
GrandpaPhil
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I’ve got the Revenge on hold because I’m working on my wife’s Christmas gifts. She bought 5 small dollhouse kits and room boxes and asked me to build them for her for Christmas. I’m on 3 out of 5. Out of curiosity, do any of the rest of you make Christmas and/or birthday gifts for your spouse or other close family/friends?
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I’ve been brush painting that (or equivalent) onto one side, letting it dry, then brush painting it onto the other side. It works quite well and can be adhered to with standard PVA or wood glue. Plus it holds rivet detail. That’s how I’ve been making my iron parts for my models.
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For best effect, make sure you seal the card on both sides prior to cutting. It prevents fuzzing and splitting/delaminating of the card. Sealing card parts is especially important for smaller and high detail pieces.
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If it follows French design, then the sea chests would have been forward of the engines and boilers. On the Russian Battleship Orel, it looks like the sea chests were about 1/4 of the way aft, from the bow. My Mikasa and Grazhdanyn don’t show them, which I will have to fix when I get around to building them.
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