HMS Victory by Y.T. - Mamoli - 1:90 scale

[pirozzi]

1 hour ago, Y.T. said:

Hi Vince, did you do bottom hull copper plating imitation per Mamoli: green wood plates painted copper paint?

Hi Y. T.,

Yes,  I glued hundreds of those little green wood plates on the hull and then painted them with a copper paint. Before it dried I used a paint thinner wash to bring out the green color to give it a weathered look.  It came out nice. 

[Y.T.]

Thanks for quick answer, Vince! I plan doing same.  I got pretty nice copper paint and tried it on a piece of wood with some Mamoli green plates per their instructions. Look:

 

 

[Y.T.]

Of course  I overdid with separation lines but in general I am sure It will look pretty nice. P.S. Look at imitation of green verdigris.

Edited November 24, 2018 by Y.T.

[Y.T.]

Yes. I will also make sure no wood grain is showing through the copper paint.

[pirozzi]

12 minutes ago, Y.T. said:

Yes. I will also make sure no wood grain is showing through the copper paint.

That will come out nice.

 

[Wallace]

Very nice build. I am going to pull up a rope coil and pipe and follow along on this one. 

[Y.T.]

A few days ago I fixed some rigging blocks from this kit. Now I will use them when time comes:

 

 

Edited November 26, 2018 by Y.T.

[Y.T.]

prow

 

[Wallace]

Very nicely done!

[Y.T.]

1 hour ago, Wallace said:

Very nicely done! 

Thanks Wallace.

Here is a final placing of a steering wheel. I added rudder driving ropes. Next step covering all with a deck on the top. I believe it is called a quarter deck?

[Y.T.]

Detail

 

[Wallace]

Those are very useful images (and a very well executed finish by the way). I will be referring to these when my time comes to finish off my stern. 

[vossiewulf]

Very nice job on the stern planking.

[Y.T.]

Progress is slow. Mostly because I am not too happy with results. I felt separation between planks should be more noticeable. I did chambered plank edges. May be I should have applied a "dark caulking" technique with blackening the plank edges as we normally do on the deck planking. At the end you are the judge.

[Wallace]

I think the profile of those planks is good sir but, as you so rightly noted we are our own worst critics. You have done a very good planking job and it was worth the effort you put into it. There is always room for improvement in anything we do but there is also a point when we should just sit back and say "yep, I am satisfied with that." It brings peace. 

[Y.T.]

Actually planking starts to look not so bad:

 

[Wallace]

"Not so bad" is an understatement Y.T., I think it looks very professional. I like the way you have planked the cutwater. This is something I wanted to do and because yours turned out so well I will have a good "template" to follow. 

Edited February 10 by Wallace

[Katsumoto]

Like Wallace Said, your build is very very neat, clean and done with dedication. I like the way you work a lot!

 

regards,

peter

[Y.T.]

Thank you!