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  1. Waitoa
    Hi, Making slow progress and started to rig the guns that will be visible. Trying to live a more minimalist lifestyle and that doesn’t really work when you like making models and have a number of half finished projects lying about. Also found when I started this hobby I went for the cheaper end and smaller end of the kit set market. In hindsight with a limited skillset and thick fingers think it will be worth paying a bit more and going up in scale. Waitoa
  2. Waitoa
    Ekis, I need your inspirational build to motivate me in progressing mine so hope it’s not too long before any updates
  3. Waitoa
    Hi the Del Prato kit isn’t but you can get similar kits from Aedes Ars which can provide the base material and similar buildings
  4. Waitoa
    Hi, I think there were 100 issues, the one I got was second hand and about 60% complete
  5. Waitoa
    Small update added in some scratch built pumps and stove. Lucky Jack Aubrey is on hand for the installation of the guns.
  6. Waitoa
    Good to see your progress
  7. Waitoa
    Your tower looks amazing, having a bit of break from the village at the moment as under Admiral’s orders o do some landscaping. Managing to sneakily do some more on the HMS Surprise when she is not looking
  8. Waitoa
    Look amazing, you have done a great job
  9. Waitoa
    Just doing small bits here and there, have a Surprise kit that has been gathering dust so trying to slowly progress that forward as well
  10. Waitoa
    Small Birthday present a Metclafe model gatehouse made from card. While the stone work is wrong for the rest of The village gave me a number of ideas for the one I need to construct. Other than that the rest of the village is on hold until I finish the landscaping project I promised the Admiral.
  11. Waitoa
    Small update, created windows with string and Glue and Glaze, ok result but once I get the side windows done will allow me to move forward with the pieces I am more comfortable doing. Will be good to get this finished as it has been a bit of an Albatross round my neck.
  12. Waitoa
    Impressive build
  13. Waitoa
    3 years later.... got stuck on the rear windows but having experimented with building a Medieval fortress I became more confident with card and found a wonderful product called glue n glaze so will try to focus on finishing the windows and the Surprise.
  14. Waitoa
    Thanks for the kind words have a 3/4s built HMS Surprise I may finish off as got stuck on how to complete the windows. These kits are quite addictive so don’t be too surprised if I dabble here and there over the next few months. Waitoa
  15. Waitoa
    Hi, Struggling to find time at present but have managed to finish the next house. May take a break from the village for a bit as my stash of part completed models needs a bit of a sort out.
  16. Waitoa
    Thanks Ekis with sharing this and inspiring a novice builder to give like me to give a different type of modelling a try. I am sure that this will not be the end given how addictive this is. Waitoa
  17. Waitoa
    Thanks, think the material mesh I am using is tulle, looking forward to seeing how it comes out as my first two went a bit cloudy but that may be as I did some sanding while it was setting
  18. Waitoa
    Hard to see from these emails but think I have solved my glazing issue. Sure other people knew about this Glue n glaze product but has been a real revelation. I paint a piece of netting and the wipe a layer of glue across this. initially it is a while colour but as drys it becomes translucent. One happy bunny.
  19. Waitoa
    Although already said before but this is museum quality looking forward to the port area as your posts inspire me to keep slogging away with my build
  20. Waitoa
    Thanks Popeye very slow going but learning a number of new tricks along the way
  21. Waitoa
    I thought I was doing well on keeping current with the Marvel universe and got some street cred as I went to Uni with one of the Directors but getting totalLy lost with this stuff and now have a budding miniature painter who is using all my gear and speaks in a language which is totally foreign to me,
  22. Waitoa
    Oh dear, this is a whole new world to me and having to watch YouTube videos at night so I can understand what my son is talking about. I know that he is currently painting Necrons and just glad he is doing something creative rather watching screens all day.
  23. Waitoa
    Is that not right for this period? My son is getting into Warhammer 40k and I am being roped in to help paint and he suggested the inclusion to add some drama
  24. Waitoa
    Thanks, I have a habit of starting things and then putting them on hold, this will be a very slow build and have 3 part built boats I need to finish. One of the positives of the lockdowns is that I have time on my hands that I normally wouldn’t have as used to have to travel within Europe a bit. Just need to deal with the lack of motivation and home schooling.
  25. Waitoa
    Trying to plan out the next steps, trying to plan it out the next steps. Will have it in sections like Ekis and want each section to be higher with the church being at the top. Have two house kits to complete and the tower after that it will be scratch building gate house and Manor. Looking at the mid1200s as it allows for the more crowded winding streets.

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