Manual Mantua set 776 Boatkits HMS Victory
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Assembly Instructions: Victory Art. 776
Mantua Model Group August 2001 Page 9
STEP 14: Cutting the Gunports
Using a sharp craft knife and a straightedge, cut the openings for the gunport lids out of the cardboard
template supplied. Trim the excess cardboard from around the template. Place the template on the
starboard (right hand) side of the hull and align it with the decks, securing it in place with pieces of
masking tape. Mark the openings on the hull planks using a soft pencil. Remove the template, turn it
around and repeat the process on the port (left-hand) side. See figure 13 on Plan 3 for guidance.
Figure 14: Remove the cardboard template and drill a small hole in each corner of each gunport. Use a
small saw blade to cut out each gunport and file the ports to size.
STEP 15: Finishing the Galleries
Figure 15 on Plan 4: Glue the previously painted photo-etched stern transom plate n.31L and the
gallery sides n.40L to the stern, abrading the back of the parts with sandpaper and fixing them in place
with instant glue. Frame the parts with 1x2 Walnut planks
STEP 16: Finishing the Hull
Gunwale planks. Using the side view on Plan 4 as a guide, apply the lower three gunwale planks
made from 1.5x6 Walnut plank on each side of the hull. Apply the upper gunwale plank made from 2x2
Walnut plank. Before gluing the gunwale planks to the sides of the hull, mark their positions using tape.
Check that they are at the same height either side. These planks run the entire length of the hull, from
bow to stern. To form them around the bow, they will need to be steeped in very hot water for a minute
or two before being bent, glued and held in place with pins until the glue has dried.
Handrails. Using the side view on Plan 4 as a guide, make the handrails and stanchion supports from
2x4 Walnut plank and fit them to the parapets as shown.
Painting. Sand the hull again with thin emery-paper and apply a coat of sanding sealer. When dry, fill
any imperfections with filler and sand again. Apply a second coat of sanding sealer. When fully dry,
mask off the stern galleries, the decks, the handrails, the gunwale planks and the hull below the
waterline to protect them from paint.
Paint the hull sides with matt yellow ochre acrylic enamel as shown on the colour photographs on
the box. Set aside to allow the paint to dry thoroughly. Suggestion: we recommend the use of an
airbrush and 3 coats of matt paint diluted to 3:1 with appropriate thinners. Alternatively, paint by
hand using matt paint, a good quality sable brush and employing light longitudinal brush strokes.
Optionally, the hull below the waterline may be ‘coppered’ with copper plates (Mantua Model
Art.32900 - not included in this kit). The three views show how the copper plates are fitted. Ask
your supplier for details. Alternatively, leave the hull unpainted but varnished as shown on the box
STEP 17: Finishing the Gunports
Using figure 16 on Plan 3 as a guide:
Drill two 0.5 holes in each gunport lid to take the ropes that raise or lower the lids.
Paint the outside of the gunport lids and frames matt yellow ochre. Paint the inside of the gunport
lids matt red. When dry, insert the lids into the frames and glue them into the hull with epoxy glue.
Drill a 0.5 hole through the hull above each gunport (see the side view on Plan 4 for hole
positions). Apply a little instant glue to the end of a short piece of thin rope to stiffen it, and insert
the end of the rope through the hull side securing it in the hole with instant glue. Thread the rope
through the lid, secure the lid in the open position and knot the rope behind the lid to hold the lid
open as shown in figure 16. Secure the knot with a drop of instant glue. Repeat for each lid.
Make up 86 off dummy barrel bases each 6mm long. Drill 3 holes at 6mm intervals along the
centre-line of a 6x6 Lime wood plank. Paint the plank matt black and then cut the plank into 6mm
long pieces. Insert a dummy gun barrel in each base. Glue a base behind each gunport so that the
gun barrels protrude 8mm from the gunports (but not in those on the middle and upper gun decks
where full gun carriages are mounted - see the views on Plan 4).
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