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HMS Victory 1/180th scale Airfix kit

Got this little beauty for my birthday a few days ago and have started construction. I've created a Picasa album with images rather than posting them all here and on other forums I frequent. https://picasaweb.google.com/tarjaks...eat=directlink

Hmm...I don't recall seeing sails draped over the ship in that fashion. :O:

LOL, I'm sure they didn't use clothes pegs to hold sections of the keel together either.

First coat of paint on the exterior of the hull is done.

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-g...0/IMG_9276.JPG

Updated album: https://picasaweb.google.com/tarjaks...eat=directlink

Is there also a bit you can paint on the deck where Nelson fell?

My Texas-bred mom used to annoy me every time I finished a model. I'd show it to her and she would say the same thing every time: "That's a cute li'l feller."

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Originally Posted by Kapitän Schneider (Post 1826227)

Is there also a bit you can paint on the deck where Nelson fell?

I've read that when going into battle they painted the decks red to hide the blood of the dozens who would be killed. Could be a myth, though.

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve (Post 1826382)

I've read that when going into battle they painted the decks red to hide the blood of the dozens who would be killed. Could be a myth, though.

I believe that was only on the orlop deck where the surgeon worked. A captain could be judged on the brightness of the upper deck since it was expected to have been "holystoned" every day.

@ Tarjack. Very impressive so far!

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Originally Posted by Kapitän Schneider (Post 1826227)

Is there also a bit you can paint on the deck where Nelson fell?

I guess, but I don't plan to commemorate his death on this model as it is based on the ship as it was launched in 1765, 38 years before his death.

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve (Post 1826382)

My Texas-bred mom used to annoy me every time I finished a model. I'd show it to her and she would say the same thing every time: "That's a cute li'l feller."

I've read that when going into battle they painted the decks red to hide the blood of the dozens who would be killed. Could be a myth, though.

Thanks mum. The decks where not painted red. From my research the only interior parts that were red on Victory were the inside of the gun port hatch covers.

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Originally Posted by Randomizer (Post 1826390)

Thanks mate. Long way to go yet and I've still not gotten to the really fiddly bits with the rigging yet.

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Originally Posted by TarJak (Post 1826746)

The decks where not painted red. From my research the only interior parts that were red on Victory were the inside of the gun port hatch covers.

In the book "HMS Victory" by Noel CLHackney you can read that during the reorganization of the ship in 1800, the gun deck fittings and the gun carriages were painted by instructions of the Admiralty in sunflower yellow, the original red color remains only on the gun ports fittings and the insides of the gun port hatch covers.

BTW:
I build the Victory in 1:100 (Heller kit) ;)

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Originally Posted by Seeadler (Post 1837699)

Thanks for the info. Would like to see the Heller version. Do you have any shots?

I'll post another update on mine soon as I've managed to complete a few more stages of construction.

Bow and Stern detailing almost complete. Bowsprit installed and figurehead painted and installed.

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-a...2/IMG_9290.JPG

https://picasaweb.google.com/tarjaks...eat=directlink