I have had a hankering to build one of these since it first came out and when I saw one on Amazon for £2.99 + post I jumped in and bought it..........

It looks to be well moulded with some nice detail on the hull.................Although there are three broken guns on the stern castle deck starboard side, easily repaired................

Just one thing, there is what looks to be a moulding stalk on the bow, this is supposed to be there as it represents a shield with the Tudor Rose on it that most ships of this period carried, so do not cut it off.....................

There is also a part missing on sprue B that looks as if it was never there in the first place.................Can you see where it should have been??.....Again easy to repair/replace..............

The sails are fairly thick as you would expect but I intend replacing these with Pva'd paper ones anyway....................

The destructons are standard Airfix and there is a nice touch with the decoration on the hull using Cartograf decals, there are two flags included and they are self-adhesive.........


I have some very small tubular electrical pins in my odds n sods box so I thought I would replace some of the guns...............

They look a wee bit large but when painted should look o.k...........

I want to depict her just before she foundered so I have cut the hull at an angle and flattened the base to fit on the 'sea' she will be mounted in..................

I am going to use a picture frame for her so here she is sat on the glass leaning over before her demise...............


I'm not too sure about the frame I want to use, it may be too large, what say you??

This is making a nice change from the Black Pearl build and should keep me busy between BP deliveries..It is taking me back to my plastic roots so to speak, as one of the first models I made as a kid was the Victory in this series, although it was only 2/- then, 10p for our younger members.............
Tony
Be yourself........Everyone else is taken....
Tony