The Evolution of the Model From Kit to Almost Scratchbuilt When the all clear is given, normal ship’s routine can begin.
It is common practice in the Royal Navy, at dawn, in harbour, under bare poles, when very vulnerable to enemy attack, that all hands be at their battle stations Meanwhile the officer astride the bowsprit at the cap, with telescope in hand is surveying the horizon for enemy ships. On the poop deck the Red Ensign is soon to be raised. Having seen, as the saying goes in the Royal Navy, “a grey goose at a mile”, the marine has just finished his constant drumming and the cannon is being fired. It is dawn and the Drumming of Daybreak ceremony is underway. Victory is undergoing a refit in preparation for her rendez-vous with history on October 5th that same year. September 1805, Portsmouth Harbour, H.M.S. Reid's model as it, as you will see, speaks for itself. The following model diorama of the HMS Victory is certainly a work ofĬraftsmanship to say the least.