king derelict
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Thank you OC. It’s a relaxing little project. There are some weird and wonderful things on Etsy alan
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Thanks Ron. A fun little figure alan
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Hi Andrew. Flyhawk really pack in the details. Sprue after sprue of tiny pelorus, lockers, binoculars, and they even manage to detail hinges on the front of the lockers. It’s crazy but does make the finished model look really busy. My limited experience of ships is real estate is really at a premium and there is equipment installed in every available space. Alan
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Really beautiful Rob. Congratulations. The color scheme really pops. Alan
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The last week or so has seen progress slowly as details get added and PE gets folded. The ship now looks busy; I still have a pile of sprues but according to the instructions and space on the decks I think we are almost complete. I've done some basic shading and weathering before the railings go one and make a lot of the ship inaccessible. I used my homemade wash of black oil paint heavily diluted with thinner. Its very tolerant and seems happy over acrylic paint. I try to be restrained with weathering on 1/700 models; its easy to overdo it. The hull will get some rust streaks when the railings are finished. I have elected to use the kit plastic boat davits, they are actually finer than the PE and are 3 dimensional. Likewise the masts will be the plastic kit parts (as long as I don't break them by clumsiness). They are very finely moulded and I think I would fail to make brass ones as delicate. So still to go. Railings Anchor chains Paint the identification markings on the B turret. Hoists on the aft deck Try and improve the Sea Fox Thanks for looking in and the likes and comments Alan
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I've been adding a bit of colour here and there as a relief from being tweezer deep in the tiny world of HMS Galatea. Suddenly it looks like I have Kiki mostly complete. Its been an interesting exercise because she doesn't really have the human face I am used to with the white metal figures. She is based on an anime (if I have that right) so my painting methods have gone out of the window a bit. I need to tidy up the lips to get them even and a touch around the eyes. Maybe some satin gloss on the hair but otherwise I think I'll call it done. The cats eyes I am quite happy with given they are a cartoon style. The figure comes with a background building section to mount the figure on. I decided to paint the building in very subdued colours to allow the colour of the figure to contrast. I'm not sure whether that's a good idea but we will find out shortly. A nice print. The damaged plaster revealing the bricks underneath is very well done. Thanks for looking in and the likes Alan
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It does do that. One of my early efforts resulted in half the poured resin leaking out onto the top of the clothes dryer.
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The Flyhawk kits have an eye watering level of detail. I’ve just finished adding what seems an inordinate number of tiny lockers to the decks of HMS Galatea and it’s hard on the eyes. They do make fine models in the end. I haven’t worked up the courage to take on HMS Hood yet but you are making a great job of yours alan
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The body paint and finish is spectacularly good. Superb work. The fluorescent red really pops. alan
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The 3D printing is excellent and the painting is superb. Congratulations alan
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So deep in the madness of tiny bits of PE. Ladders added and (for me anyway) the pipes and details on the forward face of the funnel. Trying to hang the pipes over the walkway resulted in the whole assembly falling apart a couple of times. A major relief to have that out of the way. I decided to add the rest of the structures, I don't see any advantage to leaving them off now and its easier to press them down onto the deck without the tiny details and railings in place. This turned out to be a lucky decision because I hit a snag with the two aft pieces. THey don't fit together. The decked piece on the right is supposed to fit behind teh piece on the left but there is insufficient space. There is nothing addressing this in the instructions but I think I am going to have to cut the grey steel deck piece out of the aft structure even though it has some detail in it. That is a resin part so presumably is a departure from the base kit but the need to modify it was missed out of the instructions. I'm glad I found that out now. There are still a lot of bits in the box but its feeling like progress now. Thanks for looking in and for the likes and comments Alan
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Thank you Mike. Its a challenge but each bit you add makes it look so much better. Alan
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Thank you very much OC. Its the tiny details that really make these Flyhawk kits so challenging and fun. Alan
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I added the forward superstructure to the hull. It all fitted well. Then it was time to add the tiny details that Flyhawk provides. The bridge has fifteen pieces, six pelorus, six searchlights, a binnacle, radar. And then there is the PE. This is one of the (ten) vertical struts that are assembled into the bridge venturi below the screen. And I did lose one. The PE is thin and a folding tool really helps. I did find two faults as I progressed into the PE details. The catapult is lovely, made up of four pieces of PE and a resin detail. However the end pieces do not fit into the centre section as shown in the instructions. The sections are rectangular rather than square so the end pieces can only fit one way and that is 90 degrees out with the centre piece which has a pin that will fit into the deck. I have really looked at the pieces and they appear to have been folded correctly. The PE is prescored for the folds so you can tell if it is folding in the correct place. Also the problem exists on both sides. So the pin has been cut off and the catapult will be installed on its side. So sue me. The plastic sections that make up the structure of the crane appear to be injected short and I had to add a piece of thin plastic (the discarded plastic gun barrels) to the sides to allow the PE boom to be fitted. The crane hook is miniscule and luckily they give you two because the first one evaporated. I'm getting back to understanding the Flyhawk approach. There are lots of fiddly small parts and the PE is fragile but its so enjoyable to see the details grow. Thanks for looking in and all the likes and comments Alan
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Thanks Ken I seem to be spending a lot of time on hands and knees under the bench with a bright flashlight looking for tiny parts.. I've lost a couple but so far thjere have been spares. Alan
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This one seems to be a fight all the way but you are producing a great model in spite of it. Your log is giving a lot of helpful information too. Many thanks alan
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Lovely paint scheme Andy. Very neat work alan
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That’s terrific work Mike. I’d be scared to get rough with the model having done so much. It came out really well and displaying the gun in maintenance is going to look spectacular. Alan
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Great work Mark. I don’t think I would have the mental fortitude to do what you are doing. I hope there will be a bottle of choice alcohol under the tree. alan
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Wow. And I thought PE ladders were painful. Great work alan
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Thank you very much OC. I spent the afternoon adding insanely small parts to the bridge. Searchlights, binnacle, binoculars and peloruses (pelori ?). Beautifully made with no flash but so tiny. A few pinged off the tweezers but I found them all. alan
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Thanks Mike I'm using Life Color acrylic paint this build. It seems to dilute well with Tamiya thinner. Alan
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Thanks Mike. I’m glad I made the effort with the brass barrels. They do look nice even though I’m amazed at what Flyhawk can do with the plastic parts. I’m starting to get into the swing of the build now Alan
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Absolutely wonderful work Rob. The desert weathering is so realistic, the sand scape is terrific and there is so much packed into a small space. Lots of great details. This is one to remember Alan
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This was one of a few resin figures bought off Etsy. The site seems full of wild and wonderful creations 3D printed in resin. I thought they might be a bit of light hearted relaxation when the fine detail on Galatea becomes a bit too intense. Annoyingly I thought I had taken photos of the parts that make up the figure but according to the memory card I didn't so my apologies. The figure is Kiki who I believe is a (possibly Japanese) animation character. I liked the rather nice pose and at 75 mm its a bit bigger than the usual subjects. Being based on an animated figure it presents some food for thought regarding the painting. The face has the exaggerated features and the cat is somewhat of a character rather than a real cat so I need to think how to deal with the eyes on both figures. Anyway its a bit of fun and will probably be a Christmas present so please don't take it too seriously. I primered the figure and added the white directional shading. Now I'm blocking in the basic layers of colour Thanks for looking in. I'm not sure where this will end up. Alan
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