Old Collingwood
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Good day all, another good day on the pearl, I finished painting and weathering the other staircase, and duly fitted it, I then turned my attention to the bow where I fitted the two beakhead rails, these were firstly painted and weathered - then glued in place. They have good shape so I am quite pleased with them. A few pics - OC.
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Yep - next build for the foreseeable and into the next zillion years will be a dolls house for the wife, probably finish when Im grey (Hang on - I have no hair)😮 OC.
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Thanks mate, the idea is that a bolt head would have been flat in that area and gone through the wall. OC.
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Love the staircases and - you have shrunk into your own build - very cool. OC.
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Evening all - a bit more progress on the pearl, First I dribbled some watered pva through the holes on the outside wall, then wahen dry I cut the breech rope ends then touched up the holes, then I attached one of the stairways. I then turned my attaention to the other side. Just a few pics. OC.
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Over here we get a warning then comes 1/2 an inch of snow and everything comes to a stand still with every thing stopped and canceled. "Our great british spirit" OC.
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Great to see you back on this - I had a quick nosey on the earler stages, I wasnt following the build then but will deffo now. OC.
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The art of making steam loco's go round in circles.🤪 OC.
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Looking great - I think adding an interior even if its not seen to well, is a great idea. OC.
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Im a bit late - but can I also take a seat? I will of course bring some rum, as there is bound to be plenty of popcorn already. OC.
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Hi there all, more progress today with the first two canons, I attached the wheel units, then found the correct size breeching rope (looks ok in scale) I attached it to the end of the barrel and applied a small amount of pva, then I drilled through the side walls roughly the same thickness as the breech rope, I then rubbed some pva into the ends of the rope to stiffen it, then to seat the canon to the deck - I cut and glued a small piece of wood from decking stock, it was then just a case of passing the rope ends through the holes in side walls - and glued the canons down. When set I will make the rope sag a bit more then dribble a bit of watered pva into the holes. OC.
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Superb work mate - so much detail amazing work. OC.
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Evening all - more work getting done - its a busy life as a pirate "ay mate - weres me rum" so next step is to build and fit the two canons closest to the cabin bulkhead, reason for these two port and larboard first - is so I can then fit the staircases that route down over the top of them. Each canon assembly is built up from the two sides/bottom/barrel and the wheel blocks, I assembled the assemblies and painted them - minus the wheel blocks that still need to be fitted and painted. Here are two pics showing the work on these two so far. OC.
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I have come up with a plan - with the canons breach ropes, I think I could get away with drilling through the sidewalls, then tying a knot in the breach rope and pushing the end through the hole in the wall, this way the knot will obscure the apperance of the hoops that would have been there on the real ship. Think its a plan. OC.
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Not far wrong there mate - dont they say as we get older we need less sleep..... OC.
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Your work inspires us all and its a pleasure to follow these 1/200 scale builds as they offer that extra insite (due to the scale) into the real ship/s, we have to remember - we are not dealing with plastic models, but scale replicas. OC.
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Another New Guy Introduction
Old Collingwood replied to Petes Shipyard's topic in New member Introductions
Welcome to the club pete - a few simple rules - 1) make sure to bring popcorn (lots to feed the hungry mob) 2) ask as many qustions about your build/s 3) post lots of pics (we love pics) But most of all - have fun. OC. -
Always a pleasure watching your builds come to life. OC.
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Wasn't it due to a miss - observation of Bismark by both the shadowing british cruiser and POW who strarted to open fire on Prinz Eugen followed by Hood doing the same, mind you the point to point range at that point was quite long 25 -28 miles, I believe. OC.
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I am Amazed at how you are bringing her to life - Excellent work. OC.
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Very well said - thoughtful words Thank you. I love your Hood also cant wait to see your build log on her also. OC.
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