Jump to content

72Nova

Members
  • Posts

    504
  • Joined

  • Last visited

1 Follower

About 72Nova

  • Birthday 02/26/1959

Profile Information

  • Location
    San Marcos Ca
  • Interests
    Model ship and auto building, restoring my muscle car.

Recent Profile Visitors

1,367 profile views
  1. Lovely work Jan, and the sunlight really bring the colors and wood tones to life. Michael D.
  2. Thank you Jan, your compliment is much appreciated, I'm following your amazing SOS card build as well..stunning. John I really appreciate your gracious compliment, you have quite an array of completed builds, are any of them posted on the site?. Michael thank you for the kudos, that's very thoughtful of you, I do keep an eye out on your builds and see improvements with each one, keep up the good work. Michael D.
  3. No worries, Marc we all have more important things to do in life. Thanks for the compliment, it's been a while since I had to paint details with crisp lines etc. Michael D.
  4. Hi Maurice, This build is just fantastic on all levels, I've always admired all your builds and they just get better and better, Cheers🥂 Michael D.
  5. The gun ports I opened up are trimmed out and painted along with the lower hull. once I complete the starboard side and the hull is glued together I'll finish modifying the stern/rudder post, rudder, pintles and gudgeons. Thanks for looking. Michael D.
  6. Those colors really pop Ian, nicely done. With it sitting on your table saw, it really put's into perspective of big she is, fantastic job👍 Michael D.
  7. Somewhat of a crowning moment, besides some minimal fine tuning, the gilding on the port side is more or less complete along with making the as cast lanterns look as good as possible, they'll suffice. Michael D.
  8. I competed the bow decorations, also I removed the existing center carving in the trailboard and replaced it with a grid design based on Payne. I scribed in the scarf joints on the stem/keel as well. Michael D.
  9. Thank you Ian, yes I'll be adding decorations at the bow also along with the side lantern area and above the gun ports, the only medium I've been using is Sulpey and I find the castings are too proud for these smaller areas so I just freehand them in with paint. Michael D.
  10. Thank you, Ian, means a lot coming from someone with a decerning eye. Knee deep into gilding the port side hull and adding decorations, I always apply a gold base before applying the leaf as any voids are not seen, honestly the gold leaf paint looks pretty good but doesn't quite have the luster I'm after with the leaf. The desert yellow on the hull is just base for the whitewash I'll be applying. Thanks for looking. Michael D.
  11. Making a little more progress on the port side hull, finished up the gallery window panes and made new timberheads, these little guys measure less then 2mm, while not 100% uniform they won't be too noticeable once all the rigging is in place, also started painting the bulwarks , I used Tuscan red. Michael D.
  12. Bill, I used a contour gauge, I think the one I had was 10" so I had to do it in a few sections, first attempt gets you real close then you fine tune the next template to where you want it then transfer to the Styrofoam. I'm not sure how far up from keel but that doesn't really matter, I used 1" foam basically to carry the weight of the model without flexing. I'd get the contour of the hull right at the bottom of lower wale at midships, mine sits up a little high so that would look about right. Hope that helps Bill. Michael D.
  13. Hey Bill, I too decided to set mine in a waterline after completion, unfortunately all my in-progress pics got lost through Photobucket but I traced the hull profiles in cardboard then transferred to 1" Styrofoam and set into the new base, fairly simple task. A couple of photos (if you don't mind) to show the result, somewhat generic for my only attempt. Michael D.
  14. I still had quite a bit of work left to do on the hull prior to gluing up so that's been my focus, I'm opening up some of gun ports and thickening the hull in those areas, also finished up putting in the last gunport beneath the gallery. I finished the added decorations, I used artists acrylic and hand painted them in, this left a raised surface to make it easier to gold leaf, I know they are just kind of random in their looks with no rhyme or reason but at this scale I think it looks okay, still need to work the leaf more and some touch up along with installing the window panes. Thank for looking. Michael D.
  15. I applaud your proficiency on this build, it's barely been a month since you started, just fantastic!! Michael D.
×
×
  • Create New...