Serikoff Ship Models

Catter Alert (1777) - HMS Victory (1805)

At the shipyard

My name is Sergey, but in the shipbuilding world I’m known as serikoff.

From 2009 to 2013 I built HMS Victory... and after a ten year break, in 2023 I returned to construction, but in 2025 I put work on pause again, as I took up another very large project.

So, I am building two hulls Catter Alert in parallel. The 1st hull is PoF from the kit (but with significant modifications), and the 2nd hull — full planking and full rigging.

Materials to be used in construction. Wood: Pear (6 different shades), black and blue Hornbeam, yellow Boxwood. Metal: copper, brass, steel, tin + copper plating and blackening. Rigging: threads Amann + tinted. Sail: percale + bitumen. Model coating: Tung and Danish oil + bitumen (antique effect).

10.03.2025 "Alert" project start

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Overview of Buildings
Alert 1777 > > >

This is a menu build log of the wooden model of the Naval Cutter Alert 1777 - 1:48
 
A copy of this review is available on several forums, such as:
 
 
The version on this website below is a structured overview, not always organized by date, but rather following a logical path. The processes are organized into chapters that are uncluttered and follow a consistent, orderly flow. 
 
 

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My story of how it all began and how I collected and calibrated the anatomy drawings to the dimensions of the model from the kit.

 

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A manual with diagrams and drawings of all rigging, and the diameters of all ropes.

 

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A detailed review of the kit, highlighting the differences between the regular kit and the one from AliExpress.

 

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1st Hull

A detailed overview of the making process of the 1st hull parts (PoF) skeleton.

 

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2nd Hull

Creating a 2nd ship hull based on 3D scans of the 1st. Railing-sill, Wales, Hull Planking.

 

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1st | 2nd Hulls   

Assembly of the upper deck from beams, carlings and ledges (1st); and deck planking, waterway and mast stops (2nd).

 

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1st | 2nd Hulls  

3D modeling and making of Gratings and Hatchways for two hulls in parallel.

 

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2nd Hull | (1st)

 1) Lower Deck (cabins), 2) Lower Deck Gratings and Hatches, 3) Nailing Calculations, 4) Bowsprit and Mast, 5) Upper Deck Main Grating (refit). 

 

6) Rudder, 7) Bowsprit Pins (for both hulls - FBH), 8) Bitt Pins (FBH), 9) Flue (FBH), 10) Platform Deck, 11) Shaped Rails.

 

  

 12) Fitting gratings and hatches to the deck, 13) Bitumen coating of the lower deck, 14) test Interior Lighting., 15) Deck Nailing (plugs), 16) Waterways 17) Scuppers.

Manipulations that were carried out with the second hull on its decks.

 

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 1st Hull

Making: Gun Ports, Wale, Planking Clinker Carvel, Nailing, Bolting, Scuppers. | Making: Lower deck Grating frames, deck Knees, Sill rails, Waterways, Nails and Scuppers, Ladders.

 

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1st | 2nd Hulls  

Development of a copper coating machine for plastic parts. Copper plating and blackening tests. 3D modeling and SLA printing..

 

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 1st | 2nd Hulls  

 1) COPPER PLATING. Galvanizing. 2) Rudder. (First hull). 3) Rudder Hinges. 4) BLACKENING. 5) Bolts Imitation. 6) Horseshoe and Fish plates.

 

 7) Gratings and Hatchways (2nd hull). 8) Pumps. 9) Flue (2nd hull). 10) Windlass rigging bits

 

 11) Anchor Windlass. 12) Lower Decks

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HMS Victory > > > build log


This is a menu build log of the wooden model of the HMS Victory 1805 - 1:79
 
A copy of this review is the Ship of Scale on these forums.
 
 
The version on this website below is a structured overview, not always organized by date, but rather following a logical path. The processes are organized into chapters that are uncluttered and follow a consistent, orderly flow.
 

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Work on the Hull and Planking was carried out from 2009 to 2013, and then there was a 10-year pause in construction.

 

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Planking of all decks. Painting the hull. Making of gratings, rails, the rudder, and a protective display case..

 

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Making of the model's Head and Stern components. Display stand.

 

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