GrandpaPhil
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Loracs, Good on you! Those are looking good!
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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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Welcome!
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Very cool!
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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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Welcome!
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I would personally very much like to see how this kit develops. If I didn’t have so many models to build right now, I would throw my name in the hat for a tester.
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Ferrus, Good to see you back in the galleon arena! Looking forward to seeing this build!
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The good thing about paper planks is that they are easy to shape. I typically can use PVA glue, sometimes reinforced with a little CA, to keep everything in place. The tedious part is cutting the cardstock into long strips.
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The touchups are done: The sides are on and drying: This will look a million times better shortly, once I lay down wales and begin the second planking.
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Painting the insides of the sides:
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Congratulations! Very nicely done! What’s next?
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Very cool!
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I think I’m going to try and get Admiral Claus to get me a Syren Rope Rocket and Serv O Matic for Christmas for this model.
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This is going to be awesome!
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Thank you all very much! I have been having a lot of fun with this model! The poop deck is on: Once everything dries completely, I will add some trim, trim some areas that need trimmed for the rest of the hull sides, fix some areas that were over zealously trimmed, paint the interior portions of the hull sides, seal those areas and install the hull sides. Then on to installing wales, second planking, and the hull decorations that 16th century ships were so well known for.
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The bulkheads are finished and installed: It’ll be time to close up the rest of the hull very soon. Then to add the second planking, the wales, and the rest of the decorations. And then to paint to match the rest of the ship.
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