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Old Collingwood

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  1. I have to say - I also love your audio equipment I used to also have some nice gear when I was into it - Celestion/Q-Deck/Rotel/Denon. Nice work by the way. OC.
  2. Evening all, more work around the pond - I cleaned up the slabs around the pond then put down a few layers of stone, then I did the same to the base around the pond, and after some washes and dust, and finished with a couple of coats of flat. OC.
  3. Wow mate that is so much detail - aside form giving your eyes a break - pat yourself on the back - praise well deserved Alan. OC.
  4. Goo - gul is like a pesky neighbour want to know all you have done - then keep tabs of it.😁 OC.
  5. Great work with the hull - those brass tiles will so thank you when they age - she will so look the part. OC.
  6. Indeed I think most of us have seen the movie - also lots of other great Nelson reference to films either by @mtaylor or myself with a friends up and coming movie about Nelson and Trafalgar. OC.
  7. Very nice work mate - and I love the attention to detail with the plans and drawings. OC.
  8. Found you buddy - got all my equipment and food stuffs ready and a seriously comfy chair - ready for the ride. OC.
  9. Thank you kinldy Mark, Indeed - both sides of the wall, I might even mess around making some random rain puddles using my gel - seeing as it was so wet the night before with pooring rain the whole ground was sturated. OC.
  10. Thank you kindly Alan, we have those fabric things with weat inside taht oyu heat up in the microwave - she uses those to help the pain, she can't stand anything cold/freezing on the area though. OC.
  11. Also as Alan said - you can also work the plastic parts to thin them down (if they need it) as the plastic will be less prone to brake. OC.
  12. Thank you Alan, It taught me a lesson to not play with it after pooring in the gel - the second layer was poored than put away in the cabinet to harden on its own - not with a hairdryer. OC.
  13. Thank you kindly Craig, no fish in there - I think the KGL had then (if there were any) the night before. OC.
  14. That engine and transmission looks Superb Craig really looking realistic. OC.
  15. Evening all, more work on the base courtyard area - this needed a lot of fiddling to get the pieces to fit to gether - some choping here adding pieces there and adjusting the pond area base. Oh I have also re worked the pond by adding some bricks that had fell in after the KGL hacked then out to make firing holes, I then added another layer of gel and let it set over night (I did not touch it and still needs more time to fully set) OC.
  16. Good day all, I have decided to put the display case cover away so I can work on the base - I have placed the building plan on the base to check its positioning and room - still lots more to do. OC.
  17. Thats a good start John - dont be affraid to ask anything from the members here - we dont bite unless its food.😁 OC.
  18. Aint gonna like what you put Mark but sure agree with you. OC.
  19. Sadly no ducks - the KGL engineers killed them all and and had fire roasted Peeking Duck (but no pankcakes) meal the night before the battle. I think I made the paper situation worst by speed drying it with the hairdryer - my impatience got the better of me as I wanted to see it working, I will wait and see if it shrinks back into shape - its is touch dry at the moment just got a few wrinkles in it where it has stretched. OC.
  20. Just checked the pond again - the paper has stretchered and not flat - I guess it needs something underneath it more solid - like the base its self, might need to cut this paper out if I can not get the paper to shrink and go flat again? OC.
  21. No worries - happens to me a lot, it should look a lot better when it has more detailing. OC.
  22. Evening all, I started on the pond today - first thing was to cut a sheet of paper then glue it underneath the base covering the area of the pond, I used PVA and applied a few coats inside also, this was the fully dried using the hair dryer, after I applied a few coats of mid Green the some washes. Then the fun stage - I emptied some of the Acrylic Resin into a smaller jar and emptied it into the pond - first mistake (I had put to much in and it was over the height of the edging stones) so before it had set I removed the majority of it - and re applied but a smaller amount that just covered the bottom. I used the hairdryer to speed up the setting process - I could gradually see the resin clearing from a white liquid to a clear water - this took about an hour of dryer work. Not too bad for my first attempt. OC.
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