achuck49

Good Afternoon,
S
In a week or two I plan on building a plastic paddle wheel model.  I believe that this is the correct order for painting
 
wash all of the parts in something like Dawn dish soap
spray primer over everything
remove pieces as necessary, assemble, and then paint.
 
Have I got it right???
 
Should I paint the parts while still attached to the (forgot the word) large collection of parts, then assemble?
 
Is enamel paint better/same/worse then acrylic?
 
Should I get a bunch of rattle cans containing the appropriate color paint?
 
Chuck
 

Thanks!!!
 
Doing it now 

Messis, to answer your question about shellac,
 
"Shellac is a resin secreted by the female lac bug, on trees in the forests of India and Thailand. It is processed and sold as dry flakes and dissolved in ethanol to make liquid shellac, which is used as a brush-on colorant, food glaze and wood finish."
 
You probably know it by another name in your own language.
 
Steven

I have continued to cut the timberheads/bulwark stanchions from the tops of the frames, and have all 32 frames done now.  I did not exactly follow the recommended order in the instructions; here's how I did it.
 
1. Marked all frames to indicate the height of the stanchion/depth of the cut down from the top.
2. Used a scrap of 1/8th" basswood from an earlier project to create a simple jig of sorts.  I cut a couple notches in it to help hold the frames in place as I made the cut down from the top.  Then, holding the frame and basswood jig against the table, and the saw against the jig, I cut down from the top of the frame to the mark.  I made sure to always have the "aft" side of the frame down against the table (well, not really....I made that mistake once, and after that I made sure to always have the aft side down!)
 
3.  I then cut down on my mark to free that top half bit of the frame, and made another mark showing the width of the stanchion.

4. Then I cut on the new mark, and made one last small horizontal cut to free the remaining bit of wood.  On some frames I did a little bit of additional shaping or clean up using the carving knife or sandpaper.
 
And here is the end result....the frames are all still just "dry-fit" into the keel so are not all lined up correctly.  Finally I am just about ready to glue the frames to the keel.  I need to get some supplies for a "framing jig" that I have a mental image of, to help me get everything square and true.
 

 

Hello
 
I have this model in a box.  I will follow very closely. 
 
Chuck A

Thanks for the information. 
It is incredible that they could do this without a chain saw.
 
 
Chuck A

According to a Wikipedia article...
 
Niagara was constructed from 1812 to 1813 to protect the vulnerable American coastline on Lake Erie from the British and played a pivotal role in the battle for the lake. Along with most warships that served in the war, Niagara was sunk for preservation on Presque Isle in 1820. Raised in 1913, it was rebuilt for the centennial of the Battle of Lake Erie.
 
I would never have thought that a ship this size could have been built in one year given the conditions of the time. 
 
Chuck A

Thanks for the information. 
It is incredible that they could do this without a chain saw.
 
 
Chuck A

I'm following closely. Your work area is the same size as my will be after we make our move in two weeks. Curious to see if your area is adequate. 
 
Chuck A

According to a Wikipedia article...
 
Niagara was constructed from 1812 to 1813 to protect the vulnerable American coastline on Lake Erie from the British and played a pivotal role in the battle for the lake. Along with most warships that served in the war, Niagara was sunk for preservation on Presque Isle in 1820. Raised in 1913, it was rebuilt for the centennial of the Battle of Lake Erie.
 
I would never have thought that a ship this size could have been built in one year given the conditions of the time. 
 
Chuck A

ometimes in life, the guy with the so-crazy-it-just-might-work ideas hits one out of the park and saves the day. This is what happened in 1942 aboard the HNLMS Abraham Crijnssen, the last Dutch warship standing after the Battle of the Java Sea.     Originally planning to escape to Australia with three other warships, the then-stranded minesweeper had to make the voyage alone and unprotected. The slow-moving vessel could only get up to about 15 knots and had very few guns, boasting only a single 3-inch gun and two Oerlikon 20 mm canons making it a sitting duck for the Japanese bombers that circled above.   Knowing their only chance of survival was to make it to the Allies Down Under, the Crijnssen's 45 crew members frantically brainstormed ways to make the retreat undetected. The winning idea? Turn the ship into an island.   You can almost hear crazy-idea guy anticipating his shipmates' reluctance: Now guys, just hear me out.  But lucky for him, the Abraham Crijnessen was strapped for time, resources and alternative means of escape, automatically making the island idea the best idea. Now it was time to put the plan into action.     The crew went ashore to nearby islands and cut down as many trees as they could lug back onto the deck. Then the timber was arranged to look like a jungle canopy, covering as much square footage as possible. Any leftover parts of the ship were painted to look like rocks and cliff faces these guys weren't messing around.     Now, a camouflaged ship in deep trouble is better than a completely exposed ship. But there was still the problem of the Japanese noticing a mysterious moving island and wondering what would happen if they shot at it. Because of this, the crew figured the best means of convincing the Axis powers that they were an island was to truly be an island: by not moving at all during daylight hours.   While the sun was up they would anchor the ship near other islands, then cover as much ocean as they could once night fell praying the Japanese wouldn't notice a disappearing and reappearing island amongst the nearly 18,000 existing islands in Indonesia.  And, as luck would have it, they didn't.   The Crijnssen managed to go undetected by Japanese planes and avoid the destroyer that sank the other Dutch warships, surviving the eight-day journey to Australia and reuniting with Allied forces.     Sometimes in life, the guy with the so-crazy-it-just-might-work ideas hits one out of the park and saves the day. This is what happened in 1942 aboard the HNLMS Abraham Crijnssen, the last Dutch warship standing after the Battle of the Java Sea

This the Revell PT-109 that I painted as PT-117.

How long would it take to build this type of ship given the conditions?  
 
Chuck  A

How long would it take to build this type of ship given the conditions?  
 
Chuck  A

Thanks for the information.
 
I will abandon latex...except for those special evenings.
 
Chuck A

I'm following closely. Your work area is the same size as my will be after we make our move in two weeks. Curious to see if your area is adequate. 
 
Chuck A

Hello
 
I have this model in a box.  I will follow very closely. 
 
Chuck A

I'm following closely. Your work area is the same size as my will be after we make our move in two weeks. Curious to see if your area is adequate. 
 
Chuck A

I'm following closely. Your work area is the same size as my will be after we make our move in two weeks. Curious to see if your area is adequate. 
 
Chuck A

Thanks for the information.
 
I will abandon latex...except for those special evenings.
 
Chuck A

Thanks for the information.
 
I will abandon latex...except for those special evenings.
 
Chuck A

Off topic but congratulations on hanging in long to retire. Thanks for your service.

It is hard enough to assemble the easiest model. I think I will pass on water features. 
 
Thanks 
Chuck A

Oh
 
Makes sense 
 
 

It is hard enough to assemble the easiest model. I think I will pass on water features. 
 
Thanks 
Chuck A