Old Collingwood
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Evening all, another couple of hours spent on little hood - I decided to attack that little block that is supposed to have some aerials attached to it - remember the PE versions was a disaster, so I decided to have a go with some wire I have, I drilled a hole both sides then cut the wire equal lengths and glued them in place with super glue, when dry I bent the ends up. I then cleaned up the end of the weather deck where that piece kept falling away. I also started work on the lower section of the front conning tower, this had two small supports and the PE ladders fitted. OC.
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Evening all, Bit of a step backwards - or rather not able to fit certain PE on the kit, I attempted to fit some very fiddly - bendy - delicate - thin - hard to pick up Aerials, some plan number two - scrap them and dont fit them, then while starting work on the front lower conning tower, I noticed a plastic part that had to be fitted both sides at the rear of the weather deck had come away, I found it and re glued it but the area will need a wee bit of light sanding when dry. OC.
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What a great idea - pre mixing the Vallejo flow improver with the paint and keeping in a bottle, I have a few empty vallejo bottles might see if the nozzles pull out so I can pre mix my Lifecolour AP507A and some flow improver, what I have been doing is filling up the airbrush cup to about 3/4 full then adding about 3/4 drops of flow improver then a quick mix with a brush - then spraying, but I can see the advantage of it ready mixed. With the scale 1/700 I think if you can do a reasonable job at this scale - any other scale (larger) just gets more achievable and dare I say easier. OC.
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Some amazing builds out there - and some astonishing skill levels that defy belief. OC.
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Amazing work - keep having to remind myself its card model - you guys who do this are a level above as far as I am concerned. OC.
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I just found out by checking my pics I put on here - the Carley floats have a upside/downside - how cool is that at this scale, I never knew till I placed them and saw in the pics they look different. OC.
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Loving the contrast between the Black and White Mark - doing a fine job there. OC.
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Looking good Mark - always good when you get some paint on the Hull. OC.
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Evening all, I returned to the table today and continued adding little tiny parts like a boat cover over the cabin area on one of the small launches, then another smal block was added, I tried to zoom in to show some of the fine details - and a wee bit of PE. OC.
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Excellent work. OC.
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Ah there you are, just asked you over there...... OC.
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Just looks like there is so little displacment. OC.
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Mate just an observation - that Boot line looks a little low, she is showing lots of freeboard like she is light in the water. that armour rib above looks like the kind of hight the boot should be. Hope you dont mind me butting in with my ten pence worth. OC.
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Thanks Mike, I am currently working on the tops trying to thin the plastic framework down a bit, it is quite fine as it is (the close up exaggerates the pic and scale a bit) uisng my sharp pointed blade but will also try with some shaped narrow sand paper, always the same how pics when zoomed in show more work oyu need to do.... OC.
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Evening all, more work on the funnels contiunes - these little sub assemblies are just about ready to prime and paint still dry fitted to the deck. OC.
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I hold my breath with every stage you go through - and I am just watching. OC.
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Evening all, more work continues on the funnels - I am doing the same to the second funnel just fitting the one piece of walkway PE inside and using the kit top, both are dry fitted and the second funnel awaiting Flat Black painted inside then closing up with the top. OC.
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Evening all, Next stage I decided to do was one of the many sub assemblies - namely the front funnel stack, this sits on a square ventilation unit (assume thats what it is) nice to see the funnels are one piece, mind you there is still a seam and the pips where its cut away still needed careful sanding/scraping, I decided to limit the PE on these as I did not see the need or want to wreck the details by trying to bite off more than I can chew, so the only PE on/in the funnels was goung inside - yep the rounded walkway, that was simply placed inside then a watered mix of PVA brushed on. I let it set then hand painted a couple of layers of Flat Back on the inside, I then glued the funnel down onto the sub assembly. Next considered the funnel top - I looked at the PE sections for it on the fret - "No Way" I compared it to the plastic part and in fairness there is not a lot in it the Flyhawk plastic rendition is really good - so that was glued in place, next are a set of Five extrnal vents pipes that sit in holes around the base of the funnel - slightly fiddly as they need the taper on the ends angled outwards, with a tiny bit of glue added at there tops Two of them done so far were pushed in place. No pics as my battery was flat. OC.
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