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GrandpaPhil replied to JackRussellMan's topic in New member Introductions
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I painted mine antique gold by Delta Ceramcoat. You could always use the same yellow as you used for the stern/quarter gallery pieces.
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Most wood kits require some adjustments to get the parts to fit right. I would recommend checking against the plans to see how it’s supposed to go together and adjust accordingly.
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Thank you very much!
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Awesome! Your U-Boat is fantastic! I am looking forward to seeing this build!
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Happy New Year everyone! Thank you all for all the comments and the likes! I used my new contour gauge for the first time to take the contour of the upper hull for the starboard fenders. I made two of them from 1/16” basswood. After trying to glue both, I realized that the second fender didn’t look like the first one, so it got pulled off and slimmed down. Time to make fenders for the port side!
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I use Elmers for bonding wood and CA (Model Expo) for bonding everything else. I also like Vallejo paint, but I predominantly use Delta Ceramcoat from Hobby Lobby.
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Attaching wet planks, if thoroughly soaked, creates the problem of shrinkage that can leave gaps between planks. I may or may not have experienced this.
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I could never paint the 1/72 figures well. I would like to learn because I would like to get a set of Daniel Dusek’s 1/72 sailors for future models. I do however, have a whole slew of 28mm figures that I need to paint, lol.
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I bought mine off E-Bay. Those are 54mm (1/32). Chris Watton (Vanguard Models) is making 1/64 figures of Lord Cochrane and Lord Nelson. They look awesome, but I haven’t bought them yet. Otherwise, there are plenty of 28mm (1/56) figures that can be found out there. Some can be used as is, others would require some conversion work. They might be too large though.
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The starboard side ladder is on.
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Thank you very much! I finished the grenadier:
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And now for something completely different: I mostly finished painting a Call To Arms British Grenadier from the American War of Independence (AWI). This isn’t the best paint job that I’ve ever done, but it will do. I shaded it too dark. I used the strong tone (Army Painter) instead of the soft tone (also Army Painter), oops. We’ll call it a grenadier on campaign. I am waiting for it to dry before I highlight it. I made the lower part of the starboard side ladder on Victory too.
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Thank you very much! We had a great Christmas! I hope yours was great, too! Happy New Year! The port side ladder is made and installed. I used strips of poster board that were layered and cut to size.
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The port side mouldings are complete. It’s time to make the side ladders by the entry ports.
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Thank you very much for all the likes! I finished making the aft portion of the mouldings on the port side. I found out something useful from looking at pictures of the Victory as she is in Portsmouth (thank you everyone who posts pictures of your trip there, I really appreciate them). The mouldings are painted the same as their backgrounds. This means that painting them will be really easy, and will hide my mistakes better, lol.
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