HMS Victory - Limited Edition by Occre, 1:87

[AllanKP69]

Regarding the deck beams, are they precut in the kit? None of them has any round up from what can be seen in the photos. This is one of the most basic things for a deck and is missing, thus my question. The lower decks will be pretty much out of sight, but this will be really noticeable on the higher decks.

First rate circa 1800
Deck Rounding (at Midships where appropriate)
Orlop 2 inches
Lower gundeck 6 inches
Middle gundeck 7 inches
Upper gundeck 8 inches

Quarter deck 9 inches
Forecastle 8 inches
Roundhouse or poop 10 inches

 

[Mike-H2O]

They are not precut. IF, the ribs are 90 degrees to the keel, then the length of the 2x2 oak carlings are 15 mm between the 5x5 oak beams. A few of my beam spacings were off .5-1 mm, so I really couldn't cut a whole batch of them at once. If I tried to force a 15 mm piece into a 14 mm space, it skews the 5x5 beam & the next row will be off, creating a domino effect.