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Old Collingwood
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Thank you kindly Ken, the admiral calls it a dolls house - my way of thinking is similar to my Pearl build when I put a table a chairs in there that no one could see but I knew was in there - it will be fun. OC. -
So, more of the same for the other face of the house tomorrow, then I will look for some clear plastic that can be cut and glued on the inside for my windows. Oh did I say - I intend to detail the inside of the farmhouse - I am putting in a partition on the ground floor for a kitchen and lounge, will also add some stairs and a First floor with a couple of bedrooms, the dorma windows will also be opened up into the bedrooms to allow the placement of a few of my 2nd KGL firing from them poitions - what I have done sofar is just the tip of the iceberg. OC.
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Evening all, more progress today I put a few more paint layers down - the farm side of the farmhouse is now just about painted just needs a wee bit of weathering and some clear plastic put behind to represent the windows. OC.
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That's looking the business mate - so much going on with such a small ship. OC.
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That sounds like a result mate - looking forward to that one also. OC.
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Thank you so much Ken, it was a case of being careful with the brush - not loading too much paint on it almost lile dry brushing, it will start to "pop" when I add the other colours to the details and put some clear plastic on the inside for windows. OC.
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Thank you kindly Mark, From what I gather - the square bricks around the doors/windows are stone so they will receive a couple of coats of a Buff/Grey colour, I will do the frames and the doors a dark Grey/Black (think Nato Black will be fine for that - the ledges will also be stone Buff/Grey colour and around the bottom bricks a Black painted band - this will follow all the way around the farm complex on the inside. I am playing with the idea of simulating glass in the windows by using some clear plastic glued to the inside, I know some of this glass was probably shot out later in the day when the French managed to get above the wall, but as I am building it form an earlier part in the day, I don't think any of the windows would have been shot from the French outside the walls. OC.
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Thank you so much for saying that. OC.
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Thank you Alan, I did try to make sure the mortar showed through and make the bricks look real with some depth. OC.
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I know the 2nd KGL engineers who were there the night before decided to take the barn door off and buned it to make a fire to keep them warm in the heavy rain - but I have not read anywhere about them dissmantling the farmhouse doors. OC.
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Evening all, A bit of an early update before the footy match on the tv, anyway I mixed up some brick colour paint, then gently applied it over the brickwork in an almost dry brush fashion, then I started applying the White layers - still a few more layers to do - but its fairly straightforward brush work, so here is the current stage - OC.
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Thank you kindly Kevin, will deffo do something with them but might not go over board as I guess they would not have been very battered being the farmhouse doors. OC.
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Thank yoi kindly brother. OC.
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Another plan for latter - mix up some Brick colour paint, guess that will be my Red Ocre mixed with some Yellow to get a kind of Brick Orange shade but enough to so some of the roofs also. OC.
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Thanks mate, yep the burning is more on the backs where you can see the darkening from the laser, all the edges have that darker wood look like we get in wood ship kits. OC.
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I find with most kits - you can build at your own pace (it kind of just happens that way - you know when you have had enough for the day) also if you want to add something to the kit that might change from the instructions - but you feel its the right way - go for it. Reminds me a lot of my one it was my first ever wood build and taought me a lot for my second - mainly the joys of plank bending (not). Keep up the good work - the more you do the more you will fall into our little wood world. OC.
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I think this is the perfect place mate for you to continue - its still your project and we are all loving watching it grow. OC.
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All the parts (every one) is laser cut - when I took the flatpack out of the plastic shrinkwrap - its was a case of "boy - whats that burning smell" I have done a few cheeky coats of 50/50 PVA and water then brushed it all over the one face of each of the pieces shown above - but havn't done the backs yet, I hope (hope) the paint layers trap and kill off the burnt odour. OC.
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I have a question - the parts are all laser cut and the MDF smells strongly from the burning process how they cut through the parts - is there anyway to get rid of the smell as the admiral can smell it from the other side of our room - smells like a bonfire. OC.
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Thank you kindly Alan, yep thats what I was thinking with the PVA. OC.
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I wonder if they are like that as this is the Farmhouse I am building and I suppose they would have had neater / better doors than say on the barns - stables, its very hard to find any pictures / drawings from Inside the farm complex from that time period, more up to date photo's show a more modern set up of modern doors and windows in the farmhouse. OC.
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I wont show that to my admiral as she would be sick with envy, its our Twelfth anniversary this year and so far we have not been to a beach together. OC.
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