I want to give Woody's ModelWorks a big shoutout as I was lucky enough to order one of the last available gallery enhancement kits as well as the water level markers.

As so many other fellow builders I found that the provided gallery does not quite look right and really appreciate that people put the time and effort into providing enhancement kits of that quality to highlight certain features looking as great as they are on the real Victory itself.

Well done Woody's ModelWorks!

Once again, I’m struck by the planking! Fantastic job!

The detail set looks great too, and I can’t wait to see it in place.

Cheers,


Mark

Thought to try out adding some detail to the side walls of the entry ports. The walnut strip wood I used for the gun ports wasn't wide enough so had to glue a couple of pieces together to get a width that was workable with - well, at least to a certain extend. The wood was so soft that I could get clean cuts to simulate the panel inserts...

My first attempt:

Finally, I wanted softer inner frame edges as they are on the real Victory, so I had add and shape some rounded corners.

Thanks Richard!

It's seems to be a never ending climb that requires a lot of focus and foresight. I love this forum for the sake of the latter but it's sometimes a curse at the same time.

With the instructions as well as all the materials provided by DeAgostini you'll end up with a fine model (that's why I've gone with this one) but scrolling through all the other amazing diaries you'll always come across something that can improve the overall appearance or find advise from fellow builders to overcome tricky stages. Often, I find myself spending more time browsing in this forum than on my build.

I can see what you mean with the slightly oversized details, especially comparing them to the ones used on the real ship. It seems a lot of builders stuck with the kit ones and they look just the part. But since you had to point it out my OCD will be taking over to focus on this matter more closely... at some point

Cheers,
Odo

A couple of years ago I ordered some brass rods that I need for my cannon assemblies. In that order i was provided with a sample pack of brass, steel and copper cylinders of various sizes. I thought, I could utilise these to simulate little compasses as they can be seen in the real binnacle on the Victory. And one of the smaller brass ones with a 3.2mm diameter seemed to be the perfect option for this.

It was clear that my first design didn't allow me to incorporate these, so I had to start over as I needed a better frame.

Now for the compasses:

Initially, I just cut the pipe I had in half leaving me two 2.5mm high pipes which I wanted to imbed in wood simulating the housing/box but whichever way I tried, the wood was always splitting and falling apart, since the width was only 0.3mm wider than the diameter of the pipe.

I needed brass rings! Unfortunately, I could saw the pipes anymore as i couldn't hold it in place whilst sawing, and using a vice would've deformed the pipe.

So I had to file them down by hand.

For the lantern:

I used the help of my high precision lathe, aka electric drill... I had to ask my 6 year old one for help to keep the trigger pulled at a constant speed... more like variable speed - he tried, bless him. Just goes to show I really need to get a proper lathe!

I first had to make a dowel from a square wood, which I first painted white, then then with a clear yellow and finished with black accents.

and so it comes slowly together...