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 Rank: Beginner Level 2 Groups: Registered
Joined: 26/04/2010 Posts: 19 Points: 50 Location: Kidderminster
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Hi all. I started building my HMS Victory model last year and its been a slow progress. I've only just fitted the middle gun deck so I will soon start on the hardest part, planking the hull that is.
So I've barely gone past issue 19 of the building process. I've been collecting all the issues so far, all components ready to be applied but its not easy keeping tabs all the time. I go to work full time, spend time with my wife & I'm usually tired most weekends.
Neverless I'm determined to build my model to the very end however long it takes even its just a bit here & there each time every other opportunity. I'm building it simply because the HMS Victory is a beautiful ship, steeped in history & its detail so flawlessly crafted.
So chaps, how far have you got to during your builds?
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 Rank: Amateur level 2  Groups: Registered
Joined: 12/02/2010 Posts: 44 Points: 108 Location: Oakdale, Blackwood, Gwent
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 Hi, Just stick with it and you'll get their in the end, i've got the same problem, dam work. Andre Building:
DeAgostini:
HMS Victory
HMS Surprise
Sovereign of the Seas
H.M.S Victory Cross-Section
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 Rank: Super-Elite      Groups: Registered
Joined: 24/04/2010 Posts: 5,787 Points: 17,662 Location: Stafford, United Kingdom
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You go at your speed, modelling is a journey not a destination, and its not a race.   Happy building MWG BUILD DIARIES: HMS VICTORY, SOVEREIGN OF THE SEAS, SAN FRANCISCO II, HMS HOOD, HMS ENDEAVOUR LONGBOAT, HMS VICTORY X-SECTION, 007 DB5, NISSAN GTR, CUTTY SARK, RB7, AKAGI, BARK HMS ENDEAVOUR, HUMMER H1, MITSUBISHI ZERO.
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Rank: Beginner Level 2 Groups: Registered
Joined: 26/04/2010 Posts: 19 Points: 50 Location: Kidderminster
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Thank chaps. You've given me confidence to carry on no matter how long its going to take. Believe me, my build so far up to issue 19 looks a beauty already.
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 Rank: Semi-Pro Level 2  Groups: Registered
Joined: 10/01/2011 Posts: 91 Points: 273 Location: South Africa
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I second MWG. Modelling is not done for a salary but rather for pure pleasure but we still have to eat so therefore we need to work.
I only started with cutting the first row of gun ports. So keep it in there. Do every little bt at your own speed. Forget what is going on around you and enjoy it. The greatest pleasure will be when you stand back and look at your very own masterpiece done with your own hands.
Good luck
Gerrit
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 Rank: Master  Groups: Registered
Joined: 30/03/2011 Posts: 1,344 Points: 4,079 Location: Bryanston, Johannesburg. RSA
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Hi and welcome. Don't let anyone rush you, it's not a race. I started in November and am only at issue 21 so dont feel bad. Take your time and enjoy it. So far it has been worth it for me. Plenty of tips and advise from the experts and beginners alike. Rgds, Hans
"It's okay to make mistakes. mistakes are our teachers - they help us to to learn, even if it is painfully"
Current Build:
Endeavour Cross section,D51
Completed: HMS Victory
Under the bench: Endeavour x 2,Sovereign of the Seas, Akagi and The Black Pearl!HMS Victory Cross Section
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I am in the same boat (excuse the pun)work, wife, kids, degree, garden they all consume time. I am currently building cannons so about 12 weeks behind but not letting it bother me in fact I have just taken a quick break to kit bash VW camper van. “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
-Mark Twain
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Rank: Amateur level 2  Groups: Registered
Joined: 08/04/2010 Posts: 46 Points: 156 Location: Andover
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I too am behind only just cut out lower gun ports, but I do have the Endervour on the go aswell and I am behind on that to, but who care I retirer in five years time.  Only got room for one build,
but might try and sneek in a small one later
Have snuck in the Endevour
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Rank: Amateur level 2 Groups: Registered
Joined: 02/04/2010 Posts: 43 Points: 108 Location: hull
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As said by many 'it's not a race' I'm only up to issue 20 but i'll get there
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Rank: Amateur Level 1 Groups: Registered
Joined: 03/08/2010 Posts: 39 Points: 117 Location: Grantham
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Same here guys! The fact that the summer is upon us does not help as i'm spending most my weekends with my 3 year old out and about! The wife is just about to pop with baby number 2 (due date yesterday), so I don't think i'll be revisiting my build until later in the year. Think i'm on or around issue 40 (nearly finished planking the hull). My last attempt on building some of the cannons resulted in me putting a micro drill through my hand! lol. Wife wasn't too impressed as i ruined the cream carpet in the living room. (watching The apprentice while drilling wasn't a particularly good idea...).
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Rank: Semi-Pro Level 1  Groups: Registered
Joined: 18/12/2010 Posts: 59 Points: 177 Location: Pretoria (SA)
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Hi Lakes74 All the best with the new born, boy ore girl? Maybe you need to pack up your tools hihi, the little one will join you with the build of the Victory. Bad news for you, you are going to be busy with changing nappies, hihi every 4 hours hihi. O yes! Don’t forget the bottle….no, no I’m talking about the milk bottle hihi. Now I’m glad I’m a grandfather haha. Albatross, build in 1982 from plans.
Hms Bounty, build in 1987 from plans.
Duyfken,build in 1991 from plans
Oosterland, build in 1998 from plans
2010 Hms Victory kit from Deagostini
In the meantime.
2011 Building MFV 1963 fishing trawler from plan.
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Rank: Beginner Level 2  Groups: Registered
Joined: 31/05/2010 Posts: 18 Points: 56 Location: Wolverhampton
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Looks like a few of us are around the same position. I am also just past the point of fitting the middle deck. Like Malcolm I am also doing the Endeavour (not the deagostini one). Finding the time is a little difficult at the moment now the caravaning season is well on the way. The wife keeps arranging sites to visit. I want to get on with the victory but I have no intention of messing it up by rushing it. If it ain't broke, don't fix itVictory Build Log http://modelshipworld.co...p?t=12467&highlight=
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Rank: Beginner Level 2  Groups: Registered
Joined: 29/04/2010 Posts: 16 Points: 54 Location: North Lincolnshire
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I'd like to join the 'Not past issue 20 club' as well please.
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 Rank: Elite   Groups: Registered
Joined: 22/03/2010 Posts: 2,065 Points: 6,295 Location: Gorleston-on-sea
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I started my build back in March 2010 and only up to issue 42, I'm well behind, but enjoying every minute, just plodding along at your own pace and in your own time, there is no hurry...Hang in there... Current Builds: Deagostini HMS Victory: Deagostini HMS Sovereign of the seas. Completed Builds: Del Prado: HMAS Bounty: Hachette: RMS Titanic: Del Prado: Cutty Sark...
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 Rank: Pro  Groups: Registered
Joined: 20/04/2010 Posts: 141 Points: 426 Location: Worthing, United Kingdom
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Go at your own pace! I've only just started on planking the lower hull, and have stupidly rushed part of it resulting in a broken blade, funny looking plank and an irate amipal. 
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Rank: Pro  Groups: Registered
Joined: 21/03/2010 Posts: 170 Points: 549 Location: Lincolnshire
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My build has got as far as being collected from Issue 1 (2 of for extra cannon) and stored carefully in two drawers until wifey tells me I can find time between her, nipper and ship.  In my head the Victory looks a peach - she will be admired from a yon distant cliff. The build will be smooth and faultless and Lord Horatio would have been proud...
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Rank: Amateur level 2 Groups: Registered
Joined: 08/04/2010 Posts: 46 Points: 156 Location: Andover
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Quote:My build has got as far as being collected from Issue 1 (2 of for extra cannon) and stored carefully in two drawers until wifey tells me I can find time between her, nipper and ship.
In my head the Victory looks a peach - she will be admired from a yon distant cliff. The build will be smooth and faultless and Lord Horatio would have been proud... I am sure the finished product will be as good as the one in your head. Malcolm Only got room for one build,
but might try and sneek in a small one later
Have snuck in the Endevour
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Rank: Semi-Pro Level 1 Groups: Registered
Joined: 18/12/2010 Posts: 59 Points: 177 Location: Pretoria (SA)
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I don’t think it’s a race to the finish. Rather enjoy the build at your own pace and see a perfect end result. Albatross, build in 1982 from plans.
Hms Bounty, build in 1987 from plans.
Duyfken,build in 1991 from plans
Oosterland, build in 1998 from plans
2010 Hms Victory kit from Deagostini
In the meantime.
2011 Building MFV 1963 fishing trawler from plan.
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