H.M.S. Granado Victory Models (late stages)

[Maksym K]

Hi All.
Decided to post my build of H.M.S. Granado by Victory Models. The kit was purchased many years ago and gathered dust at different stages of construction.

The main reasons for these delays were the instructions and the lack of building logs for this specific kit. This is my first ship kit, and despite some experience in plastic scale model building, it was challenging to progress.

I believe that the overall kit quality is good, except for the 2 mm walnut plywood that splits into parts when cutting.


The Tanganika timber strips where to thin 0.5 mm , it was hard to glue black paper to them. It was also hard to find the thin paper for this porpoise:


During the build I found "The Anatomy Of The Ship" and decided to add some detail improvements to deck planking:


I had some complications with Caldercraft mat lacquer that I tried to use. For the hull exterior, I opted for "Flood" outdoor wood oils. They have a few nice colors, so I also used them to paint the masts.


Some other photos of current progress:


Now I am close to start rigging. I tried to use the kit blocks but they are too ugly with displaced holes. Order pear blocks from drydockmodelsandparts.com to replace them.

 

[Maksym K]

Has a problem with rudder tiller rigging, can't find the information how to rigg it with a single block or double block. This is a picture from the plans ant it is not clear:

 

[Uwek]

First of all a warm welcome here on board of our forum
Very good work so far on your Granado - and many thanks to start the building log
Refering the tackle of the tiller:
I do not have my Anatomy book with me, but it this tackle not shown in detail? The drawing you show, I guess, is from the kit, or?

 

[kuba91nt]

Hello. I found something like this.

 

[Uwek]

Hello. I found something like this.
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The problem is, that the Granado had no steering wheel,
the tackle was only to assist and keep the tiller in the angle the helmsman pushed

 

[Uwek]

More and more thinking about this - I think, that in the Anatomy is not any tackle shown - it was maybe without

 

[kuba91nt]

I couldn't find anything else in the books. You'd have to look in your documents. I'm curious about this solution myself. I just found something like this.

 

[Uwek]

I couldn't find anything else in the books. You'd have to look in your documents. I'm curious about this solution myself. I just found something like this.
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Correct (with a latch at the tiller) - and the other following version was maybe earlier used


but with this the helmsman would need some other seaman to oen an fix the endings of the ropes

On smaller ships

 

[Frank48]

Has a problem with rudder tiller rigging, can't find the information how to rigg it with a single block or double block. This is a picture from the plans ant it is not clear:
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Hi Maksym, see if you can iautare these images,Frank

 

[Maksym K]

First of all a warm welcome here on board of our forum
Very good work so far on your Granado - and many thanks to start the building log
Refering the tackle of the tiller:
I do not have my Anatomy book with me, but it this tackle not shown in detail? The drawing you show, I guess, is from the kit, or?

Thank you Uwek. I also didn't find anything helpful in anatomy. But, occasionally i found this log completed by Rawen:

H. M. Bomb Vesel Granado (Victory Models) [COMPLETED BUILD]

Back to the Granado. The pain of the kit and my model are wood carvings. Mantua provided white alloy parts. As I dislike "coloring books" (may be inaccurate translate) seen on Jotica kit, carvings are in the color of walnut. If the stern ornament seems oblique to you, it actually has such a...

shipsofscale.com

It's looks like the same implementation on your picture:

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Thank you, all guys, for the fast and so detailed answers.

 

[Maksym K]

Hi Maksym, see if you can iautare these images,Frank

Thanks Frank. Your drawing is helping me to understand another problem that I have on plans.

 

[Frank48]

Thanks Frank. Your drawing is helping me to understand another problem that I have on plans.

Hi Maksym, let me know if I can be of any help,Frank

 

[mtbediz1]

This is how I did the rigging of the tiller on my Alert built.

 

[shota70]

Dear Maksym K
welcome aboard, very beautiful project

 

[KeithLyall]

Hi All.
Decided to post my build of H.M.S. Granado by Victory Models. The kit was purchased many years ago and gathered dust at different stages of construction.

The main reasons for these delays were the instructions and the lack of building logs for this specific kit. This is my first ship kit, and despite some experience in plastic scale model building, it was challenging to progress.

I believe that the overall kit quality is good, except for the 2 mm walnut plywood that splits into parts when cutting.
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The Tanganika timber strips where to thin 0.5 mm , it was hard to glue black paper to them. It was also hard to find the thin paper for this porpoise:
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During the build I found "The Anatomy Of The Ship" and decided to add some detail improvements to deck planking:

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I had some complications with Caldercraft mat lacquer that I tried to use. For the hull exterior, I opted for "Flood" outdoor wood oils. They have a few nice colors, so I also used them to paint the masts.
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Some other photos of current progress:
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Now I am close to start rigging. I tried to use the kit blocks but they are too ugly with displaced holes. Order pear blocks from drydockmodelsandparts.com to replace them.

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Very nice looking build. Great level of detail

 

[Peter Gutterman]

Dear Maksym K
welcome aboard, very beautiful project

Agreed!

 

[Magic Mike]

Maksym, nicely done! Welcome to the forums! Magic Mike

 

[Maksym K]

Hi guys, first of all thank you!
Wanted to share my small progress. Somehow construction of the stay mouse become a challenge for me.
I tried few different approaches and ended up with this:


After few failures I succeeded to achieve an acceptable result, still the end of the mouse is too thick I think. May be with another type of rope the result will be better.


Now I have to build another four, and they should be smaller...

 

[Maksym K]

Forgot to mention. The holes number in the disk should be odd number. Otherwise, it will not work. My first attempt failed because of this i missed it when created the disk.

 

[shota70]

Dear Maksym
the mouse looks great
I saw your H.M.S. Granado in the last Friday, and I have to say that the pictures do a little injustice to the model you created which in reality looks amazing in quality. Well done my friend