HMS Victory - Bruce Ives

A very nice build, Bruce. When I represented age on the coppering on my HMS Snake build I used colour washes; what technique did you use? Cheers.
 
Hello Graham. Not knowing exactly what to do I just left the tiles the colour that they were in the kit and used a clear sealer to protect them.
 
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The instructions match. If they are in the wrong place I won’t tell anyone if you don’t!
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I think the flags shown are appropriate and probably far more accurate than most, assuming the church pennant is taking into account divine services on October 21st or 22nd for Nelson after he died.
 
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Great pictures of the rigging. Now I see why you took so long to finish it. That's more rigging than I think I've ever seen on any ship. The more you added to it the harder it became to add more without damaging what was already done. That is an incredible load of work to do. I'd be very happy now that it's done. Norgale.
 
Thank you for your kind words.

You can see that I haven’t taken any close up pictures… The instructions illustrate the knots to use when you tie down the rigging to the stanchions or to the belay pins in the racks on the deck. They made me chuckle since there was no way I could reproduce these even before the rigging became so busy. So the attachments at the deck level are very messy. And my granny would be proud of the knots I used …

You will also see quite a few brass rings where blocks should have been used. Initially I thought this would be easier but this turned out to be a mistake. Once I got used to dealing with the blocks I found that they were easier to work with than the rings.

I also learned a lesson from the engineering. Once a fair bit of rigging was installed, my blundering as I worked had little effect on the spars. They are surprisingly sturdy ( with the exception of the tip of the bowsprit which I broke three times ).
 
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I've been through all that too over the last fifty years or so. Tieing things off is always a problem so I just use a dab of glue and then tie the knot. I never have figured out how those sailors ever managed to get from one place to another with all they had to do. Can you imagine actually sailing the Victory? I'd never learn all those ropes. That's probably why my grandfather was a signalman, all he had to do was get the right flag in the right place and hoist it to the top. As for the engineering, the way everything is tied together is a huge accomplishment in engineering. If your rigging is correct you should be able to press on a line at the bow and move another line at the stern at the same time. Every line is interconnected with every other line. Amazing.
 
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