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27/08/2017 good progress today, started to planking the upper gun deck, approx 1/3 completed. gingerale75 attached the following image(s): Happy building! Laszlo Finished builds: HMS Victory, HMS Victory Cross-Section
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28/08/2017 majority of upper gun now planked, only the sides left around the frames. Will do it tomorrow. gingerale75 attached the following image(s): Happy building! Laszlo Finished builds: HMS Victory, HMS Victory Cross-Section
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30/08/2017 couple of more row of plankings fitted to the sides of upper gun deck. .... planking of the upper gun deck finished at starboard side... much slower than expected due to precision cut outs for the frames. gingerale75 attached the following image(s): Happy building! Laszlo Finished builds: HMS Victory, HMS Victory Cross-Section
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01/09/2017 Upper gun deck planking completed. gingerale75 attached the following image(s): Happy building! Laszlo Finished builds: HMS Victory, HMS Victory Cross-Section
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02/09/2017 dummy guns support beams fitted, surroundings painted black... where proper guns will be, started to lining the gunports from inside, 2 out of 10 done, will continue tomorrow... gingerale75 attached the following image(s): Happy building! Laszlo Finished builds: HMS Victory, HMS Victory Cross-Section
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03/09/2017 all 10 gun ports lined from inside... will dry overnight before sand smooth and paint them. gingerale75 attached the following image(s): Happy building! Laszlo Finished builds: HMS Victory, HMS Victory Cross-Section
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04/09/2017 gun ports in upper gun deck sanded smooth, deck masking taped to protect and ports painted yellow ochre... bitts shaped and assembled, will be painted black tomorrow after glue dried. gingerale75 attached the following image(s): Happy building! Laszlo Finished builds: HMS Victory, HMS Victory Cross-Section
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05/09/2017 masking tape removed around gun ports, result looks quite good 😊... bitts painted black, will be fitted later on... strips for gratings cut to size and assembled, glued, let them dry overnight to allow further shaping (sanding, assembling)... I also post two pictures from the launch, which I made long time ago and stored in a box to protect from dust... 😊 gingerale75 attached the following image(s): Happy building! Laszlo Finished builds: HMS Victory, HMS Victory Cross-Section
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06/09/2017 medium grating assembled completely, varnished, cannon balls fitted... started to assemble large grating, left glue dry overnight... two small gratings untouched gingerale75 attached the following image(s): Happy building! Laszlo Finished builds: HMS Victory, HMS Victory Cross-Section
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09/09/2017 Gratings completed, varnished, cannon balls fitted... started to work on 10 tiny cannons which will be placed and properly rigged (😳) onto upper gun deck. Gun carriages painted yellow ochre... using my Dremel and a needle file as a lathe 40 (!!!) tiny axles turned from toothpicks ... this is to replace the provided brass wire axles to make it more authentic... gingerale75 attached the following image(s): Happy building! Laszlo Finished builds: HMS Victory, HMS Victory Cross-Section
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10/09/2017 Turned axle heads painted yellow ochre... originally plain wheels upgraded with groove and simulated nail heads to look more authentic... cannon bases assembled... Assembled cannon bases painted yellow ochre... 10 tiny axles turned for cannon barrels (replaced the provided brass wire to make it more authentic)... die-cast cannon barrels painted black. gingerale75 attached the following image(s): Happy building! Laszlo Finished builds: HMS Victory, HMS Victory Cross-Section
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11/09/2017 precision task today, not for someone with shaky hands 😂... barrel axle fitted and painted black... two tiny eyebolts fitted at the rear of gun base... brackets fitted to hold the barrel... these were repeated 10 times for each gun gingerale75 attached the following image(s): Happy building! Laszlo Finished builds: HMS Victory, HMS Victory Cross-Section
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12/09/2017 Holy cow... another nerve-wracking task... start rigging the cannons... first I need to make two different blocks with attached eyebolts, one with thread, one with wire... just for reference the lenght of the block is 4mm... I'm glad that my son is asleep already otherwise he would learn immediately a very wide range of Hungarian swearing 😂😂😂... and I've done only 1 pair... and I need 20 pairs in total!!! Update... by end of today I managed to make 6 + 8 pcs gingerale75 attached the following image(s): Happy building! Laszlo Finished builds: HMS Victory, HMS Victory Cross-Section
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13/09/2017 all 20 blocks done with the wire... the ones with the thread had to re-think and start again as even the short rope (2-3mm) was too long... the rope is still wrapped around the block but no additional length of it, a ring added between the block and the eyebolt... 6 of them completed, 14 to go gingerale75 attached the following image(s): Happy building! Laszlo Finished builds: HMS Victory, HMS Victory Cross-Section
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17/09/2017 All blocks completed... ring added to 10 breech ropes... 20 tackles made from wired blocks and some thread. Oh dear... another day with some swearing and participating on a micro surgery 🤣... all 10 gunports and cannons rigged, 5 of them placed into their final position and fully rigged (apart from a final ring, but had enough for today 😳)... gingerale75 attached the following image(s): Happy building! Laszlo Finished builds: HMS Victory, HMS Victory Cross-Section
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19/09/2017 all 10 guns fitted and rigged, they look pretty good 😊... previously completed gratings also fitted in place... support beams for dummy guns fitted. gingerale75 attached the following image(s): Happy building! Laszlo Finished builds: HMS Victory, HMS Victory Cross-Section
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20/09/2017 the last ring for the guns fitted to end of the breech rope and now all 10 guns fully rigged... holes drilled for dummy guns onto support beams. gingerale75 attached the following image(s): Happy building! Laszlo Finished builds: HMS Victory, HMS Victory Cross-Section
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23/09/2017 started to work on the rudder... triangle slot cutted on hull to accomodate it, rudder shaped with cut outs, hinges prepared... finally fitted with tiny pins onto rudder. gingerale75 attached the following image(s): Happy building! Laszlo Finished builds: HMS Victory, HMS Victory Cross-Section
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24/09/2017 Rudder completed with last hinge fitted... further six hinges bent to shape of the hull and fitted with tiny pins to the hull together with the rudder... it is actually able to turn left & right. Very productive day today... and the day hasn't even ended 🤣😜... companionway ladders constructed and fixed into places... handrails around ladders fitted, also previously made bitts placed its final position. gingerale75 attached the following image(s): Happy building! Laszlo Finished builds: HMS Victory, HMS Victory Cross-Section
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26/09/2017 started to make deck support beams for quarterdeck... some of them glued in their place already. gingerale75 attached the following image(s): Happy building! Laszlo Finished builds: HMS Victory, HMS Victory Cross-Section
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