WOW! JonB. Amazing work of art. Very grateful for showing high quality photographs showing so many details. I was looking for those details for a long while as I am working on rigging of my 1:90 scale Victory. What literature did you use to do the rigging of this Victory? How did you manage to decide making it with no sails? Neither fully opened nor furled?
Hi, thanks for your comments. I followed C Nepean Longridge’s book “The Anatomy of Nelson’s Ships” which has good descriptions of the rigging layout as well as “Rigging period ship models” by Lennarth Peterson. My inspiration was Longridge’s model in the Science Museum in London - which has no sails.
Bravo - Very good work on this Victory - a great model
A wonderful model, it looks very, very good, thank you for sharing.
Your model is one the absolute best representations of the Victory I have ever seen. Anyone building Victory, even if from a kit, and does not have and use Longridge's book to supplement the kit instructions is at a great disadvantage in trying to produce an accurate model which you have clearly done.
Congratulations!
Allan
Congratulations!
Allan
Thank you Allan. As you can see from the timeframe on the plaque - it was a labour of love. I made the binnacle from a piece of original oak acquired from Victory.
I envy you!!! I would love to find pieces that are available with a certificate of origin for any 17th or 18th century vessel tp use on a model of that ship.
Allan
Absolutely beautiful. What a build ! Stunning work!
Looking at this amazing Victory model I am looking forward to see your work on the La Venus in a detailed building log, which is by the way one of my favourites from Jean Boudriot. Do you have also the planset of the framing made by Fissore?
Planset review - LA VENUS - 18-pdr frigate 1782" by J.Boudriot / H. Berti + "Structural Elements LA VENUS" by F. Fissore
Planset Review: LA VENUS - 18-pdr frigate 1782 by Jean Boudriot & Hubert Berti in scale 1:48 + Structural Elements LA VENUS by Franco Fissore in scale 1:48 with english translations by Francois Fougerat This monographie is available from ancre in different languages, which can be choosen...
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Hi Uwe
Yes I have the full plan set from Ancre at 1:48 and have received my first order of Dark Swiss Pear from hobbymill.
Beautiful choice - sounds very good
Please start a building log - a lot of modelers would be very happy to see your work and would follow your journey with this project.
Never mind, if there will be another 20 years like with your Victory
Beautiful museum quality model. Absolutely superb.
Great job modeling the Victory! Very clean work. Looking forward to your next model.
Awesome job!!
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Your model is gorgeous!
Beautiful
I bought the gun crew, able seamen and Nelson from Vanguard Models in the UK and decided not to paint them rather keeping them as ghostly looking figures.