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

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very very nice wire (!) wolding!!!

very impressive and .... very sharp.
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Dan K wrote:Since I'm still out of superlatives: :thumbs_up_1:
I'll second that. Fantastic work.
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I can only say 'yummie'. Sheer eyecandy!
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Many thanks guys! :smallsmile: :cool_2: :smallsmile:
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Fantastic work. I do think you should make a Victory in healthy shape :heh: :heh: :heh:
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Thanks Neptune! :smallsmile: :smallsmile: :smallsmile:
I know you're joking of course, but I feel I'm doing her in the healthiest condition possible: doing what she was built to do, and writing history doing it! :big_grin:
Clean usually doesn't equal glorious... :big_grin:

Meanwhile, progress is slow but steady.
I made the top and topgallant masts of the Redoutable, and thereby finished her masts:
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Well, the fore mast doesn�t have much topgallant left� :big_grin:
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Details of the main mast:
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And details of the mizzen:
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I also made some more pieces to �float� in the seascape:
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Now on to the yards! But I may do the boats first� ;)
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Must have been quite an effort to make such a big matchstick ... :big_grin:
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I agree, that large scale phoshporus coating on the end of that piece of 4x4 is quite impressive... :)
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Very good :thumbs_up_1:
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Thanks guys! :smallsmile: :cool_1: :smallsmile:



Yes, procuring such a large amount of sulfur without getting the counter-terrorism services suspicious was the hardest part. Luckily, for the stick I had help from a great team:
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You even managed to apply battle damage to the match! :rolf_3:
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Hahaha! :big_grin: :big_grin: :big_grin:

That was caused by holding it many times in of the claws of my 'helping hand':
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Or was it this one? :big_grin:
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I use an older and more elegant technique

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Sacr� Blue! C'est fantastique de nouveau Marijn! :big_grin:
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Incredible work as always!
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Many thanks guys! :smallsmile: :cool_1: :smallsmile:
EJFoeth wrote:I use an older and more elegant technique
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Well done Marjinn;

the masts are most excellent-- and very sharp

your platform however,,, is thing truly aof beauty!!
BRAVO !! :thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1:

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Many thanks Jim! :smallsmile: :wave_1: :smallsmile:


That exact platform (mizzen of Redoutable) will probably attract some extra attention from anyone who knows a little about Trafalgar when finished, as it is will hold the man that just shot Nelson...
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marijn van gils wrote:Many thanks Jim! :smallsmile: :wave_1: :smallsmile:

That exact platform (mizzen of Redoutable) will probably attract some extra attention from anyone who knows a little about Trafalgar when finished, as it is will hold the man that just shot Nelson...
Depending on what view you take: "That man should have been excruciated! Tortured and burnt in hell!"
Or: "That man deserves the highest praise, being lifted into the heavens on angels' wings..."

So: depending on your standing point the world's history may look VERY different...

I had the pleasure last July 14th (what's was the remembrance of the day?...) to stroll over the Waterloo battlefield under rainshowers, with my son and his girlfriend, amazing ourselves on how vastly divided the peoples of Europe were at that time, one side expecting a last and final miraculous victory from their 'saviour', the other hoping to put the same person away forever... Only one stray and confused general (Grouchy) determined the fate of the day as it seems in hindsight...
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Howdy Maarten and all,
Maarten Sch�nfeld wrote:Depending on what view you take: (1) "That man should have been excruciated! Tortured and burnt in hell!" Or: (2) "That man deserves the highest praise, being lifted into the heavens on angels' wings..."
Well, considering that this guy was earning his wages in the middle of an action never seen before, that he disposed of the enemy admiral and sent him directly from the deck of HMS Victory to the History books, all in one single shot, I would go for (2): That man deserves the highest praise. In any case, as a clear example of shooting effects, he is one of the best snipers ever; as a clear example of economy, he is the dream of every quartermaster in any Navy.

Only backdraw of it all: considering the role of Villeneuve in this action, this sniper should have better been shooting from Gravina�s Principe de Asturias, Alava�s Santa Ana or or Churruca�s San Juan Nepomuceno.

I have visited the Waterloo battlefield a number of times too, all the way from Le Caillou to Hougoumont and la Haye Sainte. What a moving experience, specially if you have done your homework, and know all the details and consequences of the action that too place there.

Nice going from Spain,

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