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Victory 1737 - 1:84 scale
Start of coloring of the hull:
The teak hue is not uniform voluntarily to appear more "used".
The top of the wall will be black. But the wales will change all the contrast with black for low and medium wales, and red or ocher for those, finer from the top. It will depend on what visually gives all the red frames of gunports.
Picts were made just after the laying of the colors ... The gloss has since disappeared!
The teak hue is not uniform voluntarily to appear more "used".
The top of the wall will be black. But the wales will change all the contrast with black for low and medium wales, and red or ocher for those, finer from the top. It will depend on what visually gives all the red frames of gunports.
Picts were made just after the laying of the colors ... The gloss has since disappeared!
That's the final color code for this hull:
The second deck was tinted (but not glued) with a trompe l'oeil slatted part behind the edge entrances, 2 shades to simulate the interior through the little space left by the guns, once in place. The white traces are made to simulate the wear of the hue with the rolling of the hulls ... Almost invisible also in the end, but in doubt, if it can offer nuances.
The second deck was tinted (but not glued) with a trompe l'oeil slatted part behind the edge entrances, 2 shades to simulate the interior through the little space left by the guns, once in place. The white traces are made to simulate the wear of the hue with the rolling of the hulls ... Almost invisible also in the end, but in doubt, if it can offer nuances.
The 18th is really in the middle of the exuberance and the multicolor charged with the 17th and the sobriety almost exclusively in black and white Empire ships and 19th in general ...
So red wales as the only colored element of the hull, a loaded stern and a bowsprit simpler than the eccentrics of the previous century, it seemed to me a good compromise ...
I take this opportunity to show what will look like the wall a little more finalized:
So red wales as the only colored element of the hull, a loaded stern and a bowsprit simpler than the eccentrics of the previous century, it seemed to me a good compromise ...
I take this opportunity to show what will look like the wall a little more finalized:
Second battery made!
On the starboard side, back to battle, the main door and the back door are open and have been given a trompe l'oeil not to show an empty ship ...
Some guns are in low gear to counter a bypass; the rest of the port lids will be closed.
On the port side, in full line battle, all guns out, the main door is closed by a panel showing the color code of the boat.
The finalization of the stern with the 4 ports of flight, closed gunport lids and rudder backup tips.
On the starboard side, back to battle, the main door and the back door are open and have been given a trompe l'oeil not to show an empty ship ...
Some guns are in low gear to counter a bypass; the rest of the port lids will be closed.
On the port side, in full line battle, all guns out, the main door is closed by a panel showing the color code of the boat.
The finalization of the stern with the 4 ports of flight, closed gunport lids and rudder backup tips.
I show you the framework of the 3rd deck. A little work beyond the kit to support all this with props and addition of some sleepers to overcome the voids created by the holes of gratings to come or passage of the masts.
This is not the big carpentry, I rather recovered some used chopsticks. The goal is to get a deck without elasticity, the frame becoming totally invisible!
This is not the big carpentry, I rather recovered some used chopsticks. The goal is to get a deck without elasticity, the frame becoming totally invisible!
I worked on the head. Not really a party of pleasure because it was necessary to retouch a lot of stuff ...
I also redone the upper head rails to have the desired thickness and the ability to carve a little.
I will finalize the piece towards the catheads later.
I also redone the upper head rails to have the desired thickness and the ability to carve a little.
I will finalize the piece towards the catheads later.
I really don't know, but all these pictures have been made since December 2016.
When I have posted all these past stages, we will be at the beginning of the rigging. Where I am currently building.
WOW - Outstanding Achievements !
I'm on the 3rd deck.
It is necessary to planking, to put the guns, to rig some, to create and to place the gratings with and without stairs, etc ...
You also have to put some decor for the descents of stairs on the 2nd deck.
For my part, I am not the planned editing, but an earlier version (1737 and / or 1765).
The 4th deck is different from the Victory of 1765: the pit is longer, the gangways narrower, the main mast is not integrated into the upper deck.
It is necessary to planking, to put the guns, to rig some, to create and to place the gratings with and without stairs, etc ...
You also have to put some decor for the descents of stairs on the 2nd deck.
For my part, I am not the planned editing, but an earlier version (1737 and / or 1765).
The 4th deck is different from the Victory of 1765: the pit is longer, the gangways narrower, the main mast is not integrated into the upper deck.
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