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  1. Dave_E
    Hi Dave, Welcome to the forum! 👍😀
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    Hi Dave, That hull looks beautiful! 👍 Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours! 😀
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    Welcome to the forum! 😀 What do we call you?
  4. Dave_E
    Welcome to the forum! 😀
  5. Dave_E
    Spent the last couple days tinkering with the stern. The Britannia piece did bend quite easy, now waiting for some blue paint. Left the window frames natural wood. The bright white just didn’t do it for me.
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    Good on you dad! 👍😀
  7. Dave_E
    Hi Ed, At the moment I am strictly a brush guy. I am considering investing the equipment, not so much for wooden ships, but my my plastic endeavors.
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    Indeed Sir, many more excellent years! 🙏👍😀
  9. Dave_E
    Now there’s something outside the model building box. 😆 You know If it works… go with it. 👍😀
  10. Dave_E
    NICE! Enjoying watching the build! 👍😀
  11. Dave_E
    So... after all the great comments... if I wanted to be more authentic than not in my building of the Rattler... the "tallow" paint would be more correct than mat white for the hull? Below are some paint comparisons. The yellow ochre was just between brands.
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    Looks pretty darn good close up I’d say. 👍😀
  13. Dave_E
    Jim, I respect your decision, much as I disagree with it. If we were take this approach (that many here have done) and apply it to everything in life… Brother, we’d be living a very different life. I know a topic like this could go politically terminal in no time, don’t want that. We’ve beat this dead horse pretty good I think. Respectfully,
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    I envy you “spray” guys. Nice setup! 👍😀
  15. Dave_E
    Hi Bob, age has no bearing here (forgive the nautical pun). Welcome aboard! 👍😀
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    Hey Phil, I was in Naval Aviation for a spell aboard ship, I totally get the corrosion of “metal” stuff. Not sure how much paint got wood was always on hand. Of course I have no idea. 😆
  17. Dave_E
    Hi All, Building and painting model wooden ships is done in variety of ways… absolutely authentic (weathered or brand new) to “I like the all wood look” and everything in between. I painted all the deck furniture on my Lady Nelson red occre because that was the kit plan… no other reason. I’m looking ahead at my Rattlesnake and have a notion to leave all the deck furniture natural wood. My question is does anybody have an idea what the norm was for the late 1700’s, US built warships? Did they paint the grates or the capstan, ladders etc.?
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    Planking is looking good! Show us your heating bending apparatus. 👍😀
  19. Dave_E
    Nice work Cisco, enjoy watching your progress! 👍😀
  20. Dave_E
    I’m in. 🍿🥤
  21. Dave_E
    What does your shipyard space look like?
  22. Dave_E
    Congratulations Dad! 👍😀
  23. Dave_E
    Hi Fellow Snake Builders and Followers, Settled on a paint scheme…. much like most of the British vessels of that era. Made a couple color chips to compare ME paints vs Admiralty. The Rattlesnake plans have us painting the hull with what they call “Hull Tallow”, which is on top of the white paint chip. 😳 We are so used to seeing “flat or mat white bottoms that this creamy looking color looks out of place. In real life… it was probably more authentic that nice bright white. I’m trying to visualize this on the Lady Nelson and am having a hard time. I’m also going to paint the bulwarks red occre and not the grey MS has in the paint set and in the instructions. I can’t find any Admiralty paint other than sets and MS does not have a red occre! Any other suggestions for red occre? I don’t care for the bright red that some call gun carriage red, just me. I know I’m getting ahead of myself (nowhere near paint), just spent some time planning today. 😀
  24. Dave_E
    Outstanding Dan, really nice job! 👍😀 What’s on the docket?
  25. Dave_E
    I’ll watch….long as you fly it when done. 😁

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