Some nice solutions here. I think most of the commercial ones are expensive and not quite man enough for the job on our model as it is 4ft long in old money (125cm?)I think I would rather spend the money on half a kit of another ship!

By the way nice to have a lady in our midst. I'm available Pam, in the hope that we would not have the problems of other couples on this site.

Having just read through all the posts on jigs there obviously alot of experience on the forum (which for a first timer is reassuring) and glad i will have somethineg to play around with whilst waiting for more parts to arrive!!!

cheers guys

Hi Pam,
No you are not the only lady on the site. My experience comes from plastic kits and latterly dolls house so looking forward to the challenge of a more detailed wooden ship build. I must agree with you about needing a magnifing glass. After seeing the scale of the cannon in my fist issue yesterdayI ordered a magnifing lamp so I dont go blind!lol

Good luck with your build.

Mac (Pam)

I'm afraid Pam, you could be the only member of the female persuasion, as I have scanned the 13 pages of members, not for any ulterior motive you understand, and yours is the only obvious female handle. This hobby is not exactly famous for attracting ladies. Don't let this load of old tars go to your head, we are just helpful by nature. I only hope the wives will not get jealous, some of them are giving us enough grief as it is.

I'm sure if my assumption is erronious we shall be advised.

I noticed you treated my last post on this topic with the comtempt it deserved. You could always start you own topic: Lady shipmates, and see what happens.

Hi John and welcome. I cannot claim this idea as original. If you notice the part numbers, the keel is 1,2&3. In my experience kit parts are numbered in order of assembly. So no prizes for concluding the original kit was assembled keel first. I presume they are not being supplied in that order as 3 keel parts in issue 1 would not be very uninspiring particularly for the novice constructor. It is not in DeAgostini's interest, as well as ours to induce boredom and cancelled subscriptions. So patience is a price we, as conventional builders, have to pay for installment financing and some extra goodies to ensnare us.

The pros and cons of the order of assembly will at least keep us out of mischief while we wait for the parts and construct our jigs. The good news is that the second delivery, issues 3-6, should allow us to lay our keels and fit most of the ribs in the conventional order. Overall little time will be lost.

when i built the mayflower many years ago,i did it without a jig. ..and that was only 30 inches long.....this time a jig is a must have....thanks for the pointers and pictures guys ...

That's great news!

Hi All

Have been reading through this thread with interest.

First thing have taken out a subscribtion to building the victory this morning. Am completly and utterly new to this have not even attempted anything like this before. Reading through the various threads I'm kinda thinking what an earth have I let my self in for lol but hey there we go.

Secoundly well why the Victoty well there's a bit of family history here as I am descended from midshipman John Pollard who served on Victory at the time of Trafalga, so to have a figure of him would be quite good(ties in with another thread somewhere)

Have only the first issue so far so waiting for the next lot, not sure if I will actually start building yet as there seems to be a general concensus saying to wait for all the keel parts.

Andy

Hi eric the brackets are not screwed to the hull just the baseboard[building board]the keel just slots in between the brackets
john

how big should the wood base be for the jig