HMS Victory (Repair)

[KeithLyall]

I think I may have made a mistake of telling a friend I build model ships as a hobby. She promptly asked if I could also fix model ships. Her husband has a model of HMS Victory which has seen better days; basically what the ship may have looked like AFTER the Battle of Trafalgar. It had been sitting in a corner literally collecting dusk and requires quite a lot of repair work. However I am always up for a challenge !!

The original ship arrived in the following state ...




A myriad of issues to be addressed including dust engrained on all surfaces, a broken display stand, broken masts and spars, snapped rigging, many gun ports broken off, and a general appearance of being unloved.

I plan to progress the repair along side my ongoing build of Endurance.

 

[KeithLyall]

First job was to build a new base as the original was made out of a very light balsa wood type timber and was broken up.
Using the original as a template I cut and built a more robust base