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Just amazing work Timmy!

Good to hear your over the shingles. What an insidious thing that is. Saw what it did to my dad. Not good.

Meanwhile your Victory keeps getting better n better!

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Russell,

Fortunately, I didn't have the shingles, I just got the vaccination. Actually, I think I got injected with some "this is going to kick your ass!" My wife had shingles, and it was ugly for her.

Right now, with Victory, it's pretty much lather, rinse, repeat - inasmuch it's install the sail, add lifts, clues, and sheet lines, move to the next sail. I'm really looking forward to attaching the fore & main yards, and installing the lifts for those yards - it's not overly involved, just massive looking!

Thanks for taking a look, and I hope all is well with you down south!

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Just amazing work Timmy!

Good to hear your over the shingles. What an insidious thing that is. Saw what it did to my dad. Not good.

Meanwhile your Victory keeps getting better n better!

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Russell,

Fortunately, I didn't have the shingles, I just got the vaccination. Actually, I think I got injected with some "this is going to kick your ass!" My wife had shingles, and it was ugly for her.

Right now, with Victory, it's pretty much lather, rinse, repeat - inasmuch it's install the sail, add lifts, clues, and sheet lines, move to the next sail. I'm really looking forward to attaching the fore & main yards, and installing the lifts for those yards - it's not overly involved, just massive looking!

Thanks for taking a look, and I hope all is well with you down south!

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Hi Timothy! Sorry to hear your wife had it so bad. Hope she's back to good health now!

Sometimes the vaccinations can almost feel as bad as the disease. Still, they're preferable to the real thing.

Meanwhile, your persistence with Victory is reaping the rewards on what is surely going to be a stunning display when finished!

Tim,

sorry to hear about your illness and good that you are doing better!!

Keep up the good work, your work continues to amaze me. She will be a great ship!

Cheers
Jan

Hi Tim

How is this beautiful build going?

Attaching the fore & main yards, and installing the lifts for those yards would be major milestones. I hope they're not too difficult!

I am of course sorry to hear of your wife's passing, albeit, 7 years ago.

Following your blog on Victory has been a viewing pleasure. Although I don't receive email notifications of new posts (I think it's the apostrophe in the title that stops them going out) I always try to scroll through the latest posts to see if there's been an update

I guess what I found amusing was that you've ironed the sails! I never would have dreamed that I would ever get the iron out of storage to use in modelling! Nonetheless, once the sails go in she'll be looking ever more majestic!
As always, thanks for sharing!

My problem nowadays is, when I'm trying to tie off a rigging line for the main mast, I keep leaning my hand on the hammock netting, and I'm trashing the netting & its uprights. I have to remember to put a thick book on the worktable, to rest my elbow on, before I try to tie off any more of that rigging.

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My problem nowadays is, when I'm trying to tie off a rigging line for the main mast, I keep leaning my hand on the hammock netting, and I'm trashing the netting & its uprights. I have to remember to put a thick book on the worktable, to rest my elbow on, before I try to tie off any more of that rigging.

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I too have had that experience in a minor way building the old Revell plastic Constitution... I can only imagine the complexity and difficulties with your much larger HMS Victory. Keep up the good work, and keep those images coming!

Keep up the good work, and keep those images coming!

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My problem nowadays is, when I'm trying to tie off a rigging line for the main mast, I keep leaning my hand on the hammock netting, and I'm trashing the netting & its uprights. I have to remember to put a thick book on the worktable, to rest my elbow on, before I try to tie off any more of that rigging.

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I too have had that experience in a minor way building the old Revell plastic Constitution... I can only imagine the complexity and difficulties with your much larger HMS Victory. Keep up the good work, and keep those images coming!

I have just purchased this kit and I am waiting for parts from HISmodel before I start. I have poured all over the supplied instructions and have scoured the internet for build logs. Your build log and model are a great inspiration for me and if you don’t mind I will be referring to your build log on a regular basis

Hi Tim

The Kit cost £150

I am waiting for wooden deck veneers, standing rigging and the running rigging.

I may get the sails after Christmas, will wait and see.

I will be hand painting, I have purchased the paints they use in the part kit from the magazine dasgitino did, better yellow and red, I last went round Victory about 10 years ago, the humbrol yellow they recommend seems too bright.

Thanks Tim, I have some doweling I can use. I’ve been going through the instructions, not the best in some places, I have a copy of the Imai plans for this kit, they are not in English but at least the cordage dimensions are in mm and are double the length of the other plans, will use both to build.

Timothy,

Well that sucks having to the assembly twice. Those buntline pulleys do look out of place. Good luck with the move.

Mark

Tim,

just looking on all your rigging and the explanations with awe and I know I couldn't do it!! The way you are getting into all of this and how you are building it leaves the impression that it actually could work right there on your model!

I'm just amazed!

Cheers
Jan