RGL
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I use a rattle can for primer on metal as it sticks really well. I used to do it all by can and brush now it’s mainly airbrush as it is such a scalpel. You can do so much with it and only uses a tiny amount of paint. I would only paint a really big piece of metal on the fret if it didn’t need to be bent. My dreadnought was all rattle can. -
The main mast. I’ve bent all the railings and ladders, I’ve a couple of little bits to do then I can move to painting again. These are very heavily rigged so I need to figure out a lot of belaying points.
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Aftermarket Pat. The grey bit is kit but the rest is Infini models. If you, per chance, look at the photos of the PE sheets then the instructions you can pretty easily figure out what you could scratch build quite easily for a man of your talents.
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The kit comes with its own PE, the dimples are for those. The Infini also has the handrails. There is a real art is putting them on and then adding a drop of glue. I usually put them in a stick with blue tack on them then put them on a stick and let it sit horizontally. The other option is to put evenly spaced rings and place wire through it. The crows nest is quite hard but also somewhat inaccurate. This photo is only accurate as to how it’s supposed to actually look (the crows nest itself).
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You’ve inspired me, I was in a hobby shop the other day and bought the old Tamiya kit of the Fletcher
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There you go, a nice clean deck! Note, do not add the 10 fairleads until after the deck is laid as you’ll have the same pain I just did. I’ll have the trim the edges so the stanchions can go in.
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Just to annoy, but, North Star make some very small chain links you can make very realistic chain from. But it hurts. A lot. And takes forever.
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I only use acrylics for the main paintwork. Chipping fluid from AK has some Utube videos on how to use. The washes and weathering is all enamels. The scale is so small you have to use an airbrush to avoid losing details.
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I really lost the detail of the side armour panels. So I scribed them again and gave them a dark grey enamel wash to bring out the detail.
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But wait! There’s more! The large grey bootstrap. The waterline is midway but apparently they rubbed off really easily due to the lack of enamel during the war. So, a quick mask, some chipping fluid, some grey, rub it off a bit. I’m really happy with where I’m at with this. I can now airbrush a waterline with green grunge and white for salt. I’m interstate for a week so nothing will get done. Then my plan is to put the deck on perhaps then do weathering.
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Doing the wetting for the worn effects, three layers of paint over the top is too much. Still comes up ok.
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Hull colour. First, 2 layers of chipping fluid. Next a blue grey undercoat next a lighter grey highlighter for the panel lines finally light grey overspray. Ill give a a couple of hours then do some chipping
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I’m still very tempted to do one. I have the AOTS book, so lots of references.
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