HMS Victory by Y.T.- Mamoli - 1:90 scale

[Uwek]

Very good progress - and it is looking very good

 

[Y.T.]

Thanks guys. I appreciate your all you say. Beside the point I am absolutely stunned with results of applying copper tape. It is unbelievably easy to mark with nails and installing. Also it lays itself out in very natural fashion. Probably it’s exactly the way plates were actually applied. Look.

 

[Y.T.]

Let us remember copper plates on Victory were 14 inch by 48 inch. These are exactly to scale 1:90.

 

[NMBROOK]

That looks marvelousExcellent work and your nail representation looks just right,they are there but not OTT.

Kind Regards

Nigel

 

[Uwek]

Just recognized something ..... maybe you should revise the pattern of the sheeting.....

We can see that your sheets are not overlapping each other, but are side by side installed
- we can see this with the double parallel line of rivets. See my red and green arrows


The sheets had to be overlapping, so that the water has no or less possibility to reach the wooden planks

I searched a little bit to show this principle


Here a page of the french 74-gun ship by Boudriot


and one example of a section I built by myself some time ago with copper plates


Sorry, but I did not realize it with the first photo, but if you want to change it, do it now......

 

[Y.T.]

Hi Uwek. Thanks very much for your tip. I think I may want to revise the pattern. After all it’s less work imprinting the nails. Ripping off copper I installed may be not an option for now as I do not know if I have enough copper. I will continue with revised pattern and correct old pattern if I have enough copper.

 

[Uwek]

Very good! - and I think this is the best solution
BTW: and like you said: it will be half of the work for the nails - you have to make only one short and one long side

 

[Y.T.]

Also Uwek, it is excellent manual you showed. They go in very deep details of design. I noted as they say not to copper the very bottom of the keel as plates will get torn off right away. Do they explain copper plate pattern on front edge of the keel ? See marked up picture.

 

[Uwek]

As I think they used here later also plates of lead, but I have to read in some books to give you a better answer. (during evening)
Hope that somebody else knows more

in the moment I found this (in german, but could help)

https://www.minisail.ch/de/werkkunde/kupfern.pdf

 

[Y.T.]

I noticed that copper sheathing gets marked with scratches very easily as tape is very thin. I try not noticing these marks telling myself that it looks more authentic this way. How am I going to protect copper from further damage if I am still a few years away from completing this model? Probably plastic wrapping film will do.

 

[Y.T.]

Actually I noticed that each repair adds to authenticity. Did you notice the repair? I did not. Look.

 

[Jimsky]

I have not noticed repairs, well done! I am sure you didn't regret of re-doing\repairing

 

[Y.T.]

One side done!

 

[Y.T.]

 

[JArthurD]

Magnificent build thus far. I’m just now, moving from plastic to wood kits, so there was a lot of helpful things to take in with this log for me.

Really impressed with the detailed copper sheeting look.

Really enjoying the photos and the notes outlining your complex problem solving work.

Thanks!

 

[Y.T.]

Top rails are now complete. Here’s this half round element for Carronade Mamoli doesn’t consider.

 

[Y.T.]

 

[Y.T.]

Here some different bitts. Skewed, straight. Fat and slim.

 

[Y.T.]

Scratch built this item (use of it to me is unknown, there is no any ropes around it so may be it is just a decoration). Canadian cent is same size as us cent.

 

[Y.T.]

Mamoli kit suggests this instead: