gleason

Keep us posted...

is  this still an active build?

where did you obtain the figurines?

hope to see more...

Thanks for the info.

will keep it mind...

Have a question for the group...

I am looking at building either the Rattlesnake or the Niagara kit.

Of the two, which is the most difficult when it comes to the rigging?

I have experience in build wooden ship kits, with some experience with rigging

(primarily on 1/96 Revell Constitution kit )

I have been following both the Niagara and Rattlesnake builds...

Any and all responses welcome...

TIA

are you still working on kit??

any pics yet??

just getting started on mine

are you still working on the kit??

I had forgotten many old kits had raised detail, so yes, no washes. Although, you may want to sand around the deck furniture to remove the raised grain effects on the deck "wood". It would go a ways towards making the plastic deck look like wood.

 

I looked at the kit instructions for a railroad flat car I did a while back. Plastic was gray to start. Washed it in "Dawn" to remove mold release agents; paint sticks better to clean plastic.  I painted the plastic an enamel earthy/woody color - light tan. Let dry a day or so. No paint odor. Sanded the boards to remove maybe 25% of the tan paint. Dry brush - streak the boards - with a darker brown enamel. Let dry (no odor), maybe 30 minutes. Lightly sand again. Could add a black acrylic wash to bring out the caulking. Lightly steel wool the deck with 4 ought wool to even out color.

any pics of your paint job??

TIA...

Gleason

just found your build log.

are you still working on the kit??

thanks...

San Antonio, TX

Does anyone know when this kit was produced?

Has anyone built this kit...?

TIA...

Gleason

I believe so...

Send a note to:

Seaways Order Department <orders@seaways.com>

to see if they are available...

Gleason

see my previous post above...

gleason

FYI:  GUNBOAT PHILADELPHIA articles by Kurt Van Dahm

Here are the dates for the Philadelphia series:

  M/J 2014, Part 1
  J/A 2014, Part 2
  S/O 2014, Part 3
  N/D 2014, Part 4
  Feb 2015, Part 5
  M/J 2015, Part 6

Gleason

where did all photos go...

Thanks for the info.  Let's hope they get replaced since photos are a great aid to the build...

Gleason

Where did the images for pages 11-14 go???

Gleason

Look for: Purple Craft Design Portable Organizer

Organizer features:

[ material omitted  ]

Dividers that allow you to create up to 46 custom compartments.

The organizer measures approximately 15" wide x 3 1/4" tall x 11 5/16" deep.

Can be found on Ebay, Google, hobby stores...
got mine at Hobby Lobby...

FYI:  after going through my hundreds of Niagara photos, I found the following:

Cannonballs.JPG

 

Gleason

update to cannonball display:

cannonball rack placements

This is a snippet from an article written by Alfred S. Brownell entitled "A Model of the Brig Niagara"

published in Volume 16 (pages 199-210) of the Nautical Research Journal

which included a history and several photographs of his model of Niagara.

I do not know if the article is still available.  Check with the folks at the

Nautical Research Journal...

Gleason

Absolutely! Speaking of cannons, has anyone gave thought to displaying cannon balls on their Niagara?

FYI:  after going through my hundreds of Niagara photos, I found the following:

Gleason

Hi! Terry

This is what I did to finish off the four corners.

Used 1/8" angle strip styrene and weathered.

Gleason

More build photos.

Dry fit of the Kitchen smoke stacks, aft stacks, hog truss posts, mast, smokestacks.

Skylight roof was made with 100 Grit sandpaper glued to the roof and painted with

Black Acrylic paint

Need to add king posts, smokestack caps, chicken coop, forward and aft staircase rails, etc…

More to follow…

I like your weathered paint-work.

Any chance for us to see the recipe for it?

 

Jan

hi!

I really don't have a recipe...

I use a 1/2 inch brush and paint in one direction only. [ generally bow to stern ] 

After the paint has dried, I use a a brush with soft brass bristles and go over the paint VERY lightly with the brush.

How much you scrape off is a matter of personal choice.

 I Inherited the brush from my father who was a jeweler...

Nice work, will be watching this all the way so Please keep the pictures coming. I have a thing for these ships.

Thanks.

Will add the photos as I do more building...

Chaperon Sternwheeler Build – as of Sept.14, 2013

Tarpaper roof was made 100 Grit sandpaper glued to the roof and

 painted with Black Acrylic paint.

More to follow...

The "binder clamps" I used are a copy of the clamps as pictured in the model manual. I will use them as long as I can, and then switch to pins.

Lettering was hand painted:

This is the last post I made of the original build on Mon Sep 17, 2012.

The next set of postings will start from where I left off…

Stay tuned…J