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BLACK VIKING reacted to Old Collingwood in Battle of Waterloo Attack on La Haye Sainte Farm by Old Collingwood - 1/56 (28mm)
Evening all, work on the Barn continues - I started by painting the floor section a stone colour, then it had a rough wash then some dusting, this included part of the ground in the courtyard that's attached to the Barn base, I then fixed the wall section down to the base and secured it with a heated PVA around the inside wall/base joins.
It was then time to touch up the interlocking sections and weather them to match the exhisiting paintwork.
I then measured up and adjusted the roof as it should be joined to the stable block and not have a gap - this still needs more work.
The roof is just dry fitted for now as each roof section will be painted before joining together to make it easier to brush paint.
OC.
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BLACK VIKING reacted to Old Collingwood in HMS Hood by Old Collingwood - Flyhawk - 1/700 - PLASTIC - After her explosion.
Right - It's arrived but look at the box🤬
OC.
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BLACK VIKING reacted to bartley in Stagecoach 1848 by John Bartley - FINISHED - Artesania Latina - 1/10
The Main Chassis
This consists of three long beams connected to two suspension stabilizers.
You will note that these both show "clefts" where presumably narrow planks where joined to make a wider board. These were produced using a mill and a 0.4 mm Kyocera end mill.
After painting the two oposing edges, the beams were connected to the suspension stabilizers ensuring that everthing was at right
angles:
The final result looks like this
John
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BLACK VIKING reacted to bartley in Stagecoach 1848 by John Bartley - FINISHED - Artesania Latina - 1/10
Hi Bruce,
Early days yet so it is a bit hard to comment on the quality of the kit. I think that the cabin will be the real test. However, so far it looks OK. The hubs are boxwood. The laser cut parts are walnut/boxwood and seem quite accurate. There is quite a lot of "scratch" work such as fabricating the spokes from dowel. This makes it a bit less like "painting by numbers"
John
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BLACK VIKING reacted to Kevin in Stage Coach 1848 - Artesania Latina - 1/10 - by Kevin - July 2021 - finished March 2022
good evening everyone
most of the outside cladding is done now and i have been doing a lot of sanding on her today
what do you call the box the crew sit on, well what ever it id called, work has progressed on that as well
the side panels are leather (well simulated) and this confused me for a while, the material is used to cover both sides of the wooden pieces and pulled across the open area, so why not make it one piece
quite a lot still has to be done before i can put this into place, and yes i keep looking at the enterprise, worrying myself on where to restart on her
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BLACK VIKING reacted to FlyingFish in Orca by FlyingFish – FINISHED - Scale 1:20 - from the movie Jaws.
Thanks for the comments and likes, always appreciated.
Let's go fishin'!
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BLACK VIKING reacted to Louie da fly in Winchelsea Nef 1274 A.D. by Louie da fly - FINISHED - 1:75
Well, I've been offline for awhile but I haven't been idle.
I've made a new buisine (trumpetty thing) with a finer shaft, so it looks more like a trumpet than a bazooka. And a second one. Terribly worried I was going to cut the shafts so thin they would break, but they turned out ok.
And I've carved the second buisinier, so now I have both.
So here's the three figures so far - A and B on the seal below - (the helmsman isn't finished - I won't finalise his arms till I have the steering oar made and in position)
The next people to carve will be the guys amidships (C on the seal). And looking carefully at them for the first time I realise they are working a windlass!
It turns out this seal is not just a picture of a ship - it's captured a moment in time!
This ship is getting ready to set sail: The helmsman (A) is in place to steer the vessel, and two buisiniers (B) are announcing the ship's departure. The windlass (C) is raising the yard , two crewmen at the bow are weighing in the anchor (D), another crewman (E) is climbing a backstay to unfurl the sail when the yard is fully hoisted.
Steven
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BLACK VIKING reacted to Kevin in Stage Coach 1848 - Artesania Latina - 1/10 - by Kevin - July 2021 - finished March 2022
good evening everyone
thank you for the comments, i got the Enterprise out of storage, did a lot of contemplating, and thought i need to finish something, I have very little to show for this year, other than the display case, im aware its not a race but that’s me so the coach continues
both sides are now pretty well covered, and the wrapping of the ends is going on, a lot of sanding is required
the final couple are with the seats just placed in for now to see how she looks
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BLACK VIKING reacted to FlyingFish in Orca by FlyingFish – FINISHED - Scale 1:20 - from the movie Jaws.
The Acme prop factory is working overtime, and still more to do. Here's a taster...
Pilot house stuff...
Lower trunk cabin stuff...
Quint's fancy table (well the legs anyway)...
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BLACK VIKING reacted to EJ_L in Royal Louis 1780 by EJ_L - Mamoli - Scale 1:90
Three of the railings are complete. On to the next assembly.
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BLACK VIKING reacted to EJ_L in Royal Louis 1780 by EJ_L - Mamoli - Scale 1:90
More work on the bow. Added the decorative rails to either side and the thickened planking around the hawse holes.
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BLACK VIKING reacted to FlyingFish in Orca by FlyingFish – FINISHED - Scale 1:20 - from the movie Jaws.
Very interesting pictures... thanks for posting!
Looks like a harpoon from the original props tied to a rope coiled in a bucket... maybe?
Alan and his buddy must have been amazed when the film did so well, and realised what they were sitting on!
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BLACK VIKING reacted to svein erik in DUKW 1942-45 by svein erik - Italeri - PLASTIC - amphibious truck
another step twards the end....
svein.erik
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BLACK VIKING reacted to CDW in HMS Hood 1941 by CDW - FINISHED - I Love Kit - 1:700 Scale - PLASTIC
Need to finish railings on one side, then the flag staffs, and I am done with the HMS Hood 1941.
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BLACK VIKING reacted to CRI-CRI in Saint Philippe 1693 by CRI-CRI - FINISHED - scale 1/72 - French warship from Lemineur monograph
Preview of the next step about down back-stern, more sinple as one of monograp :
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BLACK VIKING reacted to chris watton in Chris Watton and Vanguard Models news and updates
HMS Bristol, a sister to the later built Leopard, was to be my second kit in the range. However, things changed a lot after Alert. You see, I was going to have all my laser cutting done in Italy, using ply, MDF and limewood, and castings in white metal, again, all from Italy.
When the fist Alert parts arrived, I knew immediately that this is not the way I want to go, looking forward. The laser cut lime was about as robust as tissue paper, and the white metal castings looked nothing like the masters I had made. This is when I decided to use much better materials for all future kits, and since then, I have been establishing more contacts for suppliers. This did mean I needed a rethink of immediate developments, and the decision to purchase my own laser machine, as sub contract costs would have been crippling for the type and amount of cutting I had in mind.
The reason Bristol was put back is because the cost of the materials alone would have cleaned me out (at that time). The second reason is that I really need 2 laser machines before starting this, and one needs more power and a larger bed, for the thicker materials needed. I am now in a position where I could carry on with this, but my real love/yearning is for a large frigate before this. But all of Bristol's carvings have already been done, as is the armament, plus bulkheads, decks and all general hull lines already worked out.
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BLACK VIKING reacted to popeye the sailor in 1955 Lincoln Futura by popeye the sailor - Revell - PLASTIC
the body dried overnight........removed from the bottom and more sanding and trimming. the headlights are based the same as the tail lights.....they are sunken in......a hooded cavity. I tried to fit them while the body was still taped together, but that was futile. I tried again later with better success and saw how they were to align with the hood front edges and the side body corners. the headlight panels are chrome as well......I will likely paint them too.
there the first initial splash of paint.......
then dry fit to see to check for the front bumper alignment.
I tried to do a little sanding, but it needs more time to dry.
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BLACK VIKING reacted to modeller_masa in Fairchild Republic A-10A by modeller_masa - Academy - 1/72 - PLASTIC
One of my favorite boar. Thanks for watching.
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BLACK VIKING reacted to GrandpaPhil in North American B-25J Mitchell by GrandpaPhil - FINISHED - Revell - 1/48 - PLASTIC
I got creative with spackle for filling the gaps on the clear pieces.
The plane is now primed black:
Most of my models start out this way.
I tend to treat all of my models like gigantic war gaming miniatures, including my ships.
By priming black, it helps create depth. I always paint from the inside-out.
I’m going to let it dry overnight and then I’ll paint it the same silver color I painted my B-58 Hustler.
Then on to detailing!
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BLACK VIKING reacted to Hubac's Historian in Soleil Royal by Hubac's Historian - Heller - An Extensive Modification and Partial Scratch-Build
Part two of my vacation begins this Friday. I will try to airbrush the red base before I leave, so that maybe I can lay down the blues and get a start on the yellow.
I really like how the whole thing - the stern extensions, the frieze and port enhancements - all homogenizes under a layer of white primer:
Painting this piece will be a marathon, but perhaps I will at least have the complete port side ready for the show.
All the best, and thank you for looking-in!
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BLACK VIKING reacted to Kevin in Stage Coach 1848 - Artesania Latina - 1/10 - by Kevin - July 2021 - finished March 2022
good evening everyone
spent a good few hours put these 1x5mm strips on, two strips is a clamping limit (with my clamps anyway, i also built the two after wheels up
i seam to have sanded it down ok, and no hidden surprises
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BLACK VIKING reacted to Kevin in HMS Enterprise by Kevin - CAF - 1/48 - August 2020
thank you Jason, i stopped doing it when i was slated on a FB group, comments like how i should have left it to someone who knew what they were doing etc, kind of upset me in a way, im not sure if the confidence will return, and if it does i certainly will think twice before showing others
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BLACK VIKING reacted to James H in HMS Enterprise by Kevin - CAF - 1/48 - August 2020
And we all know better than to listen to that sort of folk on FB
I was really liking your work on this and was surprised when it stopped. Please restart this one. Plenty here will like to follow it, including me.
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BLACK VIKING reacted to Kevin in Stage Coach 1848 - Artesania Latina - 1/10 - by Kevin - July 2021 - finished March 2022
well i finished the out side coach work, that was actually quite enjoyable, YES it could have been a lot lot tidier but it is being covered over
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BLACK VIKING reacted to Jeronimo in French ship cannons, 36pdr. 1779
Danke an alle für die freundlichen Kommentare und Likes.
Small Update.
Part 8
To save weight,
I used plastic cannonballs.
Karl
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