Bluebeard]

I know, I know
2 days I sort the guns... Its a nightmare

Well Moarein, you came to the wright place for the answer to your problems.
Here it is.

 

[Bluebeard]

This is stuff is my right hand.
Just a few drops of this and will unglue all kinds of glue even CA.
To my is my BUDDY.
Many mistakes can be fixed with this.

 

[Hubac’s Historian]

Will this stuff remove my CA fingerprint from acetate without marring the plastic?

 

[Bluebeard]

Will this stuff remove my CA fingerprint from acetate without marring the plastic?

Sorry, I don’t have that answer.
Even though I also build plastic models but I have never use it on them, only on wood.
But it is product that is not expensive at all, I bought my at Hobby Lobby.
But if what you want is to pull apart both half of the hull, this is the stuff to use.

 

[Hubac’s Historian]

I appreciate the tip, BlueBeard. I’ll ask around on my thread and see whether others have used it for surface removal on plastic.

Victory is coming along beautifully, Moarein!

 

[Moarein]

The boats are mounted, so I start with the masts because I must pinpoint the dead eyes later.
In the meantime, I made a cell with a code name - "No more dust!

 

[Bluebeard]

Marvelous.
The boats look fantastic, and the cover is a great idea. Sometimes we don’t realize how much dust we create.

 

[Moarein]

Marvelous.
The boats look fantastic, and the cover is a great idea. Sometimes we don’t realize how much dust we create.

I realize very well
Once I cleaned the model with a vacuum cleaner, and I sucked one of the cannons!
The cage has a mobile ceiling - when I install the masts it can be easily lifted by changing the length of the four rods.

 

[Moarein]

The hammock racks are ready. The nets become quite slow - half are ready.
They are about to be filled with hammocks

 

[Stevedownunder]

Hi Moarein,

Lovely looking hammock nets, looking great.

Cheers,
Stephen.

 

[Moarein]

The Front

 

[Moarein]

The first section of hammocks is ready and installed.
There are 90 pieces, don't count them ))

 

[Jimsky]

Every time you post a new set of photos I amazed by your craftsmanship! You doing a very good job bashing this kit!! Bravo!

 

[Uwek]

The hammocks are looking very good - maybe you can describe or even better show the different working steps and information which kind of material you are using?

 

[Moarein]

The hammocks are looking very good - maybe you can describe or even better show the different working steps and information which kind of material you are using?

For hammocks I use parachute fabric.
It is quite thin and allows repeated folding.
Soak it for 10 minutes in coffee, then in diluted water-based glue - C200.
Once it dries from the glue, the fabric becomes easy to shape, and does not release threads when working with it.
I fold each hammock 5 times, the width of which is in accordance with the width of the nets - in the case of about 4 mm.
Then I fold the resulting roll in half and glue it with a drop of instant glue.

 

[Moarein]

The hammocks are ready and installed in the nets.
I also made the famous buckets - 21 pieces.
They are full of sand
Buckets can get better, but on this scale I can't do better ...

 

[shota70]

The hammocks are ready and installed in the nets.
I also made the famous buckets - 21 pieces.
They are full of sand
Buckets can get better, but on this scale I can't do better ...

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looks wonderful