HMS victory build

finally got one rigged , at this rate , the cannon's are going to take a while to finish , LOL .

show cannon's , are done , apart from rigging

thank's mike , what I meant by stuffed up , in the hms victory diaries section , on pete coleman's site , a bloke named michael , I think it is the first one , was doing a beautiful 1765 version of the victory with all of it's difference's to the 1805 version , cut away top deck around the main mast , balconies on the stern , the mizzen mast had a different sail configuration etc, all of his pic's have been hijacked by photobucket , the reference material I am after is when the victory was first built , so I can compare the two versions this is all I have been able to find so far

http://www.modelforum.cz/viewtopic.php?f=177&t=39660&st=0&sk=t&sd=a

Steve,

This is most interesting to me. I don't recall anyone doing a WIP on HMS Victory here on FineScale since I joined back in 2010. However my memory cells are very much on the decline so I may have simply forgotten. Good for you! I'm very much looking forward to your build!

With respect to the Pete Colman site, I was just able to log on so I'm not sure to what you are referring when you say the site has been "..stuffed up.." In any case I'll post a link that might be of interest .. or not.

That cannon looks great!

http://pete-coleman.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=104

Two of the best sources of research and information on the building of the VICTORY, are "The Anatomy of the Ship" by John McCay and "The Anatomy of Nelson's Ships" by Nepean Longridge. Both books give exact detail of the VICTORY in pictures and script. McCay's book has more illustration details and would be the better research. To obtain both books involves contaction used book stores dealing with marine subjects. Start with the internet on used books.

Happy modeling      Crackers    

I am thinking of doing this victory in the 1765 mode , is anybody able to give me some site's or reference's that I can use , pete coleman 's site has been stuffed up thank's to photobucket's stand over tactic's , and all my source's have disappeared , especially michael's beatiful model , any help will be greatly appreciated , thank's in advance guy's

steve5

thankyou gentlemen , I appreciate the comment's , only 101 to go groan ,

DON !, yes , I am using postimage , I find it the easiest of the lot [ thank's to stickpusher for showing me how to use it ] . I accidently erased a folder on postimage that's why a couple of photo's didn't stay put .

Beautifully done!

Bill Morrison

Looking good.  Only one picture does not work.  I am assuming you are using postimage.

Hey Steve, those look dang cool! Nice job.

my top deck 12 pounders

cannons well underway . now for the rigging eyebolts on the base's .