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Rumack: What was it we had for dinner tonight?
Elaine Dickinson: Well, we had a choice of steak or fish.
Rumack: Yes, yes, I remember, I had lasagna.

:thanks: I look forward to seeing what you will do with your USS Wasp.

Its Finished.

It's taken a long time to finish, but I'm really pleased with how the Victory has come out, I've made a lot of mistakes with this model, but i think as a whole most of them are hard...

Many thanks! :hats off:

Your welcome



Many thanks for the compliments. :g&t: the main reason for doing the running rigging this way was that's how it's done in rod langton's rigging diagrams. I checked it out and it...

Here are a few different angles for you, I'm afraid I only remembered as i was walking out the office door, so these were very hurried snaps in dark conditions and haven't come out too well. I...

Thanks for the comments, 1:300 is a really nice scale to work with, and the langton kit is so detailed its great.



I have, i haven't bothered with cases for the other two ships, but i want to...

With sails of glory now possibly only a few more weeks away, It feels like a good time to be almost finished with the Victory. Soon i can start playing instead of modelling for a while, though i...

Thanks for all the comments guys. It feels good to finally be close to finishing. Now I'm just trying to decide how complicated to make the rigging. I'm undecided to bother with adding blocks (bits...

Cheers Ed, though i think it more likely that when my wife and i have moved on as it were, my son may well say, "what shall we do with dads ships, Skip (dumpster)?"

Its been a while since my last post, I've been working each evening, and haven't had any chances to post my updates. Still i can't complain as i do get paid for it and allows me to keep buying these...

Here is the latest on my build of the Victory. I haven't done any updates for a while, as i ended up taking a week off work after having my wisdom teeth removed. My god, i had no idea how painful it...

In the spirit of Trafalgar Day.

Come, cheer up, my lads, 'tis to glory we steer,
To add something more to this wonderful year;
To honour we call you, as freemen not slaves,
For who are so free...

Thank you for the congrats! Though i rather thing your promotion to 2nd Lieutenant, rather eclipses my promotion and qualifies you for buying the drinks now. Congratulations :g&t::salute:

Hats...

Thank you for the congrats! Though i rather thing your promotion to 2nd Lieutenant, rather eclipses my promotion and qualifies you for buying the drinks now. Congratulations :g&t::salute:

Hats...

I think ill take your suggestion with putting the boats on the skid beams, it will cover the lack of some crew in the waist and ive done it on my other two models and it looks good. I have also taken...

One question i have for people is: Should I place the ships boats in the waist? When at quarters the ships boats were always towed astern, however there really isn't enough room on the base to do...

:-) unfortunately i think you may be right about the crew. I had better order some more. :cry: as for the ships cat, do you mean (a) or (b) :question:

(a)7244

(b)7245

Im going with (a) :g&t:

Hmmm :pistole: :pray:

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Well thats all the crew boarded now, other than the topmen. Next step is to assemble the masts and bend on the sails now.

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A bargain! I paid a penny for mine as well when i bought it, though the postage often ends up being several pounds (or dollars), to make up for the penny price. Nevertheless, its a fantastic read,...

Thank you for the kind comments. I in turn am constantly amazed by the skill of some of the models made by others on this site. Take Jim's 1:1200 HMS Victory. Its great fun to make though and I have...

Absolutely, they were also very useful for protection from musket fire. Though i think musket fire still counts as hish velocity fragments. :pistole:
Bosuns mates sometimes held metal hoops when...

Thats true, if there is one thing we all have to have on this site with SOG its patience, however I do still like the idea of the Victory being finished for Trafalgar day. Finished or not though, i...

Here are some updates of my 'HMS Victory' build. I have been a little busy this recent week so haven't been able to keep up to date with my posts, but i have still managed to make some progress. The...