HMS VICTORY section AL

[CAMILO]

Hi ,
While I'm waiting for materials and gaining experience in sailmaking to complete the shallop, I decided to start building a section of HMS Victory from AL. The choice of model is dictated by my desire to gain more experience in section construction. During construction, I plan to make a few changes to the structure and use photoetched metal sheets for the skin.

 

[AllanKP69]

Hi Camilo,
What size are the copper sheathing plates in your photo? At 1:72 the copper sheets should be about 5mmX 16.5mm. The thickness varied, but for a model at 1:72 it should be about 0.01mm thick. Bond paper is about 0.011mm so would be closer to scale than most copper plates we see on models. Hopefully yours are this thickness. The nails that were used to hold them to the hull had heads about 0.1mm at your scale. The ones in your photo appear to be about two to three times too large if you want them to be to look realistic. Your model, do whatever makes you happy

There are a lot of posts here at SoS with drawings and photos of actual plates and how these were applied on the hull that you should find helpful.

Allan

 

[CAMILO]

Hi Camilo,
What size are the copper sheathing plates in your photo? At 1:72 the copper sheets should be about 5mmX 16.5mm. The thickness varied, but for a model at 1:72 it should be about 0.01mm thick. Bond paper is about 0.011mm so would be closer to scale than most copper plates we see on models. Hopefully yours are this thickness. The nails that were used to hold them to the hull had heads about 0.1mm at your scale. The ones in your photo appear to be about two to three times too large if you want them to be to look realistic. Your model, do whatever makes you happy

There are a lot of posts here at SoS with drawings and photos of actual plates and how these were applied on the hull that you should find helpful.

Allan

Hi Allan,
Thank you for your interest. The photoetched parts I have are very similar in size to the ones you provided. The thickness is definitely different, around 0.20 mm. I still have a lot of time before I get to the stage of gluing the hull bottom, so I might consider something else.

 

[AllanKP69]

The overall size looks really good. See yours and an actual plate regarding the nail holes. Maybe make your own out of copper foil or paper and forget the nail marks at your scale. Just a thought.
Allan

 

[Spars]

Hi ,
While I'm waiting for materials and gaining experience in sailmaking to complete the shallop, I decided to start building a section of HMS Victory from AL. The choice of model is dictated by my desire to gain more experience in section construction. During construction, I plan to make a few changes to the structure and use photoetched metal sheets for the skin.

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I have this kit in my stash.