Old Collingwood

Evening all,   I did  a bit more  today  -  first  thing I did though was to  get my  LED   light out  (only for an hour  due to  electric costs)   I  changed over  my  group of painted  French   for  another group  then I mixed some more  darkened  Blue  and  with my fine tip brush,   I  brushed over the  Blue  areas  the put them a side to dry.    The colour certainly is  improving  and  the  flat coat should do the  trick when it arrives.

OC.

Thank you for  choosing  us  to  showcase  your amazing skills   -  cant wait to  see  your  other builds.

OC.

Absolutley Beautiful  -  sutch a gifted  talent you have.

OC.

Evening all,  so   I did  my  darkened brush coats  over  my groups  arms,  they  darkened nicely  but  the  sheen  still  remained  shiny  well  more  like a  satin  shade.   but  no bother I have ordered a  small 17ml  bottle  of  my trusty mig ammo  lucky acrylic ultra matt varnish.

OC.

This  is  what I would call  a  Blue-Black.

OC.

On 10/7/2023 at 7:22 PM, yvesvidal said:

Craig, you need to fabricate some 1/12th scale sawhorses to present your beautiful model. Resting that body on three paint jars is not serious 🙂

 

Yves

I had to re - read  this  cuz  I  first  though   "what  -  Seahorses"

OC.

Evening all,   I have decided  in the absence  of  any  Flat  Coat  Lacquer,  I will  re paint  quite a  few of the  French  arms, (as they are  standing out the  most  and still  slightly  shiny like satin)     my idea  is based  on the  French uniforms  where  mainly a  very dark Black - Blue, and tended to vary,   what I will  do is to  use my Matt  Black  and add  some  Matt Blue   at a  ratio of  say Eight drops  Black  to  Two drops  Blue,  that way  it should  come out  a  nice Flat  darker shade  of  Blue  and  may not need  top coat  lacquering until  I can  get some more  lacquer  for  the rest  of them.

OC.

Superb work  Craig,  you  could add  a  mini  Wayne Carini  to  it.

OC.

Love the  video.

OC.

1 hour ago, Snug Harbor Johnny said:

  Since you're doing the HMS Hood, I thought you might like the photo of her at a Panama Canal Lock pre-War ...

 

Thank you kindly for  that.

OC.

Evening all,  I decided  to  do  a  few more  close  up  edits  of  my photos, while  she was  still  a  complete  kit.

OC.

Simply amazing  beyond belief,  one of the  best builds  I have seen   - Incredibly  talented.

OC.

53 minutes ago, Keith_W said:

Hello OC, as I mentioned in my post, and as the ping shows, all other sites are not affected. Only MSW. 

I see  Keith,  sorry  I could  not  help.

OC.

My internet  has  been   genetic ley   slow  the  last  few  days   affecting  different sites   making them slow  and  hanging,   wonder if this  is  what you  have been experiencing.

OC.

Superbly good work.

OC.

Outstanding  work,  what a way  to make an entrance  with your first build  in  here  - this  is going to be  Museum Quality.

OC.

Incredible  work  Craig   -  it looks  just like  the real thing.

OC.

Another  warm welcome to you  from the  UK.

OC.

Excellent job.

OC.

7 hours ago, Canute said:

Good move, OC. Paints do go "off" after a while.

Thanks  Ken.

OC.

I have been  carrying on with this   but  I'm getting  to the  bottom of my  flat  varnish   and  noticing that  the finish is  not  going flat, its  staying a  satin  shade   despite  me  shaking the  life out  the bottle  -  guess  I need  to  order  some more.

OC.

That  looks  so Superb.

OC.

Hi  folks,    this  is  to try  to  showcase  this  Amazing  guys   work  -  so  wish  he  would   join  us  here  with his  Amazing build   @dafi   knows  him   as I believe  they are  both members  in the same site    -

OC

http://www.shipmodels.info/mws_forum/viewtopic.php?f=59&t=167367

Warm welcome  from the  UK.

OC.

!Wow!

OC.