Old Collingwood
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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. -
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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Evening all, thank you all for the likes and views, its great being back in this section, right - I decided to attack the ladder rails that go around the deck cut out, I decided to use the kit parts as they are fairly well formed, I also attached the ladder rope that comes up from lower down, this was tied and glued with a bit of pva. Here are a couple of pics. OC.
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She's been put in here folks - as I thought it was more appropriate due to her being of a kit origin. OC.
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Great work denis, I know keeping busy with something to disstract you is a help, and with the dentist - "Oh boy do I know abit about teeth problems" I have suffered all my life if not tooth then Abscess problems causing my whole side of my face to blow up and the Pain - "Throb throb". OC.
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Evening all, got some more work done on the pearl this evening, I glued a few of the deck/bulkheads together and added a finishing strip to cover where I had dropped the front of the forecastle deck down a bit. Here are a few pics also one showing a comparison with my other build - they could almost be from the same film. OC.
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More work this evening on the pearl, firstly I glued in place the two ladders with ropes and left the ropes to hand, then I attached the two decorative stand pieces to the bottom of the hull (these will be mounted onto the base plate - for a secure stand). Next job was to dry fit the center assembly into the middle hull section (this has bulkheads that slide into cutouts on the hull) I then offered up the front bulkhead and forecastle deck but found a height error where the front lugs fit, so simple fix (remove the lugs and fit slightly lower) this is a slightly tricky job as it requires jiggling about and test dry fitting prior to gluing. No pics tonight - I simply foregot to take any. OC.
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Yep you chased me over this way didn't you mate.🙂 OC.
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Thanks denis, yes its a very well detailed kit and really well put together - I understand the same goes for the Revell Vic kit. OC.
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Evening all, more work on the pearl today, I started by attaching three pieces of edge strip between the bulkheads and the deck, these were cut and glued then painted when glued, I also turned my attention to the ladders down to the gun deck - these are kit plastic parts but on inspection although they cover a 6 foot run the kit ones only have four steps, so I decided to make up four additional steps from wood strips, these were cut and sanded then glued inplace with gaitor glue, then after they had set I applied a coat or two of paint. I also decided to add a rop on the one side - I needed to create a post for the rope - this was cut to size then glued onto the side board of the ladder, then painted, I then cut some rope and glued the end onto the post with more gaitor glue, and put them aside to set. Here are the pics - OC.
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Makes me want to get one and build the Flying Dutchman from it..... OC.
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Evening all, more time on the build today - I added the dark washes to the other decks, then I turned my attention to the two lower decks bellow the main and forecastle decks, because some of the decks can be seen through ladder cut outs and gratings, I decided to add some dark washes to the simulated plastic planked areas, this took quite well due to me washing the paint on with a wide brush against the plank lines, building up some dark shades between the planks. Then I was able to start building some of the decks against the bulkheads, including adding a small finishing strip against the forward bulkhead, I also dry fitted the poop deck after doing some surgery to make it fit. Here's a few pics - OC.
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Great work mate - you'll be a miniture drilling expert whne you finish - you will have to do some minture ships in bottles. OC.
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Only partialy as the ship had started out as burned when she was the wicked wench, I would imagine they could holy stone burned wood but it wouldn't come out very light. OC.
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Evening all, sincere thanks for all the likes and comments. More work today continuing with the decks - firstly I gave them a light sanding then I decided to bleach them using conventional house hold bleach, this was wiped on and left for a couple of hours, then washed off, it did loosen a few planks - but these were soon glued back down after drying the decks with the hairdryer. This gave me a nice bleached wood finish - next I made up some very thin watery dark grey paint, then went about painting on the deck in thin coats. So I have the poop deck in a antique dark grey finish - ready to paint the other three. Here are two pics one showing the finished deck and the other un finished decks ready for their paint and trimming on one. OC.
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