Very interesting story and great research, Jules.
That said, to me a Victory feels and plays nothing like a P Bass. If that is what they attempted, they failed big time. The Victory feels less agile and aircraft carrier deck neck and body are altogether more massive. Plus the weight. The all maple construction always gives it a touch of Ric to me though the Ric is again the more agile and less massive instrument. Whenever I play a Victory, I feel a baseball stadium and a modest backline of, say, 8 Marhall bass stacks, would be just the right "environment" for it.