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sparks wrote:Blimey Gibbo, that brings back some frightening memories  Glad to see you are going for the improvements on your Victory, the gratings look great, be aware though that there are a couple of divisions in the forecastle gratings. Well done again, nice to see another Del Prado in the mix. Regards Alan Hi Alan Thanks for pointing that out to me, just had a look at your build and i can see what you mean, i might try putting some thin strips of card over to see how that would work, if not, they should pop out ok to re-do them, they do look good with the divisions, between yours and Robins build of this model it has given me a lot of inspiration on what's possible. Thanks Paul Building: DelPrado HMS Victory. Building: DeAgostini Sovereign Of The Seas.
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Doing really well on those gratings Paul! You've gone even further than I did, I just painted the decking underneath the wooden replacements matt black!  Robin First wooden ship: The Grimsby 12 Gun 'Frigate' by Constructo Second: Bounty DelPrado Part Works Third: HMS Victory DelPrado Part Works 1/100 scale Diorama of the Battle of the Brandywine from the American Revolutionary War Diorama of the Battle of New Falkland (unfinished sci-fi), Great War Centenary Diorama of the Messines Ridge Assault Index for the Victory diary is on page 1
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Gibbo wrote:sparks wrote:Blimey Gibbo, that brings back some frightening memories Glad to see you are going for the improvements on your Victory, the gratings look great, be aware though that there are a couple of divisions in the forecastle gratings. Well done again, nice to see another Del Prado in the mix. Regards Alan Hi Alan Thanks for pointing that out to me, just had a look at your build and i can see what you mean, i might try putting some thin strips of card over to see how that would work, if not, they should pop out ok to re-do them, they do look good with the divisions, between yours and Robins build of this model it has given me a lot of inspiration on what's possible. Thanks Paul No problem Paul Here's a plan view that might help  Notice how they are not quite equally divided. Regards Alan England expects that every man will do his duty.
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Plymouth57 wrote:Doing really well on those gratings Paul! You've gone even further than I did, I just painted the decking underneath the wooden replacements matt black! Robin Hi Robin The gratings are 5mm deep and i wanted them to sit flush with the frames so it was a matter of cutting open the deck, and i thought the opening was a bit narrow so i made them slightly squarer. a 15mm bloke would have kept smacking his head on it. Building: DelPrado HMS Victory. Building: DeAgostini Sovereign Of The Seas.
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sparks wrote:Gibbo wrote:sparks wrote:Blimey Gibbo, that brings back some frightening memories Glad to see you are going for the improvements on your Victory, the gratings look great, be aware though that there are a couple of divisions in the forecastle gratings. Well done again, nice to see another Del Prado in the mix. Regards Alan Hi Alan Thanks for pointing that out to me, just had a look at your build and i can see what you mean, i might try putting some thin strips of card over to see how that would work, if not, they should pop out ok to re-do them, they do look good with the divisions, between yours and Robins build of this model it has given me a lot of inspiration on what's possible. Thanks Paul No problem Paul Here's a plan view that might help Notice how they are not quite equally divided. Regards Alan Thats great, thanks for that Alan. Building: DelPrado HMS Victory. Building: DeAgostini Sovereign Of The Seas.
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Update on the gratings  Gibbo attached the following image(s): Building: DelPrado HMS Victory. Building: DeAgostini Sovereign Of The Seas.
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 Looking good Gibbo lovely job  Rgd Martyn Building ?
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Martyn Ingram wrote: Looking good Gibbo lovely job Rgd Martyn Thank you Martyn, managed to get them out ok but they are very fragile so i had to remake some of them, the two by the main mast were easy enough, i managed to bend inbetween the grating and paint a very small strip and glue it in, if only i thought of that before i did the others, ah well lesson learned. Building: DelPrado HMS Victory. Building: DeAgostini Sovereign Of The Seas.
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Recently i've been working on the skid beams and the rudder, i ordered some columns from CMB which were 2mm short so i packed underneath them with 1.5mm thick squares, with a layer of paint they sit on the lower deck very nicely, with the rudder i cut a groove to take the spindle and gave it a coat of varnish then covered it with the copper tape method used to do the hull, cutting, shaping, painting and sticking it to the hull with the thin metal strips was a very fiddly job, i busted a few of them on the way. Gibbo attached the following image(s): Building: DelPrado HMS Victory. Building: DeAgostini Sovereign Of The Seas.
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This time around i've been working on the lower gun deck openings, painted the cannonball housings and glued them in place, then turned my attention to the railings, i used the original posts supplied with the kit and some thick black thread Gibbo attached the following image(s): Building: DelPrado HMS Victory. Building: DeAgostini Sovereign Of The Seas.
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The Skid Beam positions have been marked out and the ladders painted, i haven't fixed them into position yet i'm trying to find some crew members to put in there, the only ones i can find are 15mm British Seamen from Minifigs, but there are no pictures and seems like there is no way of contacting them, has anyone out there used them before or has any pictures of these items ? Gibbo attached the following image(s): Building: DelPrado HMS Victory. Building: DeAgostini Sovereign Of The Seas.
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Looking good Gibbo, nice to see your build progressing....  Regards Alan
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Gandale wrote:Looking good Gibbo, nice to see your build progressing.... Regards Alan Thank you Alan, your comments and opinion are always very much appreciated Building: DelPrado HMS Victory. Building: DeAgostini Sovereign Of The Seas.
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Gibbo wrote:The Skid Beam positions have been marked out and the ladders painted, i haven't fixed them into position yet i'm trying to find some crew members to put in there, the only ones i can find are 15mm British Seamen from Minifigs, but there are no pictures and seems like there is no way of contacting them, has anyone out there used them before or has any pictures of these items ? Hi Paul, Nice work on the gratings, skids, rudder and rails Re: The Minifigs, that's what I've used in the waist area, see page 2 post #38 of my build log for some pics. There are some issues with these as Minifigs were bought out or something but they are still produced if you keep searching. Any problems PM me and I'll try to dig out some info. Regards Alan England expects that every man will do his duty.
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Hi Gibbo Try here for figurines http://www.miniaturefigu...1&SubCategoryID=169
Hope its of help Regards Andy Current builds:-C57,Zero, Lamborghini Countach, Caldercraft HMS Agamemnon,Robi,R2-D2, MFH Cobra .
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Thanks guys, all the minifigs i could find turned out to be Lego, i found a 15mm Royal Navy gun crew at warmodellingminiatures.com and a pirate gun crew and british seamen i think from Essex Miniatures, i have ordered both sets so we'll see what turns up, will post up some pics when they arrive, thanks very much for your help Paul Building: DelPrado HMS Victory. Building: DeAgostini Sovereign Of The Seas.
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Hi Andy It was the site you suggested i went onto not Essex Miniatures that i ordered figurines from, thanks for the heads up on that. Paul Building: DelPrado HMS Victory. Building: DeAgostini Sovereign Of The Seas.
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Miniature figurines arrived the other day from www.miniaturefigurines.co.uk/, cannon and 15mm crew, which makes them about 5'-6", i also ordered some pirates just for fun. Gibbo attached the following image(s): Building: DelPrado HMS Victory. Building: DeAgostini Sovereign Of The Seas.
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In the meantime i have been lining the gun ports, started by cutting a 5mm strip of red painted Sapele veneer lengthways, then cutting them to approx 8mm lengths with angles on the one side, needed around 300 of these, 8mm X 300 (3 for each gun port)= 2.4m, is it a long job ? (yes), is it a boring job ? (not to begin with), am i still at it (yes) halfway through the Port side,a little touch up with paint here and there and Happy Days. Gibbo attached the following image(s): Building: DelPrado HMS Victory. Building: DeAgostini Sovereign Of The Seas.
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Gibbo attached the following image(s): Building: DelPrado HMS Victory. Building: DeAgostini Sovereign Of The Seas.
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