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7 minutes ago, king derelict said:
Wow what a beautiful miniature. I’m sure you will create fantastic renditions too.
alan
Thank you kindly Alan, its one of the latests sculpts by Victrix - they have sharpened up the details including thinner more realistic horse reins and even scribed details on the saddle details, even the figures look good.
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Evening all, I thought i should try an incentive to kick my self into doing something with my build, so I have brought a single spru containing Three riders and horses of the Polish Lancers that where at Waterloo - should make an interesting pose when made and painted - here is how they paint up from the Victrix catalogue.
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6 hours ago, Old Rentner said:
Thank you very much for the tips, may I ask about painting? If I use primer and a top coat how can I avoid clogging the spaces between the rails. The spaces between the rails are thinner than four coats of paint I think?
Just a case of playing with the brush to get the paint on while clearing the gaps, just technique - a bit fiddly but do able.
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Also be Very Careful cutting them off the fret - they need a very sharp blade and a solid flat surface underneath - like a tile or similar to stop them from bending.
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- king derelict, Canute and mtaylor
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1 minute ago, Old Rentner said:
I did manage to get a set finally! My god they are small!
Indeed - requires some delicate handling, but very nice when on, there are different ways to attach them - some people like to do small lengths at a time, others do longer runs, also there are different ways to apply the glue (super glue) you can use a fine wire or needle to apply on the ship where you want to fix the railing, or you could make a small puddle on a scrap piece of flat board etc, and gently tip the bottom of the railing using some fine tweezers just to coat the bottom of the railing - then place on the ship. Its all about finding the way that works best for you.
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- king derelict, Canute and mtaylor
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Excellently done, not the easiest of challenges as I know the kit itself has its own set of challenges - you have made a marvellous job of her.
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44 minutes ago, Old Rentner said:
The problem is how to make them, tension them and fix them to the bridge structures. Thank you for the pictures. The scale makes them very thin!
You could buy the PE railing sets I thunk they do them in 600scale or you might get away with 700scale, because they are thin metal you would need to use super glue to attach them.
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2 hours ago, Old Rentner said:
It’s nearly ‘finished’! The funnels, railings propellor mechanisms and the stabilizers are in place. It’s difficult to understand how the latter could stabilize a big hull but I guess that they did? The mast and foredeck structures remain and then it’s the railings and ariels etc. How to do them, how to fix them and where to fix them, I know not!
Help please!!
Without railings the aft decks look pretty dangerous!!!
Not quite sure how you could create the hand rails without having some PE ones to hand, might be difficult, I have found two pics of the front masts etc and securing lines, also the rear showing the railings - double click on both or drag them with the right click mouse to enlarge them.
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1 hour ago, Twokidsnosleep said:
You are the inspiration on the entire build
I reference your great Pearl posts all the time
Thank you kindly.
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Good to see you back on this - they are Supeb kits with all that internal detailing.
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Battle of Waterloo Attack on La Haye Sainte Farm by Old Collingwood - 1/56 (28mm)
in Non-ship/categorised builds
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Mark, that not my work its the companies advertising shot, I am waiting on the spru containg the parts to assemble it yet, I posted it to show how it could paint up and to show the level of detail in the sculpt.
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