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Old Collingwood
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This is my plan - Tomorrow I will gently sand over the brick areas to remove any wood splinters where the sand paint had softened the wood, then after cleaning I will either apply a watery PVA sealer all over the face of the wall - then when fully dry I will mix up a brick colour probably a little Red Ocre with a wee bit of Buff and a drop of Brown to get that brick colour, then I will gently dry brush it over the bricks carefully not to get it in the cracks of the mortar. Then I will apply the coats of White over the rest of the wall. OC. -
Evening all, a wee bit more progress this evening - I started by making and attaching some window ledges, then I had at go at gouging out some of the mortar lines as the laser cut ones are too neat and uniform, then I applied a few water washes of a sand/buff colour brushed into the gaps, this will be left to dry then a light sand over. I have discovered an idea - I need to brush over the MDF wood a few watered down coats of PVA to prime the wood as it will help the paintwork I think. OC.
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Thanks mate, think the sand will have to take a miss - closest thing I have is White salt. OC.
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Thanks Ken. OC.
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Thanks Ken, I have some buff colour I could use for the mortor and thinking of using Red Ocre for the Bricks. OC.
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Indeed a move by train did not make things easy. OC.
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Just to update on this - its been put away 99% finished just need the rattle can flat coat - that will be done later. OC.
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Now that does look nice - just about perfect weathering - you should be pleased with that mate. OC.
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I might see if by brushing it on it might create some texture - built up in a few layers, also I will add some white in between the bricks for mortar. OC.
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Thank you Alan, I am debating painting the walls as they are as flat pieces before gluing them together, as it will be A lot easier to paint that way, as the paintwork is a mix of brick work and white wash. OC.
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Teutonic knight c. 1200 by wefalck
Old Collingwood replied to wefalck's topic in Completed non-ship models
Very nice work, it all just works with the dio and the figure - really nice. OC. -
Evening all, so the farm building begins - all the buildings and base are made out of laser cut MDF on individual sheets (about Ten of them) including a sheet of card fittings like window frames etc. I decided to start with the main farmhouse building, I placed the sheet of MDF on the table and gently cut through a few pips holding the different walls in place - very sharp accurate laser cut parts, then on the farmhouse there are some window shutters to be cut out from the card sheet, again just pips at the edges holding them - quick cut with my blade and they were cut out. I used some watered down PVA on the backs of the shutters then placed, when stuck I added a couple of washes over the face of the shutters to harden the cardboard slightly - same was done with the different window and door frames. So this is where I am at the moment - OC.
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Look at the detail on that - superb. OC.
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Superb work mate that funnel just looks so nice - are you going to try to drill out the Four pipes on the outside? OC.
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They are great kits and lovely ships, I had the Montrose also but decided to sell it instead of making it. I have a couple of pics of her sister ships though. Thank you kindly mate. OC.
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Or the one of "Ello ello ello" OC.
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Trouble with water pills - put them in water and they vanish.😁 OC.
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I might (might) start on the farm building tomorrow - its flat packed at the moment so it will be interesting to see how it assembles. OC.
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That is looking so nice mate - like a museum display love the room you have in there. OC.
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Evening all, small update a bit more paint and the superstructure was glued down, then I masked up the flight deck and added Two White lines, a wee bit of touch up and a part from a rattle can flat top coat - think its near as damn it finished - I will of course do more pics when the flat clear coat is on. OC.
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Thank you so much Denis. OC.
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Another idea - do your fittings on your deck before closing up your hull as you will have a cleaner / more easy area to paint the details of the deck fittings (except the canons as thay need the bulwarks to work off) OC.
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I lashed and glued the yards to the mast just by passing some twine/thread over the yard and around the mast then a wee bit of CA glue to hold the knot. OC.
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It was a long build but my pleasure to post the link to it, it was from the Excellent Revell kit and I bashed it by adding my own wood decking, some re built wood details - my own shrouds using wood deadeyes and thread and a few figures - had to have some pirates. OC.
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