Bill Hudson
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Guns construction on La Toulonnaise Artesania Latina kit.
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Kind of got ahead of myself. Yes I should put together pictures of the kits guns and poor instructions. Thanks all Bill Hudson
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Guns construction on La Toulonnaise Artesania Latina kit.
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I have a La Toulonnaise Artesania Latina kit setting in my closet for quite long time. I have questions on how the cannons are supposed to be built.
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Working with blackend brass.
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Position at BlueJacket available
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Revenue Cutter 1829 by Bill Hudson - miniature
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I am thinking blue with white below the water line. I like the look of copper but I'm not sure if copper was used back then. Quite possibly lead (pewter) though. Lead would oxidize to off white or light gray; still in the thinking box with colors. I feel I need to have the hull painted before I go to above the deck work.
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Back in the world again. Back on the mini cutter. The clamps I was using to clamp on the keel to hold the boat while I was working on it were causing damage to the keel wood. I drilled the keel to accept two heavy wires to use as standoffs. I will probably keep them on the boat to mount it to a simple stand. I have spread a coat of white primer. Tomorrow I milk sand it out, repair the flaws and apply a second coat. I'n not sure what color I will paint the main hull. Black seems too blah. I think I read somewhere blue was used for hull colors. Maybe I will use a very dark blue.
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Would be awesome people to work with.
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A break away from the ship momently. Trying to airbrush has been a problem. Only had a very noisy compressor out in the garage. It is not at all compatible in my little shop off the dining room. I looked on the internet and found several about 4"x4"I was reluctant to order from the unknown source but discovered a similar on in the Micro-Mark catalog that is rated at 25psi. . I ordered it but the hose connections do not fit my Passche airbrush. I contacted the MM tech department and got Dave. He sent me an adapter free of charge which works. Has a nice flow of air although I haven't tried any paint through it.
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I decided it would be bestt to remove the bad gunnel and bend a new one.
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When I installed the walnut trim for the gunnel I came up a tiny bit short at the fantail. I thought I could fake it but as the little sign says….
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Making lifeboat small mast for 1:200 Yamato
Bill Hudson replied to Olaf's topic in Metal Work, Soldering and Metal Fittings
Still at it. Progress slow yet. This time I added walnut gunnel trim. Nothing like photos to show the screwups. Eventually it will clean up nicely. Looking ahead; what do I do for blocks? I have not calculated it out but at best guess 1/16" diameter on average. Same for cannon balls. Probably next stepwise to primer the hull to protect it from damage. Bill
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Trying a little color on the bulwarks.
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Making lifeboat small mast for 1:200 Yamato
Bill Hudson replied to Olaf's topic in Metal Work, Soldering and Metal Fittings
I use >020 brass wire in a spool. Unwind the length you need and clamp one end in a vise and pull the pull the other end with pliers stretching it out some. It will straighten and harden the wire at the same time. Bill -
Still going. Thank you all for the feedback and suggestions for hull and painting. Despite the setbacks of age and tremors I have decided not to give up just because my work now is not any near what it used to be. Ths model keeps my active an d helps me mentally. I have built a hatch. I used fine strips painted black on sides as I would for decking. Nothing like photograph to shoe you al the flaws however I think that once i finish with ll the deck furniture I can give it final primer and fine sanding. Thank you ll for your indulgence and good feed back. Bill
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Revenue Cutter 1829 by Bill Hudson - miniature
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Thanks Phil, No gun ports just one swivel gun in center of deck. Will probably do black hull, white gun'l. Not sure what for copper. I may be able to find some copper leaf. Bill
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I turned 92 last month and My hands are quite shaky but I have not given up, it is still on my workbench. I have done some minor work recently. Am fitting the rudder next. Question: would the cutter have copper on hull back then? What might have been an upper hull color?
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Mini self contained airbrush
Bill Hudson replied to Bill Hudson's topic in Modeling tools and Workshop Equipment
I ran across an add where one was used to decorate a cake. It looked easy, no contortions of fingers. Was somewhat noisy though. I was watching a U tube segment when it came up as An add.
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