HMS Victory and Le Redoutable at Trafalgar (1/300)

Rui Matos · Post by **Rui Matos** » Wed Apr 08, 2020 11:17 am

Sharp, sharp, very sharp work!

Cheers
Rui

PS: Keep safe (this extends to all of you)

marijn van gils · Post by **marijn van gils** » Thu Apr 09, 2020 4:29 am

Many thanks everyone!

E-J, those chissels look very nice! I have to look into those...

I also took a couple of photographs of both ships together so far:

Of course, this will look different with masts, spars, sails etc. in place. The empty corners will house pieces of masts and other wreckage, crew clinging to that, and small boats trying to rescue them.

Both hulls will of course sit in the water deeper: about were the yellow resin of Victory�s hull ends.

I�m pretty happy with this scale for this subject. It is big enough to include a fair amount of detail, but small enough to remain manageable as a diorama:

Goodwood · Post by **Goodwood** » Thu Apr 09, 2020 6:10 am

Damn...

Just...damn...

Devin · Post by **Devin** » Thu Apr 09, 2020 6:55 am

Goodwood wrote:Damn...

Just...damn...

What he said.

GewoonWouter · Post by **GewoonWouter** » Thu Apr 09, 2020 7:35 am

This is pure eyecandy again. With each update it becomes harder and harder to use original words to compliment this astonishing work, Marijn

. But keep it coming, it's fun to follow!

Cheers

Joe Simon · Post by **Joe Simon** » Thu Apr 09, 2020 7:40 am

This is amazing of course!

marijn van gils · Post by **marijn van gils** » Thu Apr 09, 2020 12:58 pm

Many thanks guys! Your words are very much appreciated!

Stefano Salesi · Post by **Stefano Salesi** » Fri Apr 10, 2020 5:10 am

Ok. another masterpiece in the making.
Details, precision of the building and solutions are over the top (setted a new standard? maybe)

Again, i have no words to define your work, at least not in english; so i feel the need to revert to my native dialect:

Belin che spetacolo!

Willie · Post by **Willie** » Fri Apr 10, 2020 5:57 am

Hi there Marijn and all,

Stefano Salesi wrote:Details, precision of the building and solutions are over the top (setted a new standard? maybe)

Ditto. Not only the scene is absolutely inspiring, but also your solutions are going beyond the beyonds. To build this hull from scratch is something I dare not dream with for the moment, for example.
I am really curious about how you are going to make the complicated rigging of these ships in this scale.

Stefano Salesi wrote:Again, I have no words to define your work, at least not in English

Nor in any other language, I am afraid.

My admired congratulation for this work, nice going and warmest regards from this side of the world,

Willie.

Neptune · Post by **Neptune** » Fri Apr 10, 2020 1:12 pm

Brilliant job so far!
Keep it coming, glad to see some differentiation in the subjects and displayed skills

Ludwig · Post by **Ludwig** » Sat Apr 11, 2020 11:59 am

hello marijn,

Glad to see you back in business, your build is absolutely fantastic, really looking forward to the next up-date.

zs180 · Post by **zs180** » Sat Apr 11, 2020 1:12 pm

Amazing work my friend, so original and ingenious in both the topic selection and the solutions applied!
I want a copy of the upcoming book about this exceptional masterpiece!
Interesting to see that the main difference in size is in the freeboard Victory being a three-decker, Redoutable a two-decker.

marijn van gils · Post by **marijn van gils** » Sun Apr 12, 2020 8:07 am

Many thanks everyone!

Stefano Salesi wrote:i have no words to define your work

Stefano and Willie, you're doing a pretty good job nevertheless!

zs180 wrote:Interesting to see that the main difference in size is in the freeboard Victory being a three-decker, Redoutable a two-decker.

Yes, the first rate is a bit longer and beamier than the third rate, but the difference is not so big.
But one deck more made quite a difference. This actually caused Redoutable considerable difficulty, and without it it's crew might have been able to board and overtake Victory.

And Ludwig, a special thanks to you!

Cheers,

Marijn

Pieter · Post by **Pieter** » Sun Apr 12, 2020 9:27 am

This experience seems to have have had a surprisingly long term effects. When the RN started to cut down twodeckers and armoring them 55 years later there was substantial resistance to this idea as a 'wooden wall' was thought be able to overpower an ironclad by boarding. Very nice builds BTW.

marijn van gils wrote:
zs180 wrote:Interesting to see that the main difference in size is in the freeboard Victory being a three-decker, Redoutable a two-decker.
Yes, the first rate is a bit longer and beamier than the third rate, but the difference is not so big.
But one deck more made quite a difference. This actually caused Redoutable considerable difficulty, and without it it's crew might have been able to board and overtake Victory.

And Ludwig, a special thanks to you!

Cheers,

Marijn

LE BOSCO · Post by **LE BOSCO** » Tue Apr 14, 2020 12:34 pm

Oh my gosh!!!!!! absolutely fantastic

cheers
Nicolas

pascalemod · Post by **pascalemod** » Sun Apr 19, 2020 1:19 pm

I see styrene, brass and copper and resin and putty, but I still dont understand how the hell is this being made by a human.

Post by **ModelMonkey** » Sun Apr 19, 2020 9:38 pm

pascalemod wrote:I see styrene, brass and copper and resin and putty, but I still dont understand how the hell is this being made by a human.

Marijn did not start out as human. He started out made of wood. Geppetto taught Pinnochio amazing carving and hand-working skills, every bit of magical artistry and brilliance he knew. Then, Pinnochio became a real boy:

dafi · Post by **dafi** » Mon Apr 20, 2020 12:47 am

dafi · Post by **dafi** » Mon Apr 20, 2020 12:51 am

... and he always was good in doing miraculous kit bashings: he build a La Sirene out of a Vickers Armstrong Wellington kit !!!

XXXDAn

PS: Even Chuck Norris would NOT have succeeded that

Stefano Salesi · Post by **Stefano Salesi** » Mon Apr 20, 2020 12:52 pm

dafi wrote:
PS: Even Chuck Norris would NOT have succeeded that

maybe Marijn is Chuck Norris...

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