GrandpaPhil

Very nicely done!

You could always load the sections up with whatever cargo you wanted to have and leave a side panel or two off, plus 1/72 is a standard scale for miniature figures, so finding a crew wouldn’t be too terribly difficult.

Welcome!

4 hours ago, fmodajr said:

Hi Phil,

 

Do you have a log of your Heller Reale?

 

thanks,

Frank

Frank,

  I built it years ago and unfortunately didn't take any construction pictures.  I wish that I had.  I only have one picture left of it.

Phil

Very nicely done!

Welcome!

Last 2 dummy guns.

All but 2 of the dummy guns are now mounted.  I am waiting on all glue to dry before I touch up the paint and drill the holes for the last two dummy guns, up by the quarter galleries.

Yep, I agree! 

That’s a good collection that you’ve got there.  The only addition that I would recommend is a handle for the razor saw.  It’ll make a huge difference when you have to make a large number of cuts.

Very nice!  I built the Heller Reale and it came out really nicely.  You’ll enjoy this build!

On 7/10/2018 at 4:30 PM, Rob206 said:

After watching the YouTube videos by Gary B, I was thinking of ordering that bluenose from model expo along with their tool kit and possibly the paints. Not sure if I'd be starting off too complicated.

Also is 

HOW TO BUILD FIRST RATE SHIP MODELS FROM KITS

By Ben Lankford. 

Worth me ordering also?

A schooner is a good starter model.  The rig is relatively simple and everything is relatively easy to get to.  Model Expo makes really nice kits.  They are excellent to learn on.

Looking good!  Excellent work!

I haven’t forgotten about the Triton, I’m still working on the Victory.  I just started mounting dummy guns.

Got the dummy cannons painted and started installing them on the Victory. 

The antique gold is good now too.

Starboard side now

I touched up the black and painted the rails and the gunport frames black on the port side.  So far so good.  

I like Delta Ceramcoat.  It’s usually ready to use out of the bottle and works beautifully for larger models.  It coats well and is acrylic, which makes for easy clean up.  The only downside is when painting brass and some plastics, you must put some kind of sealant on your model first.  For smaller scale models, the Ceramcoat works well, but Vallejo Model Color paints just can’t be beat.

Very nicely done!

The last time I painted a sub, I base coated it with Ceramcoat black and then dry brushed a thin coat of a dark charcoal gray, also Ceramcoat.

Now, I need to paint the guns and the frames, along with catching any touch ups that need done.

86 dummy cannon

Excellent work!  Very well done!