Old Collingwood
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Evening all, more work again this evening - I have made a start on Two officers from the French regiments, both are assembled and awaiting painting. One of the pics shows them against a small tin of paint to show what scale I am working with. OC.
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I also built this for my Admiral - have a look as I did some different things with the build. OC.
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I think that wood (pontos simulted decks) or proper decking as we use in our wood kits can look simply superb, I have used both at different scales. Scribing especially for planes can be really useful to open up panel lines that have been lost with sanding - or just plain missing. OC.
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I can't see most of them also - just lots of picture code. OC.
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Welcome to the club. OC.
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Welcome aboard Jon. OC.
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Nice clean workbench mate🙃👍 OC.
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Stunning work Kevin, those decks look loverly made all the more so by the tennon joints. OC.
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Evening all, right then Major Baring and his steed is painted just needs flat coating - but I need to wait for the weather to dry before I can sprey outdoors. OC.
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Thank you Denis. OC.
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Go for it Denis - you know you will have an audience😉 OC.
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This photo might help - again its not mine I got it off the net, but it does show a (slightly more gentle tuck round to the back that would help with the planks) I had a similar problem when I was working on tha same kit about 10 years ago - it was a real nightmare to get right. OC.
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Having a re-think - if its the last frame causing the problem with it potentialy being too far back creating too sharp an angle, how about adding some more wood behind the last frame/but glued to it, this would enable you to sand a more gentle profile for the tuk, I think that would help a lot and take away such a sharp angle. OC.
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Does it look like this - you could use the half moon shape part to get a tighter turn, its what I used to use for some really tight turns. Pic not mine. OC.
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Evening all, right Major Baring has recieved some paint - just need to paint his boots and styrups. OC.
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Are you using a "Bending Block" with your heat Iron for bending? it should have come with your Iron, it is such a useful tool for getting tight turns with the planks. What I used to do with mine was to soak the plank you want to fix - say one on each corresponding side, then when I t feels wet enough with a bit of bend to it - pit it over the bend in the Bending Block and using the heat from the Iron push down gently in the curve of the block till the heat/steam gently pushes the plank down into the curve. The key heare is not to push too hard - Just go gentle and feel the bend , it takes a bit of getting used to but it does work - I have bent a near circle using the tighter of the bends in the Block. Give it a try. OC.
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I know, thats why I cheated on my Pearl build - tried but said to myself "nah too much hassle" but enjoyed the ratline -ish (tiny ish) OC.
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Now that is looking Nice - sharp details and you was so right to do the decks with the wood - it really sets the ship off against your excellent painting. OC.
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That looks excellent Mark. OC.
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Looking really good. OC.
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So I have made another start - here is Major Baring on his horse un painted. He is not glued in the saddle yet so I can fiddle around with his position. OC.
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You need to invest in Ten pairs of hands so you can "multi-multi-multi-multi task and build many"😁 OC.
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Afternoon all, I'm back - I decided to give my Chinook build a slight rest while I do somemore work here - I decided to have a go at building the chap who was in overall control over the Farm no less than - Major Georg von Baring, as he stayed "sted fast" with his army right through the battle for the farm. Pic off the net showing him on his horse. OC.
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Right then everyone, I'm going to put a little hold on this - Just when it was getting interesting, as I want to do somemore work on my Waterloo project - see you over there😉 OC.
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Thanks Ken. OC.
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