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GrandpaPhil
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The green gun looks really good! I like to add a drybrushed highlight coat to models for depth and shading.
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The galley funnel is up: Working on bitts: These are tiny. On the Magenta, they will be much larger.
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Looking good!
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Welcome to Model Ship World! John McKay’s “The 100 Gun Ship Victory” (The Anatomy Of The Ship series) has been an invaluable resource for my own Victory build.
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USS Merrimack 1855 by threebs
GrandpaPhil replied to threebs's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1851 - 1900
Deciding to try to keep at it is part of trying. I’ve seen your other models. They are phenomenal. This one will be too. -
I have a very difficult time rolling the really small parts, it’s usually easier to just make them from wood.
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Looking forward to seeing this build!
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Chris, Quick nuts and bolts question for you (you’re much better at this than I am). How are you folding the really tiny pieces? They are throwing me for a loop. I’ve been clear coating both sides of the pieces prior to cutting out, then using the dull edge of my scalpel to crease the parts. After cutting the parts out, I’ve been using the tip of the blade to fold the parts. Do you have a better method for folding the parts?
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The last sloth figure, a DnD Bard: Now, to place them all in the Admiral’s curio cabinet, and back to the Solferino!
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The stove and another fitting are on: The other fitting needs some paint, but it’s too small to paint off the model. I’d lose it. In other news, I painted another sloth figure for the Admiral: This one is a cleric. They are all 1:48-1:56 scale. And in Solferino related news, I’m thinking that when I get to that stage and test build a cannon, I might just carve them all. If I think it will look better. Carving cannons isn’t particularly difficult, it’s just time consuming (like everything in this hobby). It’s also very relaxing to me (also like everything else in this hobby).
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It looks great! Well done!
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Just remember paper is cheap and easy to obtain. You can always make some out of paper and if you don’t like them, you can always make wood ones. If you look at my Victory build, I used paper gratings on a modified Mantua kit. Your’s look a lot nicer than mine did.
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Life is really busy right now so all hobby work has slowed to a crawl. The stove is cleaned up and edge painted. Plus, I started another fitting that sits next to it. Completely not ship related, but I enjoy painting miniature figures. The Admiral really likes sloths. I found a set of 28mm DnD sloth figures from Dark Sword Miniatures. The Admiral asked me to buy some of them and paint them for her. So, I bought her 3 of them. Here’s the first one:
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Congratulations! Nicely done!
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USS Merrimack 1855 by threebs
GrandpaPhil replied to threebs's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1851 - 1900
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