ADoyon

Hi Chestcutter,

Thanks for the reply. Your treenails look great, not too dark and evenly spaced. I have also been experimenting with the same type of markers with various colors and diameters on the upper gun deck. I'm not sure whether or not I will continue to mark the treenails. I don't want them to be too noticeable.

Hi Chestcutter,

Your build is coming along beautifully! The treenails on the decking looks great! What was your method of treenailing?

Andre

On 10/19/2022 at 11:48 PM, Techtonic said:

Hi Chestcutter,

Just found your log an will be following with interest as I'm about 4 months in to building the Vanguard.

 

For the oven I used flat black spray can from local hardware store and it worked great. I applied it after assembling the complete oven. I also used same for spraying all the black PE parts, eye-bolts, and canons. They came out great and was way quicker and smoother than hand painting. I didn't use primer - but then I don't expect any rough handling of the ship once complete.

 

One other thing with the oven - Plan Sheet 4 shows some extra detailing on the sides with eye-bolts and wire that are not shown in the booklet. Though of course they'll be barely visible in the finished model. Here's what mine ended up like:

You'll also see in the pic I added an extra beam just aft of the oven that is modified to bypass around the oven. I'm not sure if this beam is necessary, but it just seemed to me the deck above was not very well supported in this area without it.