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 Registered Member #5206 Joined: Fri Apr 06 2018, 07:13pmPosts: 29 | I am currently building the Mantua 1:98 HMS Victory. This is, by far, the most ambitious project that I have yet undertaken. I am about nine months into this particular project. I have been enjoying it immensely. This particular kit dates back to 1991. It is first generation laser-cut. This means that all of the laser-cut parts have required a significant amount of trimming to get them to fit properly. I have encountered a few problems because of the age of the wood. I had a few minor problems with breakage, during planking, even after soaking and applying heat, nothing that a little putty and sanding didn't fix. I decided that I am going to build the Victory as she would have appeared at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. I am implementing the full Nelson Checkerboard paint scheme. | ||
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| Registered Member #5206 Joined: Fri Apr 06 2018, 07:13pmPosts: 29 | The framework going together.  | ||
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| Registered Member #5206 Joined: Fri Apr 06 2018, 07:13pmPosts: 29 | Installing and planking the decks. I went ahead and just cut my planks individually. They look nicer that way. I used a charcoal pencil to make the caulking. I painted the ribs, on the upper gun-deck, white       | ||
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| Registered Member #5206 Joined: Fri Apr 06 2018, 07:13pmPosts: 29 | I painted the insides of the planks going on the upper gundeck white, before attaching them.  | ||
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| Registered Member #5206 Joined: Fri Apr 06 2018, 07:13pmPosts: 29 | I had a little bit of difficulty with the inner layer of planking breaking on me, due to the age of the kit. Since it would be covered, I didn't worry too much about it. I just patched it and kept going.    | ||
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| Registered Member #5206 Joined: Fri Apr 06 2018, 07:13pmPosts: 29 | I realized that I had some waves in the hull. I used filler to fix it, since this is the inner layer of planking. It took care of the problem, quite handily. I moved on to the outer layer of planking. I cut these to 2.5" lengths to simulate actual planks.     | ||
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| Registered Member #5206 Joined: Fri Apr 06 2018, 07:13pmPosts: 29 | I then moved on to building the quarter galleries. The precut pieces did not fit. I fit them as well as I could and then filled in the gaps with planks. I sanded them to their final shapes. | ||
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| Registered Member #5206 Joined: Fri Apr 06 2018, 07:13pmPosts: 29 | Next came the gunports. I used the cardstock template provided with the kit to trace them out on the hull. I made a mess of the first few gunports that I tried to cut out. I learned that if you press lightly with your pinvise, using a 1/16" bit, and essentially perforate the side of the gunport, that you can use an X-Acto knife to clean it out. This worked very well and enabled me to relatively quickly cut my 104 gunports.     | ||
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| Registered Member #5206 Joined: Fri Apr 06 2018, 07:13pmPosts: 29 | I then fixed my bulwarks, added my caprails, installed the brass photoetch stern and quarter galleries, and installed the wales. | ||
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| Registered Member #5206 Joined: Fri Apr 06 2018, 07:13pmPosts: 29 | I am currently at the point where I have base coated the model and done some very rudimentary detail work, including the stern and quarter galleries. I bought three rolls of 3/16" copper tape to copper the Victory's hull. I am waiting on my pounce wheel so I can make the nail indents in my copper plating. Now that we're all caught up, I'll keep everyone posted on progress.     | ||
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