With bashing I mean the changing of material and partly scratch building of some parts. So partly not out of the box of the kit, in order to make the model better in quality...... f.e. already the changing of the plastic blocks and using of wooden blocks from any supplier is some kind of bashing.
To built a Victory takes every time a lot of time, especially if you want to build the model accurate. You have to see f.e. that you have to install 100 guns and not only 12 or 24 - means you have to install also 100 times the tackles for the guns. You have install 100 times the gunport lids etc.
From the time: to count the construction time in years is often wrong, due to the fact, that some people have only during the weekends some hours available, some other modelers are able to work every day 8 or more hours on the model - so I count more the working hours....... and a Victory will consume several hundreds of hours - and if you want to build the model very accurate, can also easily 1.000 hours
-> I say every time, that ship modeling is a very cheap hobby, if you see the costs per hour. So the Artesania Victory will cost you only 0,5 Euro per hour
But maybe think about something else....
In my opinion, what I saw until now, the Best HMS Victory model is the version from Caldercraft / Jotika in scale 1:72 - yes bigger and the quality is definitely the best in moment on the market....... here you have "only" 1 Euro/hour - but I am pretty sure you get more fun for this 1 Euro
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JoTiKa Ltd. manufacturer and distributor of classic scale model kits from Caldercraft, Mini Fleet, Nelsons Navy, Heritage series - including The Mary Rose - Krick, HFM Marine and many more.
www.jotika-ltd.com
JoTiKa Ltd. manufacturer and distributor of classic scale model kits from Caldercraft, Mini Fleet, Nelsons Navy, Heritage series - including The Mary Rose - Krick, HFM Marine and many more.
www.jotika-ltd.com
Just an idea
Take also look here at the building log by
@nick-edw :
Here is a bit of a retrospective dating back around ten years to when I started this project! I'm hoping for some help and guidance with the string element of the project which is looming ever closer now! I'm not going to bore you with the frame and plank stuff as it all looks pretty similar on...
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