GrandpaPhil
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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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Welcome!
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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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Welcome!
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Very cool!
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Welcome! I would say that any of those would be great starter kits. The most important thing to ensure finishing, is to stick through the build. Even if something goes wrong, fix it as best you can and keep going. Learn from it for the next one (I’ve done that a LOT). -
The midships portion is done. I ran the 1/16” strip all the way forward (it’s painted black, so not particularly visible, but it is there). Now, to finish the aft part of the mouldings.
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Thank you very much! The lower moulding is on, on the port side (the correct port side this time). I have the aft part of the upper mouldings started.
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