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Hi Henrik, Apologies for not answering to your post - for some reason I didn't receive notification about your reply. And thank you for complimenting my painting 🙂. Here's my approach to the subject. I use Vallejo paints only. Knowing that you'll be able to check the colors by the paint name. I basecoated the deck with Leather Brown. Next, I do a heavy dry brush with Beige Brown, paying attention to not spill the paint into crevices. Then I do a lighter dry brush with Iraqi Sand. After that, the most important step is to dilute black paint havily to consistency of ink and place the paint into the crevices between planks. Before the black paint dries, I wipe it off gently with my finger. Using finger has two effects. One: I remove excess paint from the crevices between planks. Two: I smudge the black paint over that planks. The key is to make it sloppy and uneven. The final touch is to perform gentle drybrush with Iraqi Sand after filling all crevices between planks with black paint. Also, I apologize for not posting any updates for so long. That doesn't mean I wasn't busy - on the contrary. Here are some photos to prove it. There is one mistake that I made - I followed original instructions too blindly and glued the rudder (is it correct word?) before gluing the aft transom. I had to deal with that and modify the rudder, as I didn't want to cut it off.
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Another short update. I'm working on fitting the upper deck.
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Hi everyone, I had several nights when I could dance on my model. I restrained myself from posting updates, as (at least in my opinion) there were no significant changes. So, here you go. Bow is mounted with the ornaments and gallion. Upper deck is glued. The "front wall" - where the chase gun ports are didn't fit at all, so I had to improvise and carve the door out. Looks pretty neat in my opinion. Bowsprit is glued and then tied, but honestly I don't like how it came out. Sh*t happens, I guess. All in all, I hope you like my progress and how the model looks so far.
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Another free evening (or night, one might say) with the model. I've been struggling whether to post an update today or wait for more things to show. I figured that you should be the judges of that. Nothing spectacular really, just tedious work with cannons (30 of them this time), added bowsprit mount (apologies, I have no idea how to call that), 78 line holders (again, I have no idea what is the correct name) and other minor improvements. But I'm happy that I keep moving forward. Regards, Piotr
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Some time ago I received the Le Superbe kit in 1:150 scale from Heller. Since shipbuilding modeling has always intrigued me a lot, I decided to take a shot and assemble this model as best I could. While I have some experience with plastic models, I've never built a sailing ship, so I don't plan on doing a lot of modifications. This will be a very long report, assuming I have enough persistence to complete the build. As someone who lives a busy life and always in a hurry, I try to build slowly and carefully, getting as much enjoyment as possible from the process itself. Since I only build when the family is already asleep, I have a lot of quiet 🙂 However, this also causes a difficulty: I can't afford to tinker with the model as often as I would like. The man who writes the instructions for Heller should probably change profession, although just deciphering the diagrams is fun in itself. So far I'm terrified of the rigging stage, but I'm trying to solve one problem at a time. Wish me luck and persistence. I also thank you in advance for all your advice and tips. Regards, Piotr
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Thanks mtaylor for the advice! I recently got a plastic kit of a 74-gun ship as a gift, which I'm planning to build. I wanted to take this opportunity and build it as thoroughly as I can (I have some experience with plastic model), to know as many details about rigging, masts, sails and yards as possible, before I can learn how to build something simple from wood (especially, that I don't have hardware to work with wood).
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Hi, my name is Piotr (or Peter, if you like) and I'm from liberty city of Gdańsk, Poland. Since I remember I was always charmed by tall ships and ships of the line from XVII and XVIII century. I was always intrigued by the models of such ships. I hope I can gain some knowledge on how to build scale models of ships of the line and (hopefully) accomplish something worthy of showing.\ Before I check out: I can't find words to describe the beauty of the models that you guys build here. I'v been reading this forum for some years now and I wish I could create such beautiful constructions myself. Regards and see you around! Piotr
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