Danstream

Gorgeous bf 109, one of my favorite version and painting scheme! Well done, Dan

Very nice, I think that your interpretation is correct, certainly much more plausible. I will see what to do when I will be there. By the way, anyone knows where are the poles used for actioning the pawl stored on the deck (or one can assume that they are stored under the deck)? Best regards, Dan

Hi, I affixed the nameplate of the ship and painted black the stern panels: I must admit that this end of the ship now looks quite spiffy. I finished the cap rails and painted them also black: Now only the white bottom part is missing to complete the main painting steps. To do that, I have first to finalize the rudder with its tiller and hinges. Actually, I didn't like the solution proposed by the kit for the rudder hinges, therefore I gave a try to scratch build my owns. I started by soldering small portions of brass tube to brass stripes: The rod in the picture is the one I will use for the hinge pins. Then, I glued the obtained hinges to the stern post using the brass rod to maintain them aligned. Next, I will prepare the rudder piece to be put on. Incidentally, I am going to replace the tiller with one that I scratch built shown in the picture and that I think looks less obvious than the one of the kit: That's all for now, best regards, Dan

Very nice work with the deck furniture. Looking forward to seeing your way to improve this model. Dan

Good to see that you resumed work on the Lady. Nice elaboration of the companionway, it really looks the part. Cheers, Dan

Hi, after a final sanding of the hull with a fine grit, I applied a coat of satin varnish which uniformed the shine of the hull and gave the opportunity to finally evaluate the resulting, long lasting planking work. Then, I started painting various details and, after masking, I sprayed a black color on the main wales as suggested by the kit instruction and seen on many models. From my hobby of building plastic model planes, I have a collection of Gunze Mr. Color paints, so I picked up a semi-gloss black paint for this work. These paints spray beautifully and their finish is a bit more resilient than the matt acrylic ones. I am now going to start decorating the stern using the same paint, after the application of the provided photo-etched friezes. Meanwhile, as explained the earlier post, I completed the modification of the bowsprit support: Next, I will have to paint it (red) and the cap rails as well (black). That's all for the moment, I will appreciate any suggestion, best regards, Dan

Hi, I went on with the installation of the cap rails, but I had to slightly extend the length of the provided parts because they resulted to be too short: These are the cap rails finally installed: Following the previous discussions, I tried the bracket that supports the bowsprit: Indeed, it seems that the bracket provides a support that is a bit too high. Therefore, I will modify the provided parts as in the following: I will cut away the foot of each posts along the penciled lines. I will replace them later with new ones of the same shape but with a thinner thickness. Then, I will remove the hatched rectangles so to shorten the height of the posts and the new feet will then be re attached. Best regards, Dan

Gorgeous model Chris, sharp details and beautiful construction. Congratulations, Dan

Good job on the first and second planking. The second one looks beautiful. I am impressed with how much you manage edge bending the planks in the bow area. I always crack them if I exceed a reasonable entity. Surely another build of yours that I will keep following. Cheers, Dan

Hi all, some progress on my Lady. After the wales, I finally ended the major works on the hull on its stern area. As I wrote previously, I didn't like to see the ends of the planking strakes because their bond lines looked bad. Hence, I covered those with an additional layer of thin walnut obtaining a configuration that I think looks nicer and cleaner. The sheen is due to the varnish that I used to seal the grain of the wood and that I brushed with a fine steel wool. Next I will brush on a satin clear. Then, I masked the hull to prepare it for painting the inner sides of the bulwarks. To obtain a good uniform base for the red paint, I sprayed a coat of Tamiya white primer, which also revealed few blemishes that had to be filled and smoothed. Finally, I airbrushed the red paint which I obtained with a mix of 80% of Tamiya flat red and 20% of Tamiya flat red brown to make it darker than pure red. To finish the waterway, I added a small wooden strip at the base of the bulwarks. The paints that I used were from the Tamiya acrylic line which spray very well, but they are very matt, almost chalky when dried and their finish is very delicate getting very easily spoiled just by touch. Hence, I brushed on a coat of Humbrol satin clear which made the surface less matt and more resilient. That's all for now, next I will paint the exterior of the hull and install the cap rails. Best regards, Dan

Great model, I hope it happened nothing that you cannot recover. May I ask you how did you brought out the frieze details from the black background? Thank you and best regards, Dan

I didn't comment much, but I am following your build. Dutch vessels are not seen often around, but as other have said, they have played an important role in history. In addition, they have set the standards for others. I have one of these in my wish list. Congratulations for your build so far, it is evident that your modeling skills are improving. Kind regards, Dan

This is a very nice and credible result. This impressive aeroplane with a metallic finish looks great. The metallic finish with the grey patches, its muted reflection and subtle discolorations looks authentic and very 'aeronautical'. Kind regards, Dan

Indeed, this is the natural conclusion. I will redo it as well, so I am not bothering more than necessary. I suggest you inspect the pictures of period models of British cutters published in this forum (if you have not seen them yet) to get inspiration about plausible configurations for the new pieces: In addition, I visited the build log of a Lady Nelson model built by @glbarlow, who discussed the problem and re-built the parts in subject (but probably this issue had been treated also by other modelers). You could have a look also on that. Cheers, Dan

Thanks for the head up Roger! Now it is clear that I need to take out the bowsprit and its support bracket and make some tests. Cheers, Dan