Old Collingwood
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Evening all, today I fitted the two forecastle ladders then gave them a coat of paint, I then decided to close in the lower/main gun deck hull sides, this was a fiddly operation requiring some moving around of the side sectons to get them to sit properly, this caused a bit of poly cement mess around the join. After the first side was glued and supported with elastc bands - I was able to attach the other side, I set the hull aside to set while I cooked dinner - then I touched up hull join line, but also decided to give all hull parts a second coat - that to be honest is a more brown/grey/black color, but it will be weathered again with dry brushing (can use talk as the wife has allergies to stuff like that) Just the one pic - OC.
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Evening all, I thought I would do some work to the rear bulkhead decorations - these are kit parts but they do look amazing for plastic, anyway first thing I did was to paint the three sections in brass paint - this was force dried with a hairdryer, then I started weathering and generally making them look aged and old, I then glued them to the rear bulkhead. Just the two pictures, with the second one showing how it will look when I attach the rear cabin window sections. OC.
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Evening all, another good day on the pearl today - I started work on the wheel and assembly, the kit version is good shape and all I needed to do was to shape the frame work, after doing this I gave it a couple of coats of paint then weathered it slightly, then I attached the wheel to rudder rope - this was wrapped around the spindle then secured with pva with both ends weighted down to keep it in place. Then I attached an anchor point underneath the deck with a piece of 1x1mm, then I pused the rope ends through the grating and glued the wheel assembly in place, when set I will secure the ropes around the anchor point. OC.
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I added the pva in the window panes and it seems to have done the trick - made the lighting impression more subtle. OC.
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Another job for tomorrow - I might play around with hazing the skylight windows abit more, by dropping in some pva with a tiny amount of yellow paint, just to give them that aged look and to make the view through them slightly less - making the candle glow paintwork more realistic. OC.
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Good evening all, firstly thank you all for the likes and comments - I had another good day on the pearl I started bt painting the main grating, then I glued it down and set it aside to set, then I turned my attention to the poop deck firstly I constructed a section of grating for the wheel to sit on, then I boxed it in, before fixing it down I cut a square opening through the deck for the wheel/rudder control ropes to go through the deck, then I glued the grating down and gave it a couple of coats of paint. I also decided to modify the captains cabin roof skylight as the kit molded sides are flat and not angled, I got around this by sanding the top till I created a slope, right here goes a little bit of my immagination - I decided to try to create the illusion of candle light inside the cabin using a mix of orangy/yellow/red paints - the idea was to attach some clear plastic glued under the deck, this I painted the colors to (on the underside of the clear plastic) I also added some more clear plastic under the skylight top frame (acting as windows) the idea was looking through two sections of clear plastic should mimic dappled coloured light. So here are a few pics showing my ideas. OC.
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Thank you so much mark, I am quietly pleased with what I have done - kind of a rewarding feel. OC.
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Evening all, so I got a few hours on the pearl after a day of aircraft spotting and photography, any way the ladder hatchway was re done using some 2x2mm framing - I decided to attach the frame to the deck that way it leaves a slight gap between the grating and frame, this inspired me to then construct some combing around the hatchway with the ladder already open, this was tricky as I had the rope stachions to cut around, I did this by making the combing in three sections, and filing a cut out with my fine needle files (think I used my 2mm box file). After these combings had set I applied a couple of coats of the fadded black/grey paint. I then turned my attention to the main gratings section - this is a kit part in plastic, but it looked a little narrow and flat compared to the others, so I boxed it in with the same 2x2mm and set it aside to set. Here are a few pics of the progress - OC.
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Thanks lou, I've lifted it now (it was bugging me so I went downstairs and popped it from underneath - no damage) I will build a frame 2x2mm tomorrow (after my aicraft spotting and photography from the back garden - of course) and fit it around the grating - like I did on my Greyhound build - I just wasn't thinking - brains gone to sleep I think. OC.
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Not sure how that would work on the actual ship as the ladder hatch grating was just a temporary cover - put in place with the hand rail/ropes removed for action stations I assume, its only lightly glued so it can be popped out from under and a slight combing added, what I could do is to build a frame around the grating and sit it ontop of the lip so its raised a couple of mm. OC.
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Thanks mate, I have never used pastels - I always seem to work by the slowly slowly ethic when it comes to trying new techniques. OC.
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So much very fine work kevin - you are doing her so much credit. OC.
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Will be following - have me seat/popcorn and beverage at the ready, this could be a good candidate for the HMS Interceptor from Pirates of the Caribbean. OC.
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Evening all - another good day doing bits and pieces, I started by trimming the ladder rope that had been attached, I then painted the rope and simulated rope in a dirty sand color and the posts the same brown/black color, I then painted and fitted the forecastle deck grating, and also constructed a grating to cover the mid ships ladder hatchway. A few pics showing the progress. OC.
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