Victory 1737 - 1:84 scale

The 3rd deck is being dressed.
The full upper deck is yet to come, plus the forecastle at the bow, the quarterdeck and the poop at the rear.

The central street is slatted in walnut stained rosewood, edged with ebony rods, the rest in limewood (under construction). The walling of the wall was done and painted in red, the mooring rings of the guns laid. The surfacing will continue upward with the 4th deck.
The base of the main mast is also manufactured.

A last look at the lower decorations (partially visible through the doors and stairs):








Laying the planking:








Mast base:

 
That's it, this deck is slatted, aging included with more "worn out" areas under the guns, stairs and downhill as well. Not easy to restore that in artificial light and photos.
Now I go to the guns rigging and stair railing.



















 
Before the installation and the rigging of all the guns of this battery of the 3rd deck, I anticipate a little and I foresee the pose of the 4th deck.
It was also necessary to manufacture the passage of the mast for this future deck: the support which rests on the 3rd ...























 
3rd deck finished.
The guns are rigged in combat or not according to the edge, the elements of decoration in place (balls, barrels, crates, various ropes, etc ...), the columns intended to receive the leases under the boats, the kitchen with its roof copper and chimney, ladders and stairs.



























I will be able to attack the 4th deck ... it will go in the personal creation !!













 
The 4th deck is almost planked, the rest with the identical central street lined with ebony.
The spirketting is made and painted in red.
The kitchen and back gratings are made. The rear receives a 2nd capstan with its bars (for the decor).
The wheelhouse will be in checkerboard wood 2 shades (to recall the floors of galleries), framed by the walls of the officers' cabins. A little game of patience to realize that ...
Finally, the stearing gear (double wheels) will be behind the mizzen mast, unlike the restored Victory of 1805, but according to the ships of the early eighteenth.

























 
While waiting for me to take over the rear decks, here is the forecastle finished.
Trompe-l'oeil decor made of crates, barrels, barrel and car ...




Support frame made of chopsticks recovery




The foclse has been aged as the rest before receiving the foot of mast, carronades, racks, etc ...









I asked myself if I made windows at this place, but the channels will take up space, and this is the place where we go back anchors ... And then it is only a warehouse at the top of the ship.

Now, I will be able to finish the head with the catheads.
 
The stern is definitely stuck:





The wheelhouse pavement and officers' square is finished:



The openings of the cabins are made:





I attack the structure of the square and in the center there will be the stearing gear.



 
The decks are a little advanced, I want to finish the bulk of the main structure before tackling the various arrangements.
So the back of the boat was mounted with the wheelhouse, the quarter-deck. The aesthetic uses the same color and deco codes as the rest, with decks in the same colors, facades in small windows. The quarterdeck receive a skylight.
The openings on the wall have also received their frames.

I show you some pictures of all to see the floors. ;)

















 
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