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    Good day Dear Community! I’m continuing experiments with using" potal"( fake gold) instead of gold paint (maybe this idea will be useful for someone to use "potal " for gilding decor on the model.,and ...and not only decor ... It could be used for guilding model's stands ... some other parts on the model which surfaces need to be looks like " metal" On the first foto you could see difference between gold acrylic paint and "potal leafs" Presently I’ll try to replace paintings of all decorative elements. which were painted by gold paint in the past (the first photo shows the difference between the gold paint and potal leafs) ...and repaint them with "potal"... As You could see, I changed a little color of my sails...made them more dark - on the foto you could see difference in color between mizzen and bonaventure sails and main and fore sails as well Also I repaint anchor's wooden parts partuatly and rearange imitation fasteners which joining two wooden halves- bolts imitation made from acrulic contur paint and I prefabricated " plates " for main tacks and made "boarding" anchor, which later on will be fastened to the bowsprit ... and yes, I decided to replace Stern Shields,and made it in relief but not flat picture (foto print) as before... as example boarding anchor /approx size compare to human body you could see on these pictures ..
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    Good day, Lanyards looks nice! "Mara " serie, I didn't try...but on your foto it looks good,means it must be suitable material for ropes making, as well as gutermann " scala" and " tera"... regarding trying to find suitable color No ... I don't know... I prefer to use white or very light color and than to use paint for making desired rigging color...as seems to me, if not paint...than some kind of stain need to be used and matt varnish... but this of cause very personal feelings about right model appearance :))) # Regarding rope coil making... I used almost same techniques as Gregory, and deluted white clue as well to keep desired coil form...for making process faster, I use hair dryer. The only difference - I make rope coil in two parts,and than assemble them in one piece...You could see it on the last few pages in my thread abt galleon building- link in my sinature... When placing prefabricated coils , I use small q-ty of CA gell, to make some additional" gravity" effect to the rope in coil...
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    Good day, Dear Peta_V, Ah,...now I see,that ropes which You used , it was supplied together with kit...? in such case, looks like/could I guess/ there are sizes of the ropes correct only...according to the model rigging plan, but I think( looking at the foto with supplied ropes) they coudn' t be used on the model straight from the box (on the foto, lay of the ropes looks too loose, and color too shining)I think , this supplied ropes need to be "processed" a little before use. # probably need to be rewinding,to get more tight lay...as example refer to the Gregory 's foto with ropes,which are looks right in appearance and color...may be it will be easy to make new ropes ,correct in size and lay from the begining? than try to correct supplied ropes? recently I ve found good staff , I think it is very convinient to use it :for making ropes any size we need for the small scale model - this is Gutermann products...I bouth a few realy "big" coils of different size...it is serie "scala" threads N # 200;240;360, which is kind of "mono" thread and could be winding in any direction when making your own ropes...I found them in this shop - https://legus39.ru/products.php?category_id=44 than combining already made ropes from this threds and use different thread No ...we can make ropes of different sizes we need... there are also treads serie "tera"...which is also good for making ropes,but they less interesting because they are already made as ordinary thread, and not so easy for making small ropes... # color... personaly I prefer to use white...or bright thread colors and later ,when rope made, to stain or paint them in color I need...actualy we need only two color for rope painting... I use acrylic paint, made mix of bright and dark colors for painting running and stay rigging...but better result could be obtained using artist oil paints deluted in thinner - reffer as example to the works of this high rank modeller Dmitry Shevelev... https://www.shipmodeling.ru/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=65&t=28865&start=330 https://www.shipmodeling.ru/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=65&t=71037 how looks his artystic paints painted ropes there is translated text from D.Sh. advices regarding ropes painting techniques ...Re: How is this done? Dmitry Shevelev »Mon Jan 16, 2017 13:24 Good afternoon, Oleg! I paint white threads with art oil paints. I’m breeding a half-liter jar. I mix a tube of paint with liquid oil. On a standing rigging is the Leningradskaya Umbra. On running to this paint I add ocher. I paint by pulling the thread through a jar or a poured puddle of paint. Then I pull the thread through the glove several times and hang it up to dry. You can use it in a day.... All the best Kirill
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    Good day , Peta, Very good, accurate, precise and " sharp" work You did! Watch it with pleasure...but the "ropes" , you used ... :(...they somehow drops out from the entire style of the model... Agree with Dubz, could it be replaced for (?self made ropes as option?), with more realistic looks? there are a few very simple rope making mashines on the market I saw, but the ropes which You made by yourself will looks much, much better, than just ordinary ,unprocessed threads You used now...
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    yes...need to experiment... need smthng like 10-20 ml volume of such solution- mix powder - water-spirit-very small drop of dishwash detergent(?fairy?or similar brand...i think doesn,t matter which one...some chip brand...) how much need to make powder:) ... not too much...gram/less... it works good , dark powder(black-red-brown mix) on bright surface ...or viseversa greish colors on black ... ...but of couse, concentration better determine by experiments...
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    don't know exactly...:))), asume ,due to there are those of the detergent components ...surfactants...which make this mix of pastels powder and water more stable _ and more "active" on surface?...but not sure... I ,ve found this "receipt" somewhere in internet long time ago...it was from model "washing" tips and tricks...but I use it in wrong way :))) not as "washing", but mostly for " weathering " :))) my paint works...make them less bright and more stained...if I could say that...
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    Hi Marc , there is nothing special I think...just use any dry artistic pastels, must be not oil pastels...made powder from it ,mix with water-alkohol-a very small drop of any dishwash detergent...that all...apply on surface/ area which need to be stained,remove excess of staff with cotton stick or smthng similar( wet brush???)...if applied too much...made correction as desired...after drying , could be fixed with ... acrylic matt varnish ( I use )...actualy, this stuff ,if applied...one time ... than could not be removed easily,even without any fixation liquid... :)))... in the begining,I try to seal it with varnish...but later on ,just use it without any sealing attempts...
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    Hi Marc, Thank You very much for the answer, now is clear...I was afraid abt long drying time of this stain, but looks everything is OK ! I saw fotos of Herbert's models for the Texel Roads diorama( save it as bookmarks/ one of my lovely)-they looks realy cool(specialy weathering wood effect)!!! I use dry pastels,acrylic paints and acrylic stains(maker Plaid/FolkArts) for weathering, they drying in minutes, but never used oil paint as stain medium....and it is just iteresting to see how it works on your model... All The Best! Kirill
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    Hi Marc, You mentioned" Van Dyke Brown oil paint"... didn't know/ never use oil paints for weathering effect/ abt this paint...try to find in internet,what is it... they said, this paint very difficult in drying...like never became dry,even in thinest film...??? How do you manage it?
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    Hi Marc, results of your "paintings jobs"/weathering and distress effects - looks good! very good!... I like it... would be very interesting to look at completed painting/weathering... All The Best! Kirill
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    Good day,B.E. Very nice and clean job You do! watch your model building process with great interest!
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    Good day, Jay, Thank you very much , for your attention and comments, I' m very glad that you found somthing interesting / or useful for your current project in this my galleon build log... *but This Soverign of the Seas, is it clipper, or it is that old famous ship, from 17 century? * information about Red Jacket, I saw your message, where your mentioned book as a source of additional information about RJ, is that you mean? If yes, I saw it... thanks , need to find & buy this book / wnen I be back home in May.
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    Greetings colleague, it turned out great !!! Wonderful detailing! I studied the model foto with great interest ... were any additional information used in the construction besides the instructions from the kit? With respect. Kirill
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    Oh , I see ...Thank you Daniel.
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    Oh! ...interesting!... I would say - it will be Very Interesting!!! Wish You luck! :)))
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    Good day,Daniel, looks nice, sharp-accurate! what subst. do you use for making such nice casting- reproduction? sorry if You already told abt this early... All the Best! Kirill .
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    pictures ... https://www.flickr.com/photos/49225014@N05/albums/72157632135025276
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    Good day all, very interesting discussion! Ropes looks very good! I didn't try Mara,but use Tera same maker... looks they are the same looks in results... By my experience, Gutermann is very nice materialI for rope making... I prefer to use it white...and later,when rope made- to paint it in suitable color... mostly ,for standing riging -I used acrylic umbra + small drop black and dark brown+ acrylic matt varnish... and for running rigging - same mix as for standing,but less portion+more ochre and add matt varnish again... when polimeraised ,this "tar" prevents rope from unraveling... but actualy acrylic paint is not too suitable material for rope painting, due to easy could be fall apart when rope pulled trough the blocks for example...and later on damaged area need to be repainted... Much better result gives artistic oil paint ubra ,and umbra +ochre for running rigging deluted in artistic oil (?danish oil?) or suitable thiner... on this model by Dmitry Shevelev ,all rigging painted in this way(base thread color was white) https://www.shipmodeling.ru/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=65&t=28865&start=330
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    jose_b, thank you very much for you mentioned the Le Saint Philippe of 1693 link ! I missed it/ or didn' t reach it yet in reading posts in this wonderfull Marc building log I have to order this book as well - it is briliant! :)))
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    Thanks, I see... old color I like ...but this...almost pink. :)))...no :))) but understood, it's historic accurate!
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    Why pink? 🤤 new color? .... why new color?😭
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    Hi Marc, by my experience, I could say, Making own rope, undoubtedly will be much less expensive than buying them somewhere... Consumption ,when rigging - quite high due to manipulations with ropes...need always to have them in excess for convinience...and if try to use "shop "made ropes,they became gold :))) - at least for me,when I m making rigging,I have too much threads waisted... one more advantage making own ropes - you will make exactly that size,which you need according to your rigging plan... for making rope you need not expensive and very simple machine...and suitable threads...than some weights approx 1kg max,for heavy ropes...and small portable el.drill...for making process faster....that all... I saw on our shipmodel market( russian) ,some of our colleques offer "High End" rope making machine(I' m planing to buy such in the future) ...they are fantastic in work,and looks nice for example ,like this https://shipworkshop.ru/products/all-products ...but funny things, simple machine ,even made from cartoon without any pinions, works with the same good results as HighEnd rope machine! :))) I have this ,3d printed unexpensive brand https://modelshipyard.ru/product/trosomot-trehprjadnyj-pr-va-rossija/ I guess, Guttermann line is polyester, with no fluff at all...at least this brand, "tera" ... they have wide range of threads , but this "tera" serie, is what we need for model rigging purposes...other type of their product could be with fluff - which is not suitable,at least for me...
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    :))) ...small X-Mess surprise... :))) Daniel, This is Big X mass surprise! Thank You very much! :)))
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    Dear Marc, Thank your very much for your attention and warm comments I'm very glad that You found interesting my "spanish galleon" experiments:))) ... of cause, when asked,I will be glad to share all my knowledge /methоds in rope imitation and sails making... by the way, as I consider rigging questions quite important,I will take the opportunity to say a few words...abt material for model rigging... next my model I' m seriously planing to equipt with self made ropes(by using rope making mashine) complitely, all rigging, but not like on this model,where self made ropes were used mostly for stays, and for some ,a few only,running rigging ropes... , on this model for running rigging ,in common,I used ordinary sewing threads as they were arrived from the shop,but only painted them by acrylic paint... and on macro foto you could see that most of the ropes have very " loose" structure,which I don't like... but ok, it will be corrected on the next model... the best staff for making ropes,by my opinion, it is threads "gutermann", type"tera"... before I ve found this threads , I' ve spent /waisted a lot of time,money and material in experiments which threads are the best... #need to be easy to paint, and and must be complitely without fluff!!!# when found them, I ve bouth all available sizes in one time , ordered them like a kind of "set" ,which lately could be used for own ropes making... my compilied set ,looks like this( one of the shop from many...) details/text and prices in russian... but I believe,if contact ( website adress in lower left corner of the foto)with supplier ,they could arrange all ness-ry info in english as well... if not this shop,than knowing id No of this threads and maker, same could be bouth in other places... All The Best! Kirill
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    Dear Adrie, I watch your building with great interest !!! I like this type of ships ...presently I'm busy with almost similiar " galleon" project as well...it is plastic kit ,and spanish galleon ... but nevertheless always with big interest followed by any buildings of galleons ... for inspiration, here I collected many pictures with galleons in a good resolution, a very good help when you need to find some historically accurate details for your own model ... https://www.segelschiffsmodellbau.com/t5753f763-galleons-pictures-spanish-dutch-english-begining-of-century-famous-dutch-artists.html Wish you all the best! Merry Christmas and new year !!! Kirill

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