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  1. On 11/14/2017 at 11:48 PM, RMC said:

    Hi Martin.

    I have appropriated Baranov's cathead as best I can. I think it will come out quite well, though nothing is finally tied off at the moment.  A couple of stray threads are to be cut off and a minor adjustment or two are still to be made.  Thanks again for the reference.

     

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    The rigging thread through the cathead in the following photo is now more taught.

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    And I've finally done something about an ensign. I have attached cleats on the side and just above the side galleries. They seem to work.

     

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    The ensign doesn't look too bad but I think it's a bit heavy and tends to foul some of the other lines.  It is a double thickness (printed on one side and doubled over) so I will see what alternatives may be available (eg: becc).

     

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    Try using tin foil. Just print the ensign on a decal and place it on or -if you feel adventurous- paint it directly on the tin foil. Let it dry and then use tweezers to imitate waving.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjFmukVDwBs&t=164s(go to minute 16:55)

  2. Correcting the paint lines of the yellow stripes along the gunports. In order to achieve a perfect line I masked the lines a little bit higher and then painted the whole thing black. This method seals any crevices and imperfections, and even if some of the paint leaks under the tape it won't matter, since it is the same color. After dry, I used a flat, pale yellow color, consistent with the era.

     

    Here is the old version...

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    And the new one...

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  3. The rudder. I simply did not want to risk it to get it wrong, so first I went for a commercial piece. Sadly, the ones from Artesania Latina, Caldercraft and other model brands are metal die cast, usually the wrong scale or simply too crude. I wanted something very fine and detailed. In the end, I cannibalized an old kit for the rudder's wheel, and the stand and log case are made of styrene.

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  4. So here it comes a test for my patience. The forecastle bitts along the rails. Again, the bow rail had to be corrected...I guess one of the troubles that involve making a little-known ship is the lack of proper documentation, but there again...here goes nothing!

     

    Cutting off the original rail...

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    The bitts, each on one stage of the making process: Styrene strip cut to length, marking the position of the head, first slot filed off and finished bitt, still unpainted. I used a regular triangular steel file.

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    Bow rail:

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    Bitt along the forecastle side rails...eight more to go!

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  5. Stern and transom decoration. First, the windows and carvings of the stern galleries:

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    Painted sides of the transom balcony. The CA glue, however, fogged the windows of the transom, so I decided to leave a couple of them open, in order to see the furnished interior of the cabin.

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    A Roman Soldier, taken from my old toys box, to complete the stern decoration.

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    First, the back of the figure is sanded off, in order to make it look like a bass-relief. 

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    Attaching the ledge on which the statue will be standing

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    Spray painted with gold, with some dry brush strokes in black to enhance the details.

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    Done!

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  6. Hatch for the waist deck, next to the capstan. I realized through the blueprints I could not leave the hatch open (My crew my fall into the cargo hold while turning the capstan!). My first intention was to leave it open, in order to see the galley and the stove under the chimney, but I went for realism. Anyway, the stove will be visible through the gunports of the lower deck.

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  7. Could you post more pictures of the rust etc on the coppering? I liked the way you did that as well with the green tones.

    Sure, here there are:

    The copper tiles are paper-thick plasticard -cut and placed individually- and modelling putty (this is useful for simulating barnacles and other rubbish that adhered to the hulls. I first spray painted the hull with standard automotive lacquer, and then used dry brush technique to apply Testor's olive green and flat brown, and then rub it with a thinner soaked rag.

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  8. Aye, thats a good job! :-) There is one thing that still interests me, maybe you can make it too. I was thinking about realistic flag from silk. I know very small amount of things about it but i have seen it on several models so, and its very very worth making detail. Keep making good things man :D

    Thanks. That is a good idea. My first idea was to make a waving flag, so I made it from plasticard. 

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