bcochran

I glued the wood deck from His Model to the plastic deck using Testors liquid cement. I first glued the three deck sections together, sanded any raised areas flat, then painted only the sides of the hatches, leaving the rest of the deck unpainted. I liberally painted the liquid cement on the plastic deck with a brush until all of it was covered. The cement softens the plastic, making it tacky. Before it dried, I laid the wood deck down on the plastic, pressing it down by sliding over it with a paper towel held in my hand. I blackened the brass chain with a product called gun blue by Hoppe's. You can get it at a gun store. I dipped the chain into the bottle held by a piece of wire. It only takes a minute to work, and dries in a few more minutes. I am using Testors enamel paints. In the past, I used Floquil and Model Master paints, but they are mostly gone now. These I can get at my local Michael's or Hobby Lobby. I used my spray gun to paint the hull sides with black, copper, white, rust and gray straight out of the bottle after masking areas with masking tape. My compressor was set to 20lbs pressure. I clean up with lacquer thinner.

To add to my build do I just reply to it? I haven't done this before.

I am working on the Revell 1/96 Cutty Sark. I haven't gotten too far along, even though there have been many hours spent. The hull is painted and ready to assemble. I have been working on the deck as paint drys elsewhere. The photo taken in Australia is my reference along with books and plans. The model will be what I call clean, by not trying to create a diorama on a stand with weathering and all, just making a replica of a ship in 1/96 scale. I am not sure who else likes the look. I removed the wedges from the inside of the hull. I am going to replace them with small plastic rod. Testors enamel is being used with an air brush and also painting by hand with a paint brush. There are brass stanchions with brass wire. Decals are being used to add the white panels to deck houses. I will also use decals to add the white portions of the inner bulwarks. The eye rings are made by me with annealed wire. The deck covering is from His-Model. I plan to fully rig the ship, something I haven't done before. I am not going to add green to the copper, as copper only turns green in the open air. In the water, it remains copper. The only part of the sheaving that is green is the part out of the water. There is a good picture showing this at the Charles W Morgan website. The ship was being lifted out of the water. Also, I am not going to weather anything. I'll be posting more as I go. I am new to this build format.