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Thread: HMS Victory at the Battle of Trafalgar. My first meridian ship 1/700

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    Default HMS Victory at the Battle of Trafalgar. My first meridian ship 1/700

    Hello, I present my first job in scale 1/700. The experience has been very nice. The model used is from Meridian brand. Sails have been made with green stuff and then I added structural ropes and halyards. The crew is of Eduard brand.

    The ship represents the HMS Victory at the instant that breaks the Franco-Spanish line. The wind was not very strong so the sails are not swollen.

    I hope you like the boat.

    Best regards to all,
    Julián

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    Julián that is so realistic I can smell the brine, and almost see Nelson and Hardy on the quaterdeck.
    Rob.

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    Really nice!

    Impressive detail work.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bligh View Post
    Julián that is so realistic I can smell the brine, and almost see Nelson and Hardy on the quaterdeck.
    Rob.
    Thanks Rob, of course they are!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Comte de Brueys View Post
    Really nice!

    Impressive detail work.
    Thank you Sven!

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    I love the cannonball splashes from the misses!

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    Quote Originally Posted by surfimp View Post
    I love the cannonball splashes from the misses!

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    Fantastic!
    That sails with holes are great.

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    She is vary nice I love the model. I also love the rigging. Do you get the masts and rat-line with the model? Just one thing. At "Trafalgar" Nelson ordered all iron hoops/bands around the lower masts to be painted yellow to help I.D. British ships in the smoke of battle. On the 19th Oct Nelson saw that "Polyphemus" and "Belleisle" still had black hoops/bands. He ordered that they re-paint there hoops/bands at once! This was done on the 19/20 Oct. So all British ships had the yellow hoops/bands by the time of the battle on the 21st.
    Be safe
    Rory

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kubajs View Post
    Fantastic!
    That sails with holes are great.
    Thank Jakub!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Devsdoc View Post
    She is vary nice I love the model. I also love the rigging. Do you get the masts and rat-line with the model? Just one thing. At "Trafalgar" Nelson ordered all iron hoops/bands around the lower masts to be painted yellow to help I.D. British ships in the smoke of battle. On the 19th Oct Nelson saw that "Polyphemus" and "Belleisle" still had black hoops/bands. He ordered that they re-paint there hoops/bands at once! This was done on the 19/20 Oct. So all British ships had the yellow hoops/bands by the time of the battle on the 21st.
    Be safe
    Rory
    Thank you Rory, I glad you like she.
    And thank you for the info, I do not know many details of the royal navy!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Devsdoc View Post
    She is vary nice I love the model. I also love the rigging. Do you get the masts and rat-line with the model? Just one thing. At "Trafalgar" Nelson ordered all iron hoops/bands around the lower masts to be painted yellow to help I.D. British ships in the smoke of battle. On the 19th Oct Nelson saw that "Polyphemus" and "Belleisle" still had black hoops/bands. He ordered that they re-paint there hoops/bands at once! This was done on the 19/20 Oct. So all British ships had the yellow hoops/bands by the time of the battle on the 21st.
    Be safe
    Rory
    Each Meridian kit ship has hull and mast, life boats, anchors. Apart, you have to buy ratlines and brass sails. I used for this ship handmade sails but meridian sails are good, like Langton brass sails.

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    Wow!
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    Rules are rough approximations of what you think I might do!

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    Wow, that is exceptional.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Devsdoc View Post
    She is vary nice I love the model. I also love the rigging. Do you get the masts and rat-line with the model? Just one thing. At "Trafalgar" Nelson ordered all iron hoops/bands around the lower masts to be painted yellow to help I.D. British ships in the smoke of battle. On the 19th Oct Nelson saw that "Polyphemus" and "Belleisle" still had black hoops/bands. He ordered that they re-paint there hoops/bands at once! This was done on the 19/20 Oct. So all British ships had the yellow hoops/bands by the time of the battle on the 21st.
    Be safe
    Rory
    Thanks for that extra bit of detail Rory.
    You are a mine of information.
    Rob.

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    What an excellent looking model and very well put together and painted Julian.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hjl View Post
    Wow, that is exceptional.
    Thank you Hugh!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bos'n View Post
    Wow!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Capn Duff View Post
    What an excellent looking model and very well put together and painted Julian.
    Thank you Chris!

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    I would call it briefly: ABPOA (A Beautiful Piece Of Art)
    Big boats take the glory, little boats make the sailor

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    Quote Originally Posted by KDz View Post
    I would call it briefly: ABPOA (A Beautiful Piece Of Art)
    Thank your Kamil!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Redcoat View Post
    Thank you Rory, I glad you like she.
    And thank you for the info, I do not know many details of the royal navy!
    Quote Originally Posted by Redcoat View Post
    Each Meridian kit ship has hull and mast, life boats, anchors. Apart, you have to buy ratlines and brass sails. I used for this ship handmade sails but meridian sails are good, like Langton brass sails.
    Julian,
    Glad I can help you. Just wish to help. Thanks for the info about the "Meridian" model. As you know I have gone to smaller scale ships. But the idea of one or two 1/700 scale ships does interest me. Did you find the rigging hard to do? Where did you get the rigging information? I think it is more than double the (String) of the 1-1200 scale ships. She is a lovely ship Julian. A bit of me hopes she is going to stay with you and not to be sold.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Devsdoc View Post
    Julian,
    Glad I can help you. Just wish to help. Thanks for the info about the "Meridian" model. As you know I have gone to smaller scale ships. But the idea of one or two 1/700 scale ships does interest me. Did you find the rigging hard to do? Where did you get the rigging information? I think it is more than double the (String) of the 1-1200 scale ships. She is a lovely ship Julian. A bit of me hopes she is going to stay with you and not to be sold.
    This is part of my personal collection, this boat is not for sale. Gradually the collection will be expanded.
    Regarding the rigging, is the same as that used to 1/1200 excepting the bowsprit, the bowsprit is more elaborate. Each kit has specific instructions for mounting the rigging.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Redcoat View Post
    This is part of my personal collection, this boat is not for sale. Gradually the collection will be expanded.
    Regarding the rigging, is the same as that used to 1/1200 excepting the bowsprit, the bowsprit is more elaborate. Each kit has specific instructions for mounting the rigging.
    Thanks Julian
    Be safe
    Rory

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    Hi all, add some photos I made of HMS Victory (1/700) and two boats of scale (1/1200). I used the smaller boats as background, to give senación of remoteness.

    I hope you like it.

    Julián

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    Great pictures Julián, they could almost be from an 18th century painting.
    Rob.

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    Excellent modelling, Julian!

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    Thank you!

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    Hello mates, I add some pictures about progress of work in the Santisima Trinidad and Redoutable.

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    Looking good Julián.
    Then from yourself I would have expected nothing less.
    Rob.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Redcoat View Post
    Hello mates, I add some pictures about progress of work in the Santisima Trinidad and Redoutable.
    I'd make a joke here about "Spanish SoLs in their natural state -- dismasted", but that would be Mean. ;)

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    Quote Originally Posted by csadn View Post
    I'd make a joke here about "Spanish SoLs in their natural state -- dismasted", but that would be Mean. ;)
    ......


    She was a very coveted prize by the British

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    Absolutely beautiful Julian they are stunning! Repped
    Nous chassons ceux qui nous chassent, Vive la Republique!

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    Quote Originally Posted by WarBoar View Post
    Absolutely beautiful Julian they are stunning! Repped
    Thank you Rob!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bligh View Post
    Looking good Julián.
    Then from yourself I would have expected nothing less.
    Rob.
    Thank you Rob, now I have to wait my friend finish the sails with green mastic.

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    Wow the Trinidad is going to be amazing.........you have a very steady hand, the reason I never painted the white stripes on mine.

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    Following the project with interest...

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