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HMS Victory by FifeModels - Artesania Latina - Scale 1/84 - Anatomy Version

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And so it begins!

Greetings all. This will be my log for Artesania Latina's HMS Victory Anatomy version.

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It will be a fairly straight by the book build, I may modify a few things as I go but will note any changes I make.
I have bought the LED set to go with it but passed on the figures, I personally don't like how figures look on a model.

This is quite a short entry just to get started, moving forward I will most likely post after I complete each section of the video instructions, which I like but would prefer written/pictorial instructions to accompany them, but I digress.

So first step was assembling the bow section to the first part of the false keel. The glue I bought from AL with the kit seems quite slow curing, so I've ordered a kicker for future use.
When placing the bracing piece, after the first side had taken hold enough for me to move, for the other side I used some of the future bracing pieces to lift the two keel pieces off the desk so I could clamp the bracing piece(s) I'd just glued. (Pretty certain I could have found a shorter way of saying that, hmm)

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Historically (when it comes to ships) I never complete a build end to end, I usually swap projects, but for this one I intend (time will tell on this) to complete this one end to end.

Thanks for popping by,



As a side note, I feel the need to note this as I have in the past been (rightfully) judged: I tend not to read through others' logs and/or comment. I simply don't have the time for one (I have young kids, two of whom are Autistic) so my free time is quite limited at times, but also being Neurodivergent myself I literally feel stupid commenting praise or otherwise on others work. I know that sounds utter madness, my head is a very strange place at times. Please don't think bad of me for it.
 
I know I was only going to post updates after each video was completed, but encountered a problem with this that I wanted to point out for anyone building this.

Now the first problem, managed to break a rib whilst fitting the brace that is meant to stop you from breaking ribs. Typical!
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And now the major problem

The front bracing parts for the plank ends to mount on, well one got completely jammed for me, wouldn't come out, wouldn't go in. And by jammed I mean jammed to the point it snapped a thick metal file trying to see if I could lever it out!

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Anyway, that part is purely to provide an end point for the hull planks, so as long as the outer edge and top are in line it doesn't matter. Although it is annoying. So I sanded the excess down so it was in line.

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For anyone building this, parts RV1 and RV2 (both sides) sand down the entire piece on one side slightly, and it will slot in without jamming. The remainder are fine. (Sanding the slots won't be enough).

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Hello all.

Making some progress on planking the hold.

Started off one the cutaway side, planking just over the edge then trimming and sanding back.
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Then repeated the same basic process on the other side up to the bottom edge of the slots for the first set of deck beams. Also used the various templates to mark out the position of the inner ribs as well as the base for the main mast.

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And finally made a start on fitting the inner ribs.

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Evening all.

Well, What a flaming nightmare this was! The "boards" they have you make is probably the most convoluted way of doing this. Why not just use ply formers and plank with veneer?
The boards keep breaking whilst cutting, are very hard to cut, and just generally a pain in the *** to do.

So following another build of this, I've ordered some 1.5 Birch ply boards, and will cut the remainder of the hold structures from that, and either scribe the planks or just use 0.1mm veneer on them.

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Anyway, onwards!

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Video #3 Complete



This was a mission, had a number of minor issues.

First, not happy with the stain on the hold planking, I just wasn't careful enough with removing excess glue, and it's a difficult area (for me) to be able to sand.
Still, most of it will be covered up by cargo and ballast so it's not an issue, just annoying.

The supports for the shelves for me, weren't as long horizontally as in the video, and I also had to shorten them vertically to allow the shelves to sit level.

You can obviously work out what I did wrong!

The panels for the pumphouse were a nightmare to cut, as in my previous post. I got there in the end though.

I also had to do some slight adjustments to the slots for the rear deck piece.

One major thing I did notice was that, despite using the paper templates, the cutouts in the shelves template didn't line up with the ribs, and that cannot have been something I got wrong as the rib placement template lines up with laser cut parts. So something is wrong with either the laser cut parts, or either of the templates. Again, not a hard fix, just glad I checked beforehand.

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Hi
Will be watching with interest. I have this kit and the lights and hope to start in a few weeks when I get my AL San Francisco II at the rigging stage. It will only be my second wooden ship, Mrs J bought the kit for me as a surprise present not knowing how difficult and how much work it involves. So I am jotting down notes of issues with other modellers builds. I will also start a build log probably following the same instructional video part by part approach.
So keep up the good work, the issue with the plank blanks breaking is already noted. :)
Regards
Tony
 
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That was a wade. Plus I was ill for several days so didn't get much done.

Cutting the templates was an utter chore. The boards kept breaking and I must have gone through well over 20 swann mortons.
I plodding on and eventually worked throough.

The rear hold compartment isn't get fixed in place, as I feel I may have to adjust the upper edges for the beams and deck to fit above. The inner free standing wall with the shelf is fixed in place, but it easier to get to if I need to adjust the top at all. Forward two deck parts aren't yet fixed into place.

Progress pics below


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Video #5 Complete

As with the last video, more of the same. Seemed a little easier making and cutting the boards, I seem to be handling the quirks of it now.

Forward compartment didn't fit quite as well as the stern, user error I guess. As with the stern, not yet fitted into place to allow any adjustments I will need to make.


Thanks again.

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TonyJ said:
Very neat and tidy, glad to hear the boards are getting easier! Did you use the AL Number 6 Oak Stain?
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Tony
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Hiya

No I used Occre's Oak stain. I planned to use AL's #6 so I did order the paint set along with this from AL, and I was silly enough to assume this included stains, which it didn't.

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AllanKP69 said:
Do the plans say what these things are?
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Allan
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Hi.

I have no idea, but my guess is they are dummy shoulders of some sort, part of the superstructure for the keel on the real ship I imagine. There is a similar pair in the forward compartment as well.

I presume on the real ship they would continue through that rear wall and so forth.
 
Thank you kindly Dominic,
Looking at a number of contemporary drawings and contracts I can't find these anywhere, so far . :) I was just curious to know what these various blocks were not having seen them before and it is not really important in the end as it will likely all be covered up never to be seen again.

Allan
 
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