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Old Collingwood
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More work planking then more planking, I have completed the main deck after it has fully set it will be sanded then a few dark washes, I have also started on the poop deck working around the many obstructions. OC.
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Looking splendid - love the decking finnish. OC.
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Oh nearly foregot - I also put some rounded tops above the windows on the cabin bulkhead, to match the door.😉 OC.
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Thank you for that rob, the only place using areas of wood will be the decks, what I had intended to do was - after finishing the planking I will sand the deck slightly then do a few thinned down paint layers (like a wash) of black to give the decks their burned - aged - weathered look, this should contrast with the black graphite caulking done between the planks with a pencil. OC.
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Looking smart denis - all stacked together like that. OC.
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HMCSS Victoria 1855 by BANYAN - 1:72
Old Collingwood replied to BANYAN's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1851 - 1900
Loving your work pat, very tidy work and such amazing detail. OC.- 993 replies
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A bit more progress today - first I seperated some of the parts that had been painted prior to fitting in place, this will make it easier instead of contructing it first, after cleaning up some of the edges I set about doing some dry brushing with buff and white paint. After doing this I set them aside and turned my attention to the main deck - I am planing the decks with my wood stock but I have had to vary my planks of different shades from different wood materials (this wont hurt as I will be adding dark washes to the planks when they are down) first I painted the fitted plastic hatch way frames, then starting from the center I put a few plank runs down. Here is the progress so far - OC.
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Hi denis, thanks for looking in, yep its the Revell kit that arrived at my door last week, its a great kit very accurate and goes together very very well, im just putting my own style on it by adding wood where ever I can. OC.
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Hi kevin, Im just using the old fashioned method of using my acrylic paints - buff and flat white, using a wide brush dipping the brush in the paint then wipping nearly all of it off till the cloth wipes clean, then brushing onto the parts of the model, backwards - forwards till I get the desired amount of highlighting. OC.
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Next stage before I start attaching the hull sides to the lower - I will do some shading with dry brushes of tans, and whites to give it a faded burned look. OC.
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Yep it was nice, I cooked a nice curry for us and even washed up afterwards, so that got me a few browny points allowing me a few hours at the table, the admiral was engrosed by her knitting and watching girly tv (Soaps) OC.
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A small update folks in between attending to a birthday day for a family member - so I have assemled both bottom hull parts and added the two supports inside, then I mixed a brown/grey/black paint and gave the lower hull several coats, after this had dried I dug out my tamiya acrylic flat top coat and gave the hull and other pre-painted sections a coating with the flat clear. Oh, I also gave the cabin bulkhead a couple of coats of my made up black. Just the two pics today. OC.
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They decided after doing some research on her paint pigmants that her yellow ocre is more of a peach/pink shade than the yellow ocre we have all come to know, and the black is less dark more of a dark grey/black. OC.
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That is some repetative work there, are you going to paint her in the new color they found for her? OC.
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Fantastic work kevin she is looking so life like really impressive build. OC.
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Good evening all - sincere thanks for all the likes and comment. Right More work on the cabin bulkhead and its nearly finished - I made and fitted all four windows including making the two outer ones 2mm thiner, I then set about making the two doors - these were made by fitting two thin planks onto a cut piece of card, I then did the same to the other side casing the card between two layers of planking, I then sanded the profiles on the top and added some scrap wood to represent hinges, I then fitted a couple of braces on the back and glued them in place. Just the two pictures. OC.
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Could be your phone that is saving them as a portrait (longways upways) and doing this by default in the settings. OC.
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Interesting - I thought it might have been a photo editor (if you use one) that defaults the camera angle to how you took the shot, but no my editors save the image however I change the perspective of the photo - Landcape/Portrait etc, so its not that. OC.
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You have your work cut out there, but respect to you for what you are doing, all the extra detailing will sure make a huge difference. OC.
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