This HMS VICTORY model project began in early 2017 with a 1:200 scale wooden kit from an unnamed company in China. Three years later it is finally finished. Plans would have been helpful.
This is a cross-section of the famous sailing battleship commanded by Admiral Nelson and victorious at the battle of Trafalgar in 1805. It is preserved as a national treasure at the Royal Navy Yard in Portsmouth.
The hull at it's widest is a mere 80 mm across. It is 350 mm high from bottom of the keel to top of the main mast. The main yard is 175 mm across.
What made the build so very difficult is that the box mailed from China did not have the instruction sheets in it. So everything is a guess based on photos of the real thing and of professional models of the Victory. It is an all-wood kit. Only the gun barrels are brass. The kit costs about $30. There are several parts remaining and without plans I have no idea what they might be used for!
John Clearwater
