Old Collingwood
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More work - tonight I finished the boat deck railings by fitting the section above the hanger/roller doors, then I made some tarps again from thin paper cut into a 4.5mm strip, the cut to the lengths to fit the railings. Here are a few more pics - OC.
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Same with me I use Lifecolor but almost all my painting is hand painted by brushes. OC.
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Thanks denis, I think im about half way, next to go are the boat level railings and tarps. OC.
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Thanks carl, the top rail black color represents black tar/paint colored hemp ropes that were/are used on most warships still to this day I believe. OC.
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Hi all, another good day on the bench (table) I continued with the lower (crane) level railings, including two odd shape sections between the two pom pom shrouds, after gluing and painting mid grey - I tipped the top rails with some black. I took a few more pics showing the progress. OC.
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I thought at one stage to build HMS Kelly to go alongside the ole girl from the Trumpeter kits, but that will have to go on hold - this xmas my plan is to buy and build The Black Pearl (Pirates of the Caribbean) we are both fans of the films for the wife, and to treat myself to Trumpy's 1/350 HMS Hood and update set. OC.
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Its looking great - and just proves the strength of card when joined together. OC.
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Looking forward to seeing the next build carl. OC.
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More progress today - I cut away the pom pom ammo cupboards and various other boxes, these were plasttic cut parts so they needed to be sanded to clean then up and some needed sink marks removing, next job was to fit two pe doors on each pom pom cupboard, then they were painted mid grey, same procedure with the other boxes - these were scattered around the boat deck. Then it was railings time - the boat deck has three sections of railings and one small area of tarp, I used the pontos diagrams to aid where the railings go and copied them on to some paper, first I cut the two rear sections these went on quite easily, then I had to measure and shape the area that goes around the cranes, this was a bit fiddly due to the delicate nature of the pe, but I managed to sit them in a smear of pva, then when set I applied a small smear of ca to set them fully. To finnish off the railings at this level I painted them in mid grey, next off will be the tarp in the small mid section between the two pom pom shrouds. I also stacked up four carly floats and painted them the same as before, these were placed on the crane deck. Here are a few pics. OC.
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I just go into a sulk and act like a teenager (the wife isnt too impressed when Im like that). OC.
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Looking very nice carl, sure makes a difference to our builds when we start populating the decks with all sorts of stuff. OC.
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Another update my good friends - both supports had set well, so I gave them both a coat of dark grey, then I trimmed the tops level with the tarps, then I turned my attention to the two 40inch searchlights, these are the two kit ones that were cleaned up abit , then they had their fronts fitted from pe parts, they were then painted inside uisng black, and the front frames carefully painted with light grey, then to finnish off the base and body was painted mid grey. Then they were glued to the supports, so this completes the funnel details. Next off will be the four boats with their pe details to go ontop of the boat deck. OC.
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Thanks pat, it was hit and miss but after sleeping on it I kind of regained my mojo. OC.
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Hi lou, thanks for the encouragement - laying the canvas in three pieces was just done for ease to be honest, the problem I was facing was holding the whole deck piece without doing too much damage to the steps, this kept happening due to holding the thing, I had to keep straightening the ladder handles, and just lucky none have broken off. OC.
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More updates my friends - I painted the two platforms and dryed them, then I had an idea - instead of sitting the two searchlight columns (dowels) and gluing them, I drilled into the deck where the legs would rest, so that I could push them into the holes and super glue them from underneath, so uisng my tiny drill bits I first made a pilot hole then went through with the correct size bit, then dry fitted them. Next I decided to have another go at the tarps - same system as before thin paper that was cut into 5mm wide strip then I cut the straight long run first, and applied a smear of pva along the platform edge, then fixed the paper tarp in place, next was the two end pieces - these needed a small cut out in the corners to go over the lip, same procedure glued the edges then layed the paper and trimmed away the excess. Then I finnished off by gluing in place the two supports. So this is how she looks at the present time. OC.
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Thanks lou, I know they are just model boats, but we do put our hearts into them. OC.
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I also cleaned up the top platform for the searchlights (it looks rough but it will paint up ok) and set about working on some dowel I have, this was rolled across a pice of sand paper back and forth to thin it down - then test fitted in the holes in the platfoms till it ran through smoothly, I fitted the top platform with ca (while keeping the dowels in place to keep it all square). So after checking its all square - I more happy as everything lines up as it should, the dowels will be set with ca, and the tops cut level for the searchlights to go ontop. OC.
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Hi folks thank you for all the likes and replies, I will DM you lou and carl, so last night was a very negative time - I was a little dissapointed how the build was left, this was the state of the funnel after I had sanded of the rough glue residue, nad after I had fitted the kit part lower platform after it had been thinned in profile abit. Here is a pic. OC.
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I have some wood bits dowels etc from my wood builds but no plastic sheeting, I think the plaforms will clean up ok as the top layer was pe and as we know it dont like paint so it should just fall off, it was just a bad day to be honest my bro was on my mind alot and I thought getting emersed in my build would help. OC.
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I have a spare rail that I didn't fix to the lower level, I could try to to use that its shorter but I could doctor it somehow, I also have some wood dowel that I use on my wood builds, I could try thinning that down abit to use for the two support legs. I would have to try to tidy up the two platforms removing any set ca glue by filing, then open up the holes for the supports and start again. OC.
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Quick follow up - I decided to have another go downstairs in the kitchen under my magnifier, I tried to file the top on one side of the railing with the paper tarp on it, but it just fell appart, then the whole thing came away from the funnel, then when I was trying to equal the gap up one of the support legs it snapped in two. You can imagine my language - flipping scale wish it was 1/200 scale. I have left it in a crumbled mess on the table.🤬 OC.
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