I agree with Capt stedders, as this is exactly what i have done....need the practice

Eoin,

You can order back issues from here:

HMS Victory Back Issues

tottaly agree, just bought 100grm. thick cyno £9.98 with postage.thats a quarter the price in model shops.on e-bay.

i done the same i superclueed the part back together instead of buyen the new part worked for me mate and looks just as good just sand it down abit after so its not ruff thanx

This post seems a good enought place to add this question.

Is there any pictures/drawings of the Launch with the sail up and ful ready fo sail?
Ive done the usual google search but came up with nothing apart from a small picture of the scale model of the Launch.

Sorry Mike I didnt see your reply til now, thanks, that is very helpfull.

here's a question or you, is that Alan McGowan book worth the money spent getting hold of a copy?

Looks like we are gonna have to make another small mast and 2 yards, bloody small thought.

Hi Mike...I too have a copy of Alan McGowan's book HMS Victory Her Construction, Career And Restoration. Got it around three weeks ago...all fascinating stuff, and I saw your posted picture from page 80 which describes it as a 25ft cutter under sail before the colour scheme was updated? But could not make any sense of the colour description? Being a black and white picture at that. I assume buff would be Yellow Ochre and would the rubbing strakes be a problem to to varnish in such small detail, if we are going to employ the minutest details to our model as I shall, is there any way we can confirm these colours? Thanks mate...

Hi Colin,

The info in this link notes two masts for the Launch amongst lots of other useful info http://www.sculptor-iangb.com/hms-victory.htm

However, Longridge's Launch shows no masts, Gowan shows two and the Anatomy book show's only a bow mast hole

Keith Julier's book shows the build of the Panart 34ft Launch, which has a single mast though has central & bow mast holes, which have mast rests inserted for stowing the mast as per the photo below.

I've also read that on occasion a bow carronade was placed on a wooden structure attached to the first benches, which slid back and forth, recoiling on two slits made on the two carrying guides and was manoeuvred by two forward and aft placed tackles. The marksman occupied himself to raise the cannon while the helmsman was responsible to align the bow at the target, this can be seen in Panarts armed 34ft Launch in this link.

http://www.naturecoast.com/hobby/ma748.htm

Just to add to the mix Jonny, Tomick's official build shows the thwarts and stern sheets as white, the same as I assume in the instructions. However, if you look up the HMS Victory web site colour scheme Victory Colour Scheme it says: Ships Boats: (excluding the Admiral's Barge)
Interior - to be Yellow Ochre or `sad colour' (Yellow-Brown). Thwarts and Sternsheets to be natural varnish.


Also would the bottom planks be white? they would get dirty very quickly, are they not more likely to be yellow ochre, the same as the rest of the interior as above?

What do other 'Victory painters' think?


Mike T

Albeit not the launch but here is an internal shot of Admirals barge showing duckboards..they are indeed varnished