Hello Gordon, Here's a shot looking down over the waist at a gunport cover, thro' the hammock netting.
These lines on the Victory are quite white in reality, but a more oatmeally colour looks better on a model.
A lot of Heller Victory Modellers don't use the Heller wire, preferring to rig the covers with line, have you considered this?
There are other enhancements you can make to these covers, like adding the lifting rings, it all depends on the level of detail you are prepared to go to.