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ERS Rich

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  1.    ERS Rich reacted to a post in a topic: Porsche Carrera GT by CDW - FINISHED - Tamiya - 1:12 Scale - PLASTIC
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    Rare! For Sale: Bluejacket USS Maine and USS Olympia. Offered here first, so act now to own one of these rare museum quality beauties. Cash and Carry. You must pickup the kits at my home in Whitinsville, Ma. These are limited edition numbered kits: Maine 88 of 100, Olympia 15 of 200. Kits are in original boxes - with some shelf wear. They have never been “unboxed” and parts are in original wrapping. USS Maine extra features: photo CD, many issues of Ships in Scale with articles about the Maine, turned brass gun barrels, and many pages from the original build forum. Features: large solid hull, multimedia components: wood, brass, resin, Britannia, plans, illustrated easy to follow instruction booklet. See my Maine build log to see how I built and cased the model. New condition, original wrapping, never unboxed Brass Nameplate with limited edition numbering Pricing: These kits, which occasionally appear on the market, can sell for over $1,000. USS Olympia: $825 USS Maine: $825 Questions? Need more information? Please send a message.
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    Looking good. Keep going!
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    Have fun!
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    Howdy!
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    Not following, To me edge bending is force to push a plank against its neighbor. A plank shaped perfectly, will curve and lay flat on the frame, and fit against its neighbor without gaps. If CA is used on the frames, the plank can be fixed to the frame with downward pressure and pressure towards its neighbor. Glue along the edge will adhere to the neighbor. There is a post in my Constitution build log about planking without clamps. Ok, say you work a plank for awhile, and it fits well, maybe a small gap between it and the neighbor plank, you could go ahead, install it, and use a clamp to close the gap. I’ve been impatient, and done this. The problem now is the just installed plank now has a curve, instead of a smooth line, along the free edge. Best to leave the gap and fill it in, or make a new plank.
  20. ERS Rich
    Hi, Your hull looks nice. A couple of thoughts. Steam, from an electric kettle, can be used to quickly bend dry planks. A lot of edge bending? Check plank widths and tapering. Planks are happiest when they just need to bend to lay on the frame, without being force pushed into its neighbor. Good luck -Rich
  21. ERS Rich
    Here are some faces. They look half decent from a foot away, not happy with the outcome and the method: airbrush base color, brush on Vallejo Matte Resin, black wash, remove with Q-Tip, Toothpick (wood and flexible). I tried airbrushing Model Color and it clumped on some of the faces. And the black wash was to dark, to me the faces look like guys who are grimy auto mechanics. Next time will try a brown wash. And the resin prevents adding shading color. On the plus side, built up the acrylic brushing skills - a touch of thinner before loading the brush with color helps. The men are going into the box, not worth the time.
  22. ERS Rich
    Olive drab and yellow markings finished. Canopy cleaned to remove tape residue with Novus #1 Plastic Clean and Shine.
  23. ERS Rich
    Welcome aboard! Before building a first rate, go through building a ship with one or two masts, small number of canon, less rigging, etc. This way you will gain experience, and decide how you will tackle these jobs, in your shop. Good luck with your projects!
  24. ERS Rich
    Your work looks great. I’m sure once finished, any small perceived imperfections, if any, will not be noticed. Thanks for posting.
  25. ERS Rich
    Uniforms finished. Standard techniques in all the books, selected 3 colors: shadow Model Master Acrylic US Helo Drab, base MMA Green Drab, highlight MMA Dark Green; then wash with diluted base color to blend and knock down the contrast between shades. Leather is Polly-O water base Box Car Red 204281.
  26. ERS Rich
    Onward with the men. Brushed out uniforms with Model Master acrylic Green Drab, then another coat of Model Color Basic Skin Tone 70.815, and finally the boots using the Wood and Leather kit (good instructions show how). Boot base coat Chocolate Brown 7.872, highlight with Flat Earth 70.983, then a wash with Smoke 70.939. Next is shading and highlighting the uniforms.
  27. ERS Rich
    Howdy, and welcome to Model Ship World. Agree, checkout Tom Laurie videos on YouTube. Thank you.
  28. ERS Rich
    Thanks, much appreciated…
  29. ERS Rich
    A shot of the 1/48 Mustang, by Eduard, used as a test for the finishing process, with its 1/32 brother. The 1/48 model has a different shade of aluminum on the main wing flaps, and the wing gun access doors (darker than I wanted, but too lazy to mask and repaint). The 1/32 still has just the aluminum base color and just the light angle provides shading on the wing flaps. The wing gun covers were painted separately, seems like less paint here, black primer underneath darkens the aluminum.

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