I'ts a product called Brass Black by Birchwood Casey. Its used to blacken gun barrels by gun enthusiasts. I normally dilute 1-10. It will do Brass, Copper & white metal

Hmm def not a phufits. But yet sure sounds like it.

You have to cut them at the waterline. The kit as is just terminates them on the hull. I used as suggested by Keith Julier in his book "The new period ship handbook" 1mm x 1mm flex ( used by model rail folks)and painted it copper to match as a capping. I fitted he flex along the waterline then plated up to it and ( cut with scissors). Being 1mm ( same thickness as plates) its very had to see unless you look close.

nice to see you enjoyed it so much, 10 years ago, old tech, old camera, sligthly less old guy , dog secured as had cruciet ligament operation. BTW music is by KZbin!

The instructions tell you to.

Nothing its my private build being documented

Great question I wonder as well love to do this full time

Tks Chris, The carriages were very easy to assemble and most times press fit would hold them. But as always when you do it in front of a camera and talk talk at the same time, butter fingers get in the way and things do not go as planned. The joy of live video! Cheers.

I'm in Australia . I was lucky enough to get it from a local distributer 8 years ago ( they no longer sell it). It was 1400 AU back then. You can purchase direct from the Distributor Jotika. If in the Uk I'd go with Cornwall Model boats. Stay clear of cheap online dealers. Sometimes they come up on Model boat forums such as Ship of Scale. Its a big investment in time and cost, but you only live once. Just have to work out what to do with it when done.

@@paulvickers8015 thank you for reply Paul. I will buy it from Jotika as they are only 1 hour away from. i Think it's £1100 over here. I finished 5 lasrge scale model ships in past 4-5 years so victory would be nice to get. I strongly disagree with Cornwall model boats as they are extremely rude, they swearing at customers, never apologize and 99% of the time never respond to phone/email or messenger and the worst one is they taking stuff out of the box. I purchased £900 boat from them and so much was missing that I had to spend extra £200 to buy what they taken out and they just blamed supplier, but when i contacted supplier myself they confirmed there is no issue, so cornwall model boats started swearing at me and just abuse. Wouldn't recommend them to my worst enemy. But jotika seems solid choice. Thank you

@@PUNISHERMARKO I've never hand an issue with them. Sorry to hear.

Thank you, lot more to go yet.

Cheers. They wwill be a lot more frequent now the hard part is done.

No it not. I have not seen any kit with tools provided. Thi is my 10th kit and the first one I used a plank bender on. Prior to that I used an old electric curling wand.

Hi James I suspect that pre building would be harder than fitting individual pieces. The lining is only 1mm x 4 and sits on a 1mm ledge internally,

you still copering?

done!@@PUNISHERMARKO

@@paulvickers8015 you never uploaded anymore videos, I was looking forward to them. Did you stop with youtube?

@@paulvickers8015 ah sorry I just noticed you uploaded video, thank you. keep up amazing work Paul. cant wait to see it finished one day :)

It coming, but 3000 Copper plates take time. It is also summer here in Australia so Beers & BBQ & Other half demands take precedence...

​@@paulvickers8015thanks for the videos Paul. I am up to copper plates as well now.

Hmm Still got about t 400 of 3,000 copper plates to add. And its outdoor weather in AUS. so about a month maybe.

As its an Original Jotika / CC kit manuals are english. if you after the manuals they are available for download from Jotika.

yes its shown on plan bottom of plan 1 & page 3

Both sides you need to reduce on bot sides for planking thinckness

Yep

ROFL Its a massive build Job. I'm working on the copper plates ( 3,000) of them.) One side done 92 hours.

I know there are 1/78 but never seen a 1/70

The cc is 1:72 so very close

Where can i get this kit

Great value, its a joy to build

Hi Thomas. I purchased mine about 8 years ago for $1,400 Aus. Its now close to $2000 AU. Its not a cheap kit, but given the suggested 3000+hours to build, its cheap entertainment.

@@paulvickers8015 Thanks for the heads up Paul and the very best of luck with your build, I will definitely be following your every move sir.

Have fun its a great kit

Hi Alberto Th best ref I can recommend to you is the Mckay The 100-Gun Ship Victory (Anatomy of the Ship) book, which is in my library. Whist I cannot comment on their legality there appears to be several references to soft copies on the internet. Which deck are you referring to.

@@paulvickers8015 Tanke you Paul

@@paulvickers8015 Amati scala 1:100

its a lot of fun but BIG!