Nice progress, Chris. :clap:
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Nice progress, Chris. :clap:
Chris,
Are you going to see Daniel or is this a bad storm.
Be safe
Rory
:-) Ive left the ship behind for my trip. As I write this I am rather unexpectedly doing so from a Beth on the tenacious. I'm meant to board tomorrow, but after catching the train down here, I discovered I had booked my hotel for the wrong night. Also rather shockingly it turns out the whole of Southampton appears to be booked out.
After two hours of walking round the city, calling hotels and gone midnight. I was preparing to sleep rough for the night, but decided to try my last through of the dice and see if the tenacious had anybody onboard. i talked my way passed the security guard for the docks and made my way to her mooring. thankfully there were people onboard and the gave me a berth. As a result I have also been able to get this picture on my phone.
Not anything to do with the victory, so I apologise for the break from topic, but just thought I would share my surreal night.
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Stunning work! Just as surprising it that there are crew aboard the Juno. Do you plan to do the same with Victory?
Definitely, I think having crew brings the model alive. I have loads of crew for the victory, I'm am planing on having quite a few in the rigging and out on the yards, plus gun crews for every gun. That's one of the joys of working on this scale. That you can get little figures for the models.
Well haven't done an update for a while. I have been busy painting spars and masts and deck fixings ready for assembly. You can see here, the 12 pounders from the upper gun deck are installed, as are some of the gratings and ladders. I promise more images to come soon as the work progresses.
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Yay, im also not a landman anymore! Definitely happy to move on from that status. Perhaps with my newfound status as a ordinary seaman, i can work out which way up to post my images now:erk:
Going to be a beautiful ship! Keep the picture posts coming when you can.
This is an absolutely gorgeous model Chris! It looks like you did some modification to the quarter deck? It is different than the earlier photos.
It does look beautiful, Chris.
Congrats on your promotion. :salute:
Chris,
Less drink, and more building. Your ship is looking so sweet, I can go of you my friend.
Be safe
Rory
Chris, don't post any more pictures of 1/300 ships. I will not get hung up on that scale, I will not, I won't, I won't?, I ???
Oh, i don't know, its good to wet the old swab from time to time. :g&t: Here are a few more pictures of the progress for you.
I have just installed the 32 pounders on the lower gun deck. Also most importantly the Heads are now installed, so once i add a crew, they have somewhere to go when nature calls. :embarass:
Special apologies to Gunner. You know you want to build one...
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No modifications. I hadn't installed the quarter deck in some of the earlier photos. The Hull is made of resin and i guess isn't that great for loads of detail. As such all the fine details such as decking, railings etc are all done separately as white metal, bit by bit I'm beginning to add the details in.
I do find myself getting caught up in this and frequently over running on my breaks. Because its on my desk i keep finding myself distracted from my work, thinking what i am going to do next on the ship.
[QUOTE=Moideeb;17343] Also most importantly the Heads are now installed, so once i add a crew, they have somewhere to go when nature calls. :embarass:/QUOTE]
Needs a touch of brown to the bottom of the heads.
Gorgeous work.:hatsoff:
I can see from these pictures how the black comes through a bit on the Ochre. I agree with you, it adds a nice touch or feel to the wood look.
Very exciting watching this take shape.
You know, between this build and the completed ship in the background (Wasp or Juno?) I'm awfully tempted to try 1/300!?! :shock: But there's no room for another hobby extension?!
It really does. It has me thinking about how primer can be used for more than preparation for painting. Do you think the same effect would take place with pewter minis?
I received the Tumbling Dice minis this week. I will try my hand next weekend. It should be fun. They are awfully small, though.
It's the Juno behind. I keep the wasp on a bookshelf at home (thought i might try this the correct way up now I'm back off the rum.)
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From having seen your USS Constitution, if you were to make a model of this scale, it would look pretty amazing!
Is it the drink again, or just gone to see Daniel again. Good day, mate! :salute: Sorry! she is looking so good Chris.
Be safe
Rory
Thought I'd save you the trouble.
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Just beautiful!
Nice work Chris.
Hey Chris, is that little ship's boat with the sail part of the package from Langton?
it is from Langton, but i got it separately. They threw it in for free for me when i bought the Victory. At the time i didn't realise how many boats the Victory came with, otherwise i probably wouldn't have asked for it. I likley won't keep this when the models done, but i like the sense of scale it brings while i'm still building the Victory.
Cheers for flipping the image for me Gunner. Its that dammed rum phone of mine again, flipping things when I'm not looking.
Wow! I have not checked on the site in a while, and blown away by the progress.
Thanks for all the complimentary comments. Not a dramatic change from my last post, but i have now installed all the Cannon, apart from the 4 quarter deck 12 pounders that will be installed later.
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Looking very good. Question for you. What size brush did you use to detail the wave tops on the base? It looks quite good and I'd be curious to know if you used a larger brush or not?
To Do the waves, i used an old knackered brush i forgot to clean properly once and it's bristles are now really stiff. I add tiny amounts of white paint at a time and just jab away at the wave tops using absolutely no skill! The crests of the waves naturally pick up the white, leaving the troughs blue. I think it works brilliantly, even if i feel like a 2 year old as I basically thump away at the base with a paint brush.
Jim,
A new avatar, I like.
Be safe
Rory
Your new avatar looks great.:hatsoff: