To victory and beyond ...

[dafi]

So ...

When the side gallery was in place, it didn't seem gloomy enough. An anxious look, and sure enough, the white balusters that I had been looking forward to so much just weren't there. Crap. And painting over it looked like crap. I'm sorry, but it did.

Like dafi does what dafi does best: Destruction!

So I broke out the white balusters and put in new black ones. Now the eyeliner is still missing in the broad white profiles and then it could work. It's only an approximation anyway, as otherwise the side galleries would have to be completely rebuilt. At that time, the curves were less pronounced and the whole structure was more angular. But I can't reconstruct it much better with the documents I have so far. Maybe later on, new sources might turn up.

And since I was just tinkering around, I added the chutes for the signal cannons. Probably so that powder and cartridge residues don't stick to the ship's side.

XXXDAn

 

[dafi]

Just realized that I missed one entry. Here it is

So I went over the stovepipe outlet cover plate underneath the fore chains. First it was reduced in size according to the source. On closer inspection of the photpgraph, I noticed that the support block could also be a brick. Since the entire shipyard is made of red brick, I took the opportunity to color it.

Here is my comparison picture again. The shoe for the anchor is still far too small, but the rest is slowly coming along

Even more distinct without color.

As the picture is from 1920 and the state I am showing is 10 years before I do not know yet how much of the rot I will show.

XXXDAn

 

[Kurt Konrath]

Sad to see a good ship sit and rot, but yours will not be so bad, so a good ship.

 

[europapete]

Great detail Dan, and well done for spotting that. I agree, difficult to tell from a b&w photo if it's a brick or a block of wood. I vote brick, just to add a splash of colour! lol.
I also noticed you modelled the window closed whereas the photo shows it cracked open. Tsk, Tsk. lololol.

 

[dafi]

Thank you Dan!

It has now been 4.5 months since the big show in Evian. Since then, my ing Beauty has been lying in her box in the camper van, as I haven't had the time to kiss her nor the space on the work table to lay her down gently.

This weekend I finally pricked up my lips and gave her a really nice wake-up kiss

And I took the opportunity to take a few beauty shots and compare 1803 and 1910

Is this now considered unto be out of box?

I also took the opportunity to take a closer look at the new bow. It was based on the three-deckers built between 1800 and 1805. The bowsprit is now also anchored one deck higher.

One side is still a bit rough ;-)

Hope you like it!

XXXDAn

 

[OldPaBE]

Yes, it was a hell of a ride through model makers universe that I was taken through out the last years. Right from the humble beginnings straight forward obb down to the heavy seas to the Arsenal Exhibition in Rochefort, as mentioned by Uwek in another thread. Yes this build started to have a life of it´s own, got its own superior will, and I am very privileged that it granted me the honor to be part of it.

And yes too, my litte Vic was the only sailing ship build originating from plastic in the great Exhibition du Modelisme naval. But almost nobody realised this, even when seen in company with all this superior build wooden arsenal models . And hush, do not tell, I think she did rather fine, very fine

... hihihihihi, that´s Uwe in the picture by the way

And here too, together with our "Delegation allemande" and our french host.

Let me get you a small retrospective from this ride.
tbc.

XXXDAniel

Herrlich

 

[OldPaBE]

Herrlich

Famous !

 

[tball4217]

whoever did that round bow.. must have been the inventor behind british car electrical systems