HMS Victory my first build

[Johann H]

I came across SOS and am blown away. I started building my Mantua 1:98 HMS Victory almost 25 years ago. The kit was a gift from my wife ad is my first build. Corporate life kept me away from progressing for many years.....and then Covid came and I could start gocusing on my build. After that I retired and moved to Jeffreys Bay in South Africa. I have now started the rigging and looking forward to complete my Victory. Here are some photos of my build. Being my first build I decided to stick to the plans included in the kit, but that the Mantua plans fo have shortcomings. So excuse inaccuracies, but as my first build....the Victory is a challenge.

 

[Johann H]

More photos

 

[Gilbertm]

Hey Johann
Good luck completing this build
There is a thread on SoS of the Mantua Victory, done by a neighbor of yours, Grant Tyler. You may want to have a look at his build log.
Cheers

 

[Jimsky]

Welcome aboard, SOS. I wish you good luck completing the model. It's a really challenging kit (Victory) chosen as the first model.

 

[Kurt Konrath]

Welcome and please look around and use search tool to see what others have done.

 

[Johann H]

Hey Johann
Good luck completing this build
There is a thread on SoS of the Mantua Victory, done by a neighbor of yours, Grant Tyler. You may want to have a look at his build log.
Cheers

Hi Gilbertm I am fortunate to be in Cape Town at the moment and went to visit Grant on Tuesday to admire his beautiful Victory model and got some good tips from him.

 

[swampdweller126]

Welcome to the forum from NY

 

[AllanKP69]

Welcome to SoS Johann!
Allan

 

[Corsair]

welcome to the forums !
Your Victory looks great ! Keep up the great work !

 

[serikoff]

Welcome. I have a similar story. I started building my Victory in 2009. and there was a big break of 10 years and I recently started to continue. If you are interested, come visit.