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My father passed away in August last year, he had started the Victory model which he wanted to present to me once complete so with his passing I took the project on with the goal of completing it, so I collected the last few pieces and started finishing it off. He had completed up to about issue 31. This is my first model ship build so I have made a few mistakes so far, but its a learning curve. In the past I have been primarily interested in Model railroading from a set my grand father had which was passed onto me when I was old enough and from there I have added and scratch built many more pieces. I also have and an interest in dioramas, particularly odd WWII tanks. I am emigrating soon so I will build up to deck height and ship it over to my new home and then complete it. So onward we go, some photos of my progress thus far. Ps. I had not thought of taking photos until I stumbled upon this forum, so now there will be many to come  akibro attached the following image(s):
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Hi Akibro A warm welcome to the forum and don't be afraid to ask questions its what we are here for. Im sure you will make the Victory into a fitting memorial to your father regards Andy  Current builds:-C57,Zero, Lamborghini Countach, Caldercraft HMS Agamemnon,Robi,R2-D2, MFH Cobra .
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Joined: 26/09/2010 Posts: 851 Points: 2,565 Location: Walsall
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Hi Akibro.
First off all sorry to here about your Farther.
And a war welcome to the forum and look forward to your progress.
Regards
Foz
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Rank: Pro Groups: Joined: 24/08/2009 Posts: 48,827 Points: -13,348
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Many thanks for the welcoming! I forgot to mention my father had build ships for many decades including the usuals: Bismark, Hood, Cutty Sark, Endeavour and another seven that I remember, we were estranged for a almost a decade and I reconnected with him two years before he passed away so I am not too sure of what other ships he did. He started off building them for his own pleasure but had to sell them when he moved and needed to free up space, two of them were built on commission that I know of. I unfortunately have no records of who he built ships for  he was a terrible record keeper! I will post more photo's when I get a chance. I have completed the middle decking (I think that's the deck) akibro attached the following image(s):
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Joined: 11/09/2011 Posts: 227 Points: 677 Location: Heidelberg South Africa
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Hi akibro Welcome to the forum mate! Your build is looking great Regards Pierre Current Buid:
HMS Victory
Next Build:
Captain Cook's Endeavour Collecting issues
Wish List:
Santa Ana
Bounty
Santisima-Trinidad
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 Rank: Master    Groups: Registered
Joined: 29/03/2011 Posts: 1,053 Points: 3,165 Location: Glenvista JHB
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Hi Akibro, Condolences for your Dad. Welcome to the forum. Your build is looking great. Kind regards, Garth "Measure twice, cut once!!!"
Finished!!! HMS Victory,
Current build: Black Pearl.
On hold: Bismarck, Golden Hind, Flying Scotsman, Victory Cross Section, SOTS, Tiger 1.
Wish list: USS Constitution.
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Welcome akibro, your Build is looking good 
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Nice work Akibro and a warm welcome to the forum.... Regards Alan
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Joined: 30/01/2013 Posts: 4,604 Points: 13,607 Location: Monmouthshire UK
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Looking at this build so far I can see it is going to be a fitting tribute to your Dad's hard work when complete, good luck with it. Steve
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Joined: 30/03/2011 Posts: 1,344 Points: 4,079 Location: Bryanston, Johannesburg. RSA
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Welcome aboard Akibro. You obviously inherted your fathers skill at model building looking great and keep it up. 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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Rank: Pro Groups: Joined: 24/08/2009 Posts: 48,827 Points: -13,348
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Many thanks for all the warm welcomes and positive comments on my build. I am waiting for a back order copy of issue 39 so I can redo the keel and bow, I didn't mount it with the 4mm gap from the top so it is sitting too high and the rudder portion of the keel got a little over sanded so that has already come off.
I will update again once I have replacement parts. I do however need to go over the hull with some 1000 grit to smooth it up.
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