Faraway

I’ve got some acrylic glaze, which I’ve used in the past, which is not bad. Although with the amount of widows, I might need to get some more Jon

Apart from the railings, which I will fit when this deck is on the hull, that's the fore deck finished. The thread is rigging, as per the instructions 🤞. So, now its the turn of the stern deck. Onto which there is the beginnings of the superstructure (?) Now, the PE upgrade set, (which I have to say is a nightmare trying to figure out just where parts go on the model) has window frames. And although these are numbered, half of them are NOT shown on the instructions. These first ones that I'm fitting are a case in point. At the moment, it's a bit trial and error, but these frames fit the hole, so I'm fairly sure I've got them in the right place. And they do look pretty good. With the other windows, it isn't too much of a problem as the frames are moulded into the holes (said frames will have to be cut out ) Jon

As I mentioned before, I've removed the gold line. I have the strangest feeling that the anchors weren't this colour ? Anyway, here is the nearly complete foredeck.

There is supposed to be a gold line, between deck and black hull. Difficult to do as the rivets throw the pen, I used a Posca pen, off line. Not sure I'm happy with this, it's a bit uneven, so it might be removed. Jon

Thanks. They will be a challenge Jon

3D ventilators painted. I don't want to add too much detail to the deck, prior to fitting them to the hull, as some detail is sure to get damaged when I do fit the decks to the hull Before the fore and aft decks can be fitted I need to do a bit of work on these parts. As you can see, the railings are moulded on to them and as I'm replacing the kit railings with PE, alterations must be made. So more hack and slash follows and I've drilled out the scuttles. Next I'll painted them, and then fix them to the hull, then the decks can be fitted. Jon

Fore & Aft wooden decks on. A lot of the holes in the decks are for rigging attachment, the thread I must remember to attach BEFORE the deck goes on the hull, otherwise things will get really messy. plus hatch covers. I then spend some frustrating hours trying to interpret the PE instructions. And I've come to the conclusion that whoever designed them, was dyslexic. Just because it says B10 on the plan, doesn't mean that is the number of the part. But I'm getting there. These are some of the ventilators.... Made up of three parts, the base to which is attached the upright and onto the bell mouth is a PE grill. The instructions might show you which part RE1 goes with which part RE6, but it doesn't tell you HOW many. This number must be found by looking at the plan as to where these parts are sited. More irritating is that I forgot I had these, which are far more detailed then the kit ones, and sprayed all the kit ones white, a waste of paint. I foresee that this is going to be a long build. Jon

I was in Greenwich, London this weekend and had a couple of hours to kill on Sunday morning, so visited The Queens House which is part of Greenwich Naval College. And of the many pictures in there, there was this JMW Turner picture of the Battle of Trafalgar, with HMS Victory centre stage. Thought It might give you an idea for turning your Victory build into a diorama ?? Jon

Bollards etc. painted ready for the wooden deck to be applied. I've been dry fitting the wooden deck, to determine what detail I have to remove and that will be replaced with PE, and the fit is excellent and the wood very thin. Jon

PVA sparingly Jon

I name this ship...........

The start of the hack and slash, the removal of the breakwater. I have a set of wooden deck for this build, and this breakwater will be replaced by a piece of PE on top of the deck. And there it is gone. I also had to remove the bollards and other parts, to be replaced with brass. I think these parts will be painted white along with other parts on this deck, then the wooden deck can go on. Jon

The question of anchor cable. Top we have Black Cat 'battleship' cable and below we have the kit supplied. Obviously the kit part is completely unacceptable. But is the BC offering too small ? I think slightly, but acceptable. I do have a selection of metal cable, but none of it is stud linked. Jon

First decals. Draught markings and plimsol. I normally display my models viewing the Port side, but I had an absolute nightmare with the Port side decals, that I will display this build from Starboard. Names to go. Jon

That has come out rather well, as was to be expected. The water is very good, excellent reflection, especially the first bows on photo. Jon