Lucius Molchany
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Good results!
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Made a RTV mold of the cannon master and resin cast copies.Primered and painted them Testor's Gun metal and epoxied them in.
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so you are saying the casting of the metal parts are of poor quality?
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The balsa ship's boat is really well carved.i decided to plank it up.Looks good!
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Thanks!The stain matches pretty well!
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Cut a square in the deck and put in some forecastle grating.
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I am thinking of buying this kit after the hull of the Ersatzia is completed.Looks like a nice kit!.
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Thinking of getting the Artesania Latina HMS Hermione frigate.Any one have this kit and if it is worthwhile?
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Scratch -built the master for the deck cannon.not as easy as it looks!
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Made the upper gun port "fruit loops".Not easy.first I had to put a piece of red oak in the vise,then I had the drill the inside hole,then cut the piece out with the coping saw and bevel the 4 edges with the block plane.Next I cut thin sections and then used a circle template to mark the diameter of the circles.Used a sanding drum in the Dremel to conform to the markings.Glued them on stained them.If I had a small lathe I could cut out many steps!I wish Dremel would make a lathe attachment w/tailstock!
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Yeah bill !Looks pretty good for something you considered junk!
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Thanks!I think they look pretty good too!
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yes it is the Square Bottle Gold enamel!BTW,the flame is unprimed red oak with only 2 coats on it!
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Made and installed the cat heads.I had to get out the Drill press for the Dremel and a micro bit to cut the 3 slots.Not perfect but acceptable.
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I used the square bottle Testor's gold on my unprimed red oak gallery and the results are most impressive!Note the reflection on the wooden"flame"!
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Yes you plug them into the recess in the hull.In this case I boxed in the opening so that the cannon could be securely mounted .
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Carved and painted the rear gallery.Wow!How baroque can you get?The old Testor's square bottle gold really produces a nice finish!The large "golden Flame" was a nice touch on my part.
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On my ersatzia project,I used brass wire that I superglued to the back of the window openings.Then I backed it with some blue celluloid from an old folder that I secured with epoxy.came out great!
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Epoxied 1/16" square tubing into the bulkheads and bent 1/32"brass wire to make the gun port lids removable.Not a bad solution !
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Carved the figurehead.It was supposed to be an eagle but looks more like a parrot.so be it!
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Decided to go with a barber pole motif over the blue.I don't know dudes,it is a bit over the top Phil must ruminate on it a while.I can always tone it down if I choose.One positive is that is is absolutely unique and will not be mistaken for any other ship!
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I made the prototype/master of the hull cannon out of brass tubing.I have to order a resin casting kit to make a RTV mold and cast multiple copies.
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