To victory and beyond ...

[dafi]

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

 

[Bryian]

Sensational work Daniel.

 

[Myhr99]

Wow!!

 

[shota70]

it's looks beautiful

 

[Uwek]

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, his 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

Oh ja - Memmories
It was a beautiful and highly interesting week in France - immagine ships, friends and frnech food and wine - GREAT
For everybody interested take a look at the report

INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION OF MODEL SHIPBUILDING - Rochefort, France - 18.th-21.st October 2018

1.st INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION OF MODEL SHIPBUILDING in Rochefort, France - 18.th to 21.st October 2018 1.er Congres International de Modelisme Naval - Rochefort - du 18 au 21 Octobre 2018 What is the idea ? The idea is to select and gather around one hundred quality model shipbuilders coming...

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but now back to your amazing model -> we all hope to see now much more of your work !!!!

 

[dafi]

The Victory was already a famous ship, when she was fighting at Trafalgar. She had a long successful career that she represented in several different outfits. Funny enough the iconic Trafalgar appearance was the most short lived one and the least documented too. She served about 35 years in her original outfit, 2 years the Trafalgar outfit, and more than 100 years in her black and white painting. The actual restored Trafalgar state is now also more than a 100 years old and an epoch by itself.

Let me take you for a small ride though these times. It was a most exciting project, that started with simply trying out new resin, took off by itself, and developed into nice display on the history of that great ship.

Already longer finished was the rigged version of a 1805 first rate.

Now come the version as build from about 1780, the actual state of my research for the iconic 1805 version, the black and white version of past 1910 and the latest version of the museums ship in its past 2016 look.

Here the overview.

Travelling times in 4 pictures

We start with the beauty of the as build version, with its nice friezes and - not visible - the wonderful carvings on head and stern.

The best known version is the least known by far. Done under pressure of time there is no known documentation. Here shown is the intermediate result of my research so far.

The biggest changes were suffered from 1814 on to 1920. The planking was removed and the new one was flush without any wales. The bow was reconstructed as a round bow, the hammocks got build cases and the masts were replaced by smaller steel ones with a reduced number of shrouds.

Seen by todays eyes a pity but still the historical version that lasted the longest.

And of course the version that is the best known, the almost complete reconstruction in Portsmouth ;-)
Even with many anachronisms and differences to contemporary sources, this ship gives a nice impression onto how ships may have looked in the old days, a pleasure to be there and see

XXXDAn

 

[dafi]

Late summer 1805, the sun is burning inexorably from above, the wind is completely asleep, the sea is smooth as glass.

The dispatches have already been exchanged. The master of the small cutter has just returned to his small vessel. Behind it there is towering the enormously massiv silhouette of the huge black and ocher-striped three-decker. Through the open gunports the lashed up guns can be seen. Also the officers' cabins ports are wide opened by the order of the Captain's to ensure an optimal ventilation of the hot and steamy lower decks.

Clatter of activity on some guns being ran out cuts through the silence. The rumble of the heavy guns rolling over the decks and the trampling of countless bare feet and the short shouted commands supported by a multitude of hand signs originate from the ordered gundrill for new gun crews and their officers. In competition between the three decks they are fighting for the fastest rate of firing. The rest of the ships crew is occupied with cleaning and mending duties. The holystone are scratching on the decks.

Above all the sails hang slack in their yards. No breath of wind moves them. They are nestled heavily over stays and fighting tops. The captain took advantage of the hot calm to put up all the canvas possible for airing. One of the studdingsails is taken in, the spar tied up with its inner end against the shrouds, in order to mend something on its fittings. Sitting on a swing seat pendent from the fore top, a crew member just is finishing painting over with ocher the originally black coloured mast loops.

On the poop Captain Hardy monitors the young cadets´ training in navigation, supported by Lord Nelson, who uses the opportunity to entertain the cadets with stories of his actions and the ideas of his tactical concepts.

But in the back of everybodys mind there is just one question - When will there be wind again ...

 

[dafi]

Some 20 years ago, I retook modeling after a break of some twenty years. I started the Soleil Royal oob but soon realised that there should be more to be achieved. To late to be incorporated in that build, I started Hellers HMS Victory soon after. First oob with some essential "supering" I decided after a longer break to redo the model from bottom on all over again.

The principal difference was, that it was not supposed to be just "supered", but to first understand the cause and then to build accordingly, using what can be used and scratching what needed to be scratched. This odyssey can be found in its epic length at the german forum Wettringer To HMS Victory (Heller) and beyond.

Thank you Uwe for giving me the opportunity to present a excerpt of this build here, as I want to try out lot of different things, that is usually not in the range of the "classical" sailing ship modeling. Many fine waterline models present a lot of possibilities and opportunities that still could be transferred over into the age of sail and especially into the tricky scale of 1:100: Very small and therefor difficult to articulate details nicely but already big enough that they are visible enough and need to be pronounced properly, especially as soon as it comes to the rigging, weathering and the presentation. And this is my motivation to show some of my work here to get new and different ideas.

I will show some pictures her just to give you an idea of how the build has already gone,

all the best, Daniel

 

[dafi]

It was a funny the first months working and it was surprising. Here are the results of all the work: So close to each other the normal peoples eyes and yet far beyond!

To see and feel the differences between OOB and a little bit more effort, I prepared some small montages. Just try to find out by yourselves, what is the old and what is the new:

And to speak in the words of Buzz Lightyear: To HMS Victory and beyond!

Greetings Daniel

 

[dafi]

Here are some more impressions, without to many explanations:

All too prominent wood imitations sanded down, rigols, gunports and deadeyes reworked

 

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[dafi]

So that is it for now, all questions welcome, all the best, Daniel

 

[shota70]

So that is it for now, all questions welcome, all the best, Daniel

amazing, well done

 

[Uwek]

Hallo my friend,
Everytime when I see your work on all these details, I am newly surprised about waht is possible in such a small scale-
Amazing work

 

[kirill4]

Hello Daniel!
It was nice to see Your work in details again!
never gets tired of looking at your work, there is always something new and interesting!!! ))
I wish You all the best!!!
Kirill

 

[dafi]

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All the best, Daniel

 

[Uwek]

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All the best, Daniel

Hallo Daniel - do you know his nickname here in the forum?

 

[Uwek]

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, his 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

Hallo my Friend Daniel, alias @dafi
we wish you all the BEST and a HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Enjoy your special day

Hope also to see asap some updates of your building log

 

[Thomas Marocke]

Happy Birthday Daniel!

Thomas