jwvolz
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I had some vacation time last week, so I got a fair amount done on the Granado. First, in preparation for installation of the forecastle deck I made up the cannon carriages and built up the two bow chasers completely. The ply edges of the carriages were painted with Model Masters "Skin Tone Shadow Tint", which was a near perfect match. I also made a groove in the carriages to depict their two-part nature. You can't see it well in the photos, but I made handles for the quoins from some very small brass belaying pins which I blackened. I ended up painting the cannons themselves black and satin coating them, and feel they look better that way then my spotty blackening efforts. Rigging was fiddly as usual, but not too bad overall and there are only eight more to do after this ! I did have a minor screw-up here, in that I routed the breeching ropes over the cascable on one cannon, and under on the other. No biggie, since it will be very tough to see under there, but I'll need to pay better attention going forward!. I'll have some pictures of the work on the capping rails in a few days.
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Great idea Mike!
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I read it a few years ago. I really enjoyed it as well.
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Jason, What ship is that?
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The quarterdeck bulkhead screens were permanently installed, and the trim work, hinges etc... completed. Quarterdeck planking and treenailing was done in the same fashion as the main deck. I also made the grating up as well. On to the guns now so I can get the forecastle installed. One issue though; Caldercraft has shorted me one cannon. I have sent them THREE e-mails, which I know they received, because I got read receipts, but they have acknowledged nothing. I'm starting to get a little peeved, and wonder if anyone else has had to deal with their customer service. Expo would have fixed this weeks ago...
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Thanks fellas. Eamonn: I find the airbrush really useful for something like the heavy coverage of white on the bottom. White is a tough color to get to cover and doing that with a brush it can end up being very uneven. That being said, it wouldn't be my highest priority purchase, as I use it much more for plastic aircraft builds than on wooden ships.
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Nice start. Good luck with your build.
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I have gotten a lot done since the last update... The topside planking is now complete and the treenails are finished as well. I also have completed the stern fascia and counter, including scribing the vents. Finally the waterline was marked and the bottom airbrushed, starting with a gray primer, followed by white and then finally Polly Scale Aged White, which has a nice "tallow look" to it. Now on to the quarterdeck.
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Terrific work Ian. She looks great!
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Thanks Mike and all the "likes". Yes, it was a good (patient) decision on my part, and I'm glad I waited.
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Well between vacation and a busy work schedule it has been a few weeks since I posted. In the meantime I managed to complete the outer hull planking below the wale. Using the Hobby Mill boxwood was such a pleasure. No walnut splintering, cracking and poor surface, and no size inconsistencies. I will NEVER use kit outer walnut planking again. Now its on to the topsides above the wale (which needs to be repainted due to some a few glue drips during planking...). Then I'll need to stock up on some spare #76 drill bits to get the treenails done on the outer hull. And yes, I'm going to cheat and not treenail below the waterline where you'll never even know if it's there or not!
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That planking looks quite good for a first effort Jon. Nice job.
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Great start, and nice advice on the mounting method Chuck.
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I'll be following along Steve, since this one is in my future build plans. Good luck with the build!
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Thanks Eamonn, much appreciated. Glad to have you on board! It's a great kit, other than the outer hull planking walnut. I highly recommend it.
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Very nice clean work Steve.
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Mike, I haven't used my HobbyMill walnut yet, so I can't speak to all of Alistair's concerns, but there is definitely the grain and incision issue. Like I mentioned in my log It's only going to be used for the garboard since it was part of my plan to use kit walnut below the wales and I just needed some wider stock. If you'd like to PM me your address I can send you a little piece to see what we are talking about.
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Looking great Ian!
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Thanks Wayne. I've stolen an idea or two from you, so I'll do my best to reciprocate! Alistair, yes, Polly Scale is no more.Their railroad line had some great colors in it. I'm going to have to come up with a plan for a new acrylic paint. I've never been a big fan of the Model Masters line. Vallejo is one I've tried a bit, and so far pretty good.
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As I mentioned in the post above I completed the wales over the weekend. Three planks wide, by two layers (1x4mm) per the instructions, using boxwood. They were then painted with about (I lost track...) 10-11 coats of Polly Scale acrylic Engine Black, each coat highly thinned with my "home brew" thinner, which consists of 70 percent water, 30 percent isopropyl alcohol and a few drops of Liquitex flow-aid. Light sanding between coats with 400, then 600 grit, with the final coat being finished with a Squadron tri-grit fine sanding stick, to give it a very fine sheen. It's hard to pick up the finish well using my phone camera.
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Thanks Mike, I'm thrilled with the wood. I did the wale over the weekend (photos tonight) and it was such a joy to work with. I had ordered the walnut originally when I planned to plank below the wales with the kit walnut and just use the boxwood above the wale. Those strips are 7mm vs. the kit 4mm and the plan was to use them for the garboard and first broad strakes. Even though I am now doing everything in boxwood (planking wise), I'm still going to use those wider strips as all of that below the waterline gets painted anyway. Jeff's walnut is beautiful, nothing like the kit planking. I do have to say that the remaining kit strip wood is OK. I don't know what they used for the 1x4mm planking strips, but it's bad.
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Good luck with the build Chuck. I'll be following closely, as she's on my "to build" list. Someday...
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Mike, I made my own pedestals and the stern was definitely lower than the bow one. Can't remotely recall by how much.
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