HMS Victory Occre 225 - build log

[AllanKP69]

Hi Crypton,
Are the battens as shown in the kit instructions? According to The Masting and Rigging of English Ships of War, page 2, there were 8 for each mast and they reached from the hounds to a point 3/5 of the way to the cap. They went over the iron bands on the mast head. The breadth of each batten was 1/8 of the given diameter of the mast.
Allan

 

[Crypton]

Hi Crypton,
Are the battens as shown in the kit instructions? According to The Masting and Rigging of English Ships of War, page 2, there were 8 for each mast and they reached from the hounds to a point 3/5 of the way to the cap. They went over the iron bands on the mast head. The breadth of each batten was 1/8 of the given diameter of the mast.
Allan

Yes, I’m following the instructions in this case.

 

[AllanKP69]

Totally understand your decision.
Allan

 

[Crypton]

This week, I have been fiddling with small black chains, deviating from the manual and historic accuracy. Still happy with how it looks.

 

[AllanKP69]

Your model, your choice! Chains or chainplates, they were in line with the shrouds.
Allan

 

[Humble Ship Builder]

I finished my version of HMS Victory Shipyard. Ropes of Scale really add character. I sized the ropes to scale. I have. Everything from .25 mm up to 2.6 mm which I used on the anchors.

 

[Humble Ship Builder]

Added a full view

 

[Mike-H2O]

Wow ! Absolutely stunning.

 

[Crypton]

Added a full view

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Very nice! Beautiful work!

 

[Crypton]

It has been a few weeks since my last update on the Victory, and progress has been a bit slow. Mainly I have been working on the main mast, which is more or less a repeat of the front mast. I decided to fix these two masts in position first, before closing the top deck, and making it easy to fit it tightly around the masts. One side of the deck will be fully closed. I'll aim to show next week on how it has turned out.

 

[Crypton]

This week, I have finished the deck. I've kept one side open as much as possible and completely closed other side. Currently, I'm populating the deck with all kind stuff, including the cannons. I've improvised the rigging of the cannons to the best I can giving the scale.

 

[Humble Ship Builder]

Coming along quite nice. I like the open decking .