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RGL
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So some glueing today. The masts are like spaghetti, soft plastic with strange angles on them. they’ll need some weathering then stays and rigging, then I can put the funnels on and their rigging, and it will come together quickly.
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Thanks all. so nearly there. 2 days work to make up the masts. The horrible thing about plastic masts is how they will hold up under the tension of riggings! A bit of brass to replace. No stays referenced in any of the plans but the photos have them. Non tall ship modellers miss this stuff all the time. so ladders and the seaplane plus the stanchions to go. Once painted, I can start rigging then throw it all together
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Lots of small things finally getting painted, the 20mm the quad Vickers the Octuplet Pom Pom the balsa raft the 36” spotlight
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Aaaaand done, I used a few washes to bring out the highlights, then a dry brush to white to hit the night points on the rivets etc. Then some streaking grime, then some dark brown to represent chipped rust points, then some streaked rust from those points. i know someone is going to say “they would never let it get that bad” but I don’t know boats.
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The main 8” guns painted, primer, dark grey, light grey then a medium grey overspray. A blue filter was then added over the top. Washes and weathering next.
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Ok, I found it on the internets; where pray tell my learned friends, did you find it? looking for sources here....
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The Micromaster bits, the depth charge rack, and flota nets and the 36 inch search lights
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So a full day of masking, and the superstructures painted. Filters washes and weathering to go.
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I’m far too disorganised to make a ‘how to’ build. I need to start writing lists to make sure I don’t forget bits. The Pontos set looks so good for this but it would be too big to park anywhere.
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thanks all but Unfortunately if it’s not weathered now it’s bland! moving along, the upper works, unpainted, primer; you can see my scratch built splinter mattresses with the details scratched in, came up OK so far, the first deck painted an old rust colour, I’ll give it some chipping fluid after I do a clear coat. These would have been busy areas with lots of foot traffic
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