Ronald-V

👌You are well on your way to a perfect looking hull!

Very nice! Well done and congratulations on finishing

That looks fantastic 👍 

That's a lovely "see through" Edwardkenway! Looks very realistic  

53 minutes ago, Liebre said:

Hello Ronald,
Great result with planking, great job
The blue color is very well chosen

I have sent you a PM
Regards
Henk

Dankjewel Henk! (thank you Henk!)

10 hours ago, Chuck said:

Another new item will soon be in stock.  I had run out of my old swivel guns.  Those were cast in the traditional way and not 3D printed.  They has casting marks etc.  So now that I ran out of them I figured I would do a redesign.  Here are photos of the new 3D printed swivel guns.   Two pieces.   The yoke is flexible-ish.  This enables some manipulation to just slide the yoke into position from the bottom of the barrel and into the the holes.  Once you get one done the others will be easy.

 

I am pretty thrilled with these results because as some of you may be aware, black 3d printing resin is somewhat less than desirable.  The results often look too much like plastic or are too shiny and doesnt really show details well.  So I have conducted many tests yet again on my resin of choice.  The black finish is not to stark a black or but nice and warm and on the touch of a dark warm gray.  Very dark.  The material is also matte or barely satin.  So its a win-win.  I tried very hard to make these look like blackened brass or brushed metal which I think I achieved pretty darn close actually.  This batch is 13/16" long not including the handle.  (What is used for the Winnie).

 

Use these straight out of the bag. 

 

I should have some more sizes and these will be fully stocked in a few days.

 

 

 

Those look amazing! 

I didn't know you could post videos here too? Here's a little reel I posted on Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DLXAOkSTzxy/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

Thank for your kind words Mark 🙏

1 hour ago, glbarlow said:

Very nice work, great looking model!

 

 

Thanks Glenn!

3 hours ago, brunnels said:

Fantastic job, what blue are you using?  I really like the shade of it. 

Tamiya Medium blue XF-18, it paints a bit weird, you need to get used to it. But the color is really nice matt and has a nice old feel to it  

I saw it with "BeefWellington" his HMS Jason build...really a nice build of him with great colors  worth to take a look at his log...he needs get back to it though 😁

Thank you Thukydides! 👍

4 minutes ago, Blue Ensign said:

The hull looks wonderful Ronald, beautiful work. The lower hull planking is very impressive.

 

B.E.

Thanks B.E.!

Update:

Finally all rails attached and also the top of the hull given a few layers of WOP. Now that the top and bottom are finally in the oil it looks like a nice whole.

Long awaited to put the top in the oil, so happy to reached this stage. Also filled all the holes that were in the rails, so that it looks nice and uniform.

Next job seems to be the rudder  

I replaced the Chess tree patterns with my own, probably sanded the originals down a bit too much when removing the char. This made them a bit too narrow

This is how the Sphinx looks now:

That looks beautiful so far!

Really nice work so far! 🙏

Not sure why they don't use pre-lasered ply gunport patterns?

Nice first layer

Welcome! You've build already some nice looking models! 👌

Looking good! Nothing what a good sand can't fix  

Not sitting still...good progress! Sorry to hear about the gunports, but you seem to have found a good solution 👍

With some WOP it would get darker and your Winnie is of a lighter color. I think that would be a nice combination. Did you already test fit how it looks? 

What a nice result! Congratulations! 👌

More then double the amount of tons is insane! (the ships I mean   )

She is a bulky lady!

Very nice looking model! Well done...and I like the photo where they stand together 👌

Very nice painting!