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HMS VICTORY GALLERY ENHANCEMENT Hi Everyone I have just signed off, to go to production on the Gallery enhancement yesterday at the factory. I am over the moon with the result of many months of soul searching and dedicated work by a great team of people. It all started because I wanted a more authentic gallery on my Victory, than the one supplied and thanks to the 25 members who all paid a £10 non refundable deposit I, and them will have what we all wanted. In this enhancement we will receive the following parts Part I a laser cut new back transom in o.8mm ply all the windows are laser cut showin the mullions:- Part 2 a laser cut second piece of transom again 0.8mm ply this time the windows are laser cut but with no mullions, and we place this second part over part one this gives us depth to the windows.( please see the 3 photos) MWG attached the following image(s): 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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HMS VICTORY GALLERY ENHANCEMENT Then we have a sheet of etched brass that contains all the fine detail and fits on the transom over and under the windows:- MWG attached the following image(s): 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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HMS VICTORY GALLERY ENHANCEMENT Part 4 a ships name plate in brass etch to scale as per trafalgar:- Part 5 a scale Binnacle in brass etch (see bottem right hand corner of photo) MWG attached the following image(s): 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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HMS VICTORY GALLERY ENHANCEMENT Finaly some photos of a temporary fix without the brass etch on my ship:- MWG attached the following image(s): 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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 Thats all for now questions and comments welcome If you would like to know how to aquire this enhancement please PM me Kind regards Mike 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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I have posted the pdf of the brass etch,in post245, sorry for the omission Regards Mike 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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Great looking enhancement there Mike. Well thought out and good offering. 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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Hi Mike, This is just how I wanted it to turn out,what with my other plans for the cabins I can't wait to receive my enhancement.Again thank you for all your effort. Regards trev. Work in progress: Tombstone (Scratch) - San Francisco 2. -The Mayflower ( scratch by plan).
OcCre- Santa-Maria (Kit).
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tf64 wrote:Hi Mike,
This is just how I wanted it to turn out,what with my other plans for the cabins I can't wait to receive my enhancement.Again thank you for all your effort.
Regards trev. Hi Trev I new you would be happy with the outcome clear acetate will be included Regards Mike 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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Hans wrote:Great looking enhancement there Mike. Well thought out and good offering. Thank you Hans Regards Mike 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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Good to see the enhancement coming to fruition. This has been a long drawn out project, but, for those builders in a position to take advantage of the enhancement it looks like a really good piece of kit. I look forward to seeing how the entire project looks when finished on someones build. I would have liked to have been a part of this experiment but being of a can't wait type of person I had to go with what was provided.
Still I can always drool over what is posted on updates from the members who have joined the enhancement club!
Good luck to all who have signed up to a worthwhile addition to their builds.
All the best Steve..
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farrabass wrote:Good to see the enhancement coming to fruition. This has been a long drawn out project, but, for those builders in a position to take advantage of the enhancement it looks like a really good piece of kit. I look forward to seeing how the entire project looks when finished on someones build. I would have liked to have been a part of this experiment but being of a can't wait type of person I had to go with what was provided.
Still I can always drool over what is posted on updates from the members who have joined the enhancement club!
Good luck to all who have signed up to a worthwhile addition to their builds.
All the best Steve..
Hi Steve, Thank you for your positive comments, I wish we had had you in our number best wishes Mike 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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Outstanding Mike...Outstanding mate!! Wish I had gone down the enhancement route too...Oh well...Murphy's law me thinks.   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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jonny7england wrote:Outstanding Mike...Outstanding mate!! Wish I had gone down the enhancement route too...Oh well...Murphy's law me thinks. Hi Jonny its never too late Regards Mike 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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MWG wrote:HMS VICTORY GALLERY ENHANCEMENT
Hi Everyone I have just signed off, to go to production on the Gallery enhancement yesterday at the factory.
I am over the moon with the result of many months of soul searching and dedicated work by a great team of people.
It all started because I wanted a more authentic gallery on my Victory, than the one supplied and thanks to the 25 members who all paid a £10 non refundable deposit I, and them will have what we all wanted.
In this enhancement we will receive the following parts
Part I a laser cut new back transom in o.8mm ply all the windows are laser cut showin the mullions:-
Part 2 a laser cut second piece of transom again 0.8mm ply this time the windows are laser cut but with no mullions, and we place this second part over part one this gives us depth to the windows.( please see the 3 photos)
Hi everyone the photos of the VICTORY GALLERY ENHANCEMENT start at Post #244 in this build diary,for those who have sent me an email looking for it. Best regards Mike 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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MWG wrote:HMS VICTORY GALLERY ENHANCEMENT
Then we have a sheet of etched brass that contains all the fine detail
and fits on the transom over and under the windows:- Including the top rail in Brass, also included is A ships name in brass and a fabulous brass etched Binnacle. Also clear acetate is supplied instead of the inaccurate yellow acetate supplied with the build Kind regards Mike Ps check out the photos starting at post #244 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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Hi Mike, I was wondering whether there will any further enhancement packs for HMS Victory further down the line. Also, do you still have some bucket enhancement sets still left? If you do could you put one aside for me. Thank you. Kind Regards
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Silent_Running wrote:Hi Mike, I was wondering whether there will any further enhancement packs for HMS Victory further down the line. Also, do you still have some bucket enhancement sets still left? If you do could you put one aside for me. Thank you. Kind Regards Hi Glenn I do not plan any more Enhancements the latest and probibly the last for the Victory will be the two cutters I have found to place on the Davits or to tow behind as at trafalgar, I have the bucket sets and I will put one a side for you. The jewel in the crown is the Gallery enhancment it is so accurate I have seen some fantastic builds on this forum, but the Gallerys let them down because they are so wrong and the ballustrades are so out of scale its not true, but hey thats my personal opinion. The Gallery is the Victory to me and if I could not have produced the enhancement I would have ceased building her.Without people like you buying into the project it would never have seen the light of day.so thank you, and a big thank you to the other members who had faith. Did I send you all the details of the 6 enhancements? Best wishes Mike  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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can not wait to get my gallery pack deliverd. thank you so much for the effort you put in on this, it certainly looks the job now then just need some buckets!! “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
-Mark Twain
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MWG wrote:Silent_Running wrote:Hi Mike, I was wondering whether there will any further enhancement packs for HMS Victory further down the line. Also, do you still have some bucket enhancement sets still left? If you do could you put one aside for me. Thank you. Kind Regards Hi Glenn I do not plan any more Enhancements the latest and probibly the last for the Victory will be the two cutters I have found to place on the Davits or to tow behind as at trafalgar, I have the bucket sets and I will put one a side for you. The jewel in the crown is the Gallery enhancment it is so accurate I have seen some fantastic builds on this forum, but the Gallerys let them down because they are so wrong and the ballustrades are so out of scale its not true, but hey thats my personal opinion. The Gallery is the Victory to me and if I could not have produced the enhancement I would have ceased building her.Without people like you buying into the project it would never have seen the light of day.so thank you, and a big thank you to the other members who had faith. Did I send you all the details of the 6 enhancements? Best wishes Mike Kind regards Mike Hi Mike, Yes I did get the details, and your right, wow what an enhancement! I totally agree with everything you have said Mike, and thank you for the praise, but the praise should be held for you. Without your hard work and efforts the gallery enhancement, bucket sets, boarding pike sets and the ships wheel pack would have never seen the light of day, so big thank you to you Mike. I'm sure other members would agree with me when I say that you have contributed a vast amount to the forum Mike and have gone the extra mile for the members and you should get the recognition and praise you deserve. 
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