airfixpeter Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 I was hoping to do a review of this kit but I can't seem to so I will try and do a sort of one hear. First of all I brought this one from my sort of local model shop and it was cheaper than online. The part count is enormous at 2107 pieces and opening the big and heavy box you are presented with two hull halves and four sail sheets then there are four bags of spures and two spures of decks and one miscellaneous bits and then there are two insruction sheets one French and one English and they could do with an update see the pics to understand why. The mould quality is good for a thirty year old kit with no visible flash. And finally there are two reels of thread. But I have not heard anything bad about this kit. So for the price of the kit it is worth the money. And there is a lot of scope for lots of added detail,but mine will be out of the box build. And i have already started on painting the hull halves. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 Hi mate glad to see you here, they're a great bunch on here look forward to more of this. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beefy66 Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 Will be looking forward to this build beefy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve5 Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 have you had a look at the stern decoration , mine had really bad push mark's in it , took age's for heller to replace it , and it was only marginally better . I also have the Imai instructions , which are superior , if you are interested , they are in Japanese , but the illustrations , are more in depth . PM me if you are . steve5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airfixpeter Posted August 16, 2017 Author Share Posted August 16, 2017 1 hour ago, steve5 said: have you had a look at the stern decoration , mine had really bad push mark's in it , took age's for heller to replace it , and it was only marginally better . I also have the Imai instructions , which are superior , if you are interested , they are in Japanese , but the illustrations , are more in depth . PM me if you are . steve5 My stern decoration seems OK I can only fin one tiny push mark and as for the instructions pm sent 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve5 Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 don't know if you have heard of dafi , peter . but his stuff is amazing . he has some gear which is custom made for the victory , it's expensive , but well worth while , http://www.dafinismus.de/plates_en.html you should also have a look at his build's of the victory , quite simply it's incredible . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airfixpeter Posted August 17, 2017 Author Share Posted August 17, 2017 48 minutes ago, steve5 said: don't know if you have heard of dafi , peter . but his stuff is amazing . he has some gear which is custom made for the victory , it's expensive , but well worth while , http://www.dafinismus.de/plates_en.html you should also have a look at his build's of the victory , quite simply it's incredible . Thanks but a little beyond my pocket at the moment but some good stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airfixpeter Posted August 17, 2017 Author Share Posted August 17, 2017 Here's my work so far and as its so big its only painting and the decks have had a coat of paint. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve5 Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 looking good , your really powering ahead on this one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killingholme Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 Good start. Brave chap! I have always thought this kit is about the finest plastic kit ever made. The Dafi sets are sold individually so whilst you'd need over EU200 to buy them all, the pace at which most people will build a kit like this means you could easily spread the costs over several months as you reached different stages in the build. You might not even need all of them- some sets are certainly aimed at super-modellers- for example I wouldn't want to try and carefully remove and replace all the gunport rigols without damaging the fine moulding on the hull! Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimme Shelter Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 hi and good luck with this build - I have one of these for my retirement as it looks like a kit that will take me a long time - I really struggled making sense of the instructions and put the whole kit away after investing heavily in a lot of Dafi's etch and other resin bits (entry doors, figure head etc), wooden deck etc. looking forward to your tutorial walk through as your build moves along - perhaps it will inspire me to consider making my kit a few years sooner.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airfixpeter Posted August 29, 2017 Author Share Posted August 29, 2017 Here's a progress report it have got the two hull halves together and the first deck in and painted. And a couple of shots with the little airfix cousin and one with my part work grandaddy build the victory 1\84 scale. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airfixpeter Posted December 4, 2017 Author Share Posted December 4, 2017 Before I carry on can any one tell me if my yellow bands look to wide I think they are but I would like a second or third opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longshanks Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 I don't know about size (I have no ref material) but I do feel the yellow is to bright and could do with toning down a bit HTH Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caerbannog Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 Accorcing to the restorers the shade was quite different: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/11908365/Restored-HMS-Victory-raises-eyebrows-with-new-pink-shade.html A bit hard for me to change my image of the victory from the yellow to the "terracotta" colour. :-) Nice build so far. Rene 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airfixpeter Posted December 4, 2017 Author Share Posted December 4, 2017 Just repainted the yellow bands going from tamiya xf3 to humbrol matt 154 but still to narrow them yet 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airfixpeter Posted December 8, 2017 Author Share Posted December 8, 2017 Just altered the yellow bands and realigned them plus I have finished the stern. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FIGHTS ON Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 looking good so far. I had to get Airfix to send me new instructions as the set I received were unreadable. They were very good and did so immediately. Like you I cannot afford expensive/much aftermarket, so all i have done is buy some decent thread/ropes from the online wooden model ship shops, - huge difference for little expenditure. I followed Mr Coleman's tips (I'm sure you've found his web page on building this kit) and used a more yellow ocre colour. As I cycle past the real thing to work every day, I agree with your assessment of the new "historical" crap about the terracotta colour currently being worn. Mind you, as a priority if they really want to play the historical card, perhaps they might want to put the topmasts back up! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kris B Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 Looks good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Aris Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 On 04/12/2017 at 08:09, peterairfix said: Before I carry on can any one tell me if my yellow bands look to wide I think they are but I would like a second or third opinion. Peter, sorry i missed your post ? this is how i did my bands, and yes i stayed away from the pink 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lars_opland Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 On 12/4/2017 at 12:21 AM, Caerbannog said: Accorcing to the restorers the shade was quite different: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/11908365/Restored-HMS-Victory-raises-eyebrows-with-new-pink-shade.html A bit hard for me to change my image of the victory from the yellow to the "terracotta" colour. :-) Nice build so far. Rene Well, the actual pigment used "back in the day" WAS yellow ocher. The one Kevin just posted looks about right to me, but these natural pigments could vary a lot. The one thing it wasn't likely to be was bright yellow; I haven't gotten to this stage with Surprise yet... Nice work so far, either way. Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airfixpeter Posted March 8, 2018 Author Share Posted March 8, 2018 I have just found a bit of time to resume work,this time I have painted the two stern side pieces plus paint all those cannons 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 Good work mate, those guns are really tedious though , i know what you mean from doing the ones on the Soliel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airfixpeter Posted July 11, 2018 Author Share Posted July 11, 2018 Found some time to a bit more this time it's the 102 cannons already done one so that's only 101 to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airfixpeter Posted February 25, 2019 Author Share Posted February 25, 2019 Time for a long awaited update as in my previous post 102 cannons to do and I have done 60 so far and I am about to start another 30 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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