Old Collingwood
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Thanks Alan, I found myself getting frustrated and annoyed as I was finding it hard to pick the railing sections up without my tweezers crushing them, and to get the right hold of them I had to try to transfer the rail onto my finger but they kept falling away, I was really getting frustrated with it and I marred some of the paintwork a bit where the rail slipped down the side of the superstructure and got some CA glue on it, I had to wait till it was dry then carefully sand it - kind of like getting a good paint job done then wrecking it trying to add the railings. Give me my figures anyday. OC. -
Thank you kindly mate, if i'm honest I was avoiding getting the airbrush out as I have to clear my table and get the spray booth box down from upstairs and try not to get acrylic paint fumes flying about in the living room - thats why I thought it would be easier to just brush paint the primer onto the PE Fret - but it turned out a big mistake. I tried Two methods for attaching the PE I tried was first using my Gorilla Super glue - but its too thick even dipping the bottom edge into it gently while holding the rail with the tip of my tweezers, or even trying using Gorilla PVA by using some thin wire to lay a narrow line of PVA and placing the rail into it - both just didn't want to play ball, mind you keeping my hand steady was a problem as the PE is so fine and even the slightest of movement and the rail in knocked off before it can set. OC.
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Evening all, bit more progress (not sure you can call it that) I decided to have a go at priming my pieces of railing I wanted to use - so I applied it with my brush, I put a few light coats on drying between, anyway I noticed the whole fret had stuck to my mat - gently trying to free it - Yep it broke most of the rails with only a few intact (bent but usable) so I went a head a cut them away but most of the paint had stuck to the mat and not the rails, so I decided to scrape off the worst back to metal and try to fit Two sections small with a centre bend, they went down kind of Ok, then I tried Two slightly longer ssections (not massive long) but how ever many times I tried to fit them - no good. I will be honest and say at this scale the railings are beyond me and I do not have the full set now anyway - so I am going to build her minus the railings. OC.
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Thank you kindly @RogerF @mikegr I will have to have a think, I think the PE might be too delicate and thin to sand, another option would be hand paint just the rails I need to add for the boat deck, as the Vallejo Surface Primer is so good at going on even with a brush - its shrinks down when it dries, and the AP507A is the Lifecolour range and thin for airbrush work, then the top coat is very good. OC.
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Fighting an internal battle with myself - prime / paint / flat top coat the PE frets, or un treat attach and prime / paint by brush? my worry is that handling the rails on the top boat deck sections (some need bends) after cutting then away will lead to peeling away / scuffing etc from holding them while I twist them to shape and glue them in place. Any ideas folks? OC.
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Welcome to the family Michael, so many of us here in the family of the site are so skilled and artistic and have some vastly varied other abilities, I too love music but from the technical aspect of creating it with keyboards (mainly digital now). You will have a lot of fun here - lots and lots of really nice people in our little family here. OC.
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Chris I found this article on the actual crate. OC. https://wartimeni.com/article/aviation-incidents-in-ulster/supermarine-spitfire-bm144-bangor-co-down/
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Evening all, a bit more done this eve - Two tiny Triple platforms made from PE and resin, then the kit Triple units fitted, I dry fitted a few of the assemblies to check how they fit. OC.
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That cardboard look almost 3 dimentional like the rivets are popping out - amazing work Chris. OC.
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Thank you kindly Alan - still have the rails to go on that level - they will be primed then painted (again both layers by brush) OC.
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Evening all, this evening was taken up with mini brush painting of the boat deck details I added yesterday. OC.
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Mods - quick question - why do some of theses longer posts not auto locate to the latest posting - Often I have to manulay scroll down to get to it. OC.
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Tiger 1 by Javlin - RFM - 1/35 - Early Version
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Mark how about adding the first posts and going up to the first tops level either shrouded/channels or un shrouded but with the channels and deadeyes fitted. OC.
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Thank you for the very nice comments - yep I will get out my tiny brushes to paint the small details, will probably do the same with the PE railings that still need to go on, as I can not airbrush them when on and think the paint will be dameged from the handling with tweezers etc. OC.
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Evening all, hope everyone's holidays are going well - so I decided that one days tv and couch was enough so I did a wee bit more on Hood, there was some more ammo lockers and vents to be added including some rather nice resin vents, they will receive a few coats of paint next. OC.
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Really nice work there Chris - those railings make such a difference at bringing all that detail to life. OC.
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Just found out we have a connection through our builds - HMS Penelope, HMS Lance and my HMS Aurora all served together in November 1941 in Force K - cool. OC.
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