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found this picture of victory in portsmouth at the turn of the century  cheers benny
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Joined: 18/03/2010 Posts: 121 Points: 359 Location: Waterlooville, Portsmouth. The home of HMS Victory.
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Here she is after being moved into dry dock in 1922. By the way this is the oldest dry dock in the world.  And in 2009  I found this postcard on ebay for a quid. Photo taken before 1930, note the alterations already. A hole has been cut in the forward section and a ramp inserted. The pointy bit has gone and the additions to the superstructure have been restored also the garden shed has been removed from the upper deck. A bit more rigging has been added.  Strange how most of the photos you find are taken showing the starboard side.
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Did it look like that at Trafalgar I wonder. It reminds me of a block of tenements. It looks much better now.  Jimmy L.
current builds : Lancaster 1/32 (Hachette)
Revell USS Kearsarge
Titanic Lifeboat
I started off with nothing and I've still got most of it left.
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Victory had a major re-fit in 1814-1815 which had a major effect on her appearance. For instance the shape of the bows was drastically changed as part of a general Admiralty order that all ships of the line in for repair at that time should adopt the new rounded bows currently considered better than the shape at Trafalgar.
Victory as we see her today has been restored to the 1805 bows configuration.
Mike T
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IMHO she looks awful. Way better looking today. I know that B+W pics dont do justice but dosnt she seem bare looking. Glad ours looks better. i dont know what weapons will be used in ww3 but ww4 will be sticks and stones.
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Mike Turpin wrote:Victory had a major re-fit in 1814-1815 which had a major effect on her appearance. For instance the shape of the bows was drastically changed as part of a general Admiralty order that all ships of the line in for repair at that time should adopt the new rounded bows currently considered better than the shape at Trafalgar.
Victory as we see her today has been restored to the 1805 bows configuration.
Mike T Cheers for that info Mike. Them stripes all the way up to figurehead on the latter version look ridiculous. I'm glad we are doing the 1805 version then. Jimmy L.
current builds : Lancaster 1/32 (Hachette)
Revell USS Kearsarge
Titanic Lifeboat
I started off with nothing and I've still got most of it left.
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Joined: 28/08/2010 Posts: 90 Points: 279 Location: Johannesburg, South Africa
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That "sharp pointy" nose of hers in the 1900 pics is awful - like a bad nose job gone even worse - her Nelson era is much prettier. Current build : The Victory
Pending builds : none - yet
Built loads of bikes trucks planes and boats - all plastic kits.
on wish list - a 1:24 spitfire, in wood, plastic, just as long as I can build it :)
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Quote:That "sharp pointy" nose of hers in the 1900 pics is awful - like a bad nose job gone even worse - her Nelson era is much prettier. I agree Wilberforce, but I bet it gave her a few extra knots. I wonder if DeAg will do the casements as an optional extra? Yuck, theys worse than the bow! 
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and also the stern in 1900  cheers benny
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