Old Collingwood
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That was my last one aswell but - it rolled of the surface onto the floor then rolled into the back yard, with so much motion it went it up and over our wall and into our back neighbours garden, it then rolled down his garden upto his door - up his door and in through his letter box, I then heard him debating with his wife who was going to eat this mysterious chocholate supprise. Well thats what I told the wife.🤫 OC. -
Superb work, I love the detail of the (possible killer area for her - T tubes) when she met her doom. OC.
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Then I started work on the Pom Pom's, I have decided to use the bulk of the kit parts but they will be cleaned up and have a few of the pe parts attached including the top detail for the ammo feed boxes, and the front cage detail, also the top site details. The barrels look fine including the fluted ends so I will stay with the kit ones(they are already attached to the body making things easier) Here are a few pics including one next to a Malteaser for scale. OC.
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Evening all, only a couple of hours late this evening to work on the ole girl, but I did manage to paint the boats and fix them in place on the deck, just a few pics of them. OC.
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Hi all, last two boats completed today, dry fitted on the boat deck just to see how they look together. OC.
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What do you do - tack them in place with thick pva then when the pva has set run some ca along the bottom? OC.
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Looking smart mate, if you are not happy with the weathering cant you dry brush the hull abit using a medium size brush, to blend it all in abit. OC.
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Firstly a Huge Thank You for all the likes and comments and taking my build over the 20.000 views mark - Amazing.🤩 Boat number two - in the shape of the 45ft Fast motor launch, this started off with the kit hull, and also the part deck from the kit, but the kit deck part needed cannibalizing just leaving the front lower cabin section, this was cut away and shaped then glued to the pe deck part, next I had to make up three pe cabin sections and glue them on the pe deck. Here are a few pics also showing the size comparison with the Admirals Barge. OC.
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Saturday! do you know what Saturday is? - Boat day, so I looked up my pontos build schedule for the different boats and pe bits, so I started with the Admirals Barge, this has a pe floor that was fitted then painted flat white, after that was dried I fitted the pe deck part, next off I had to shape the front cabin section and fit it, next off was the rear cabin. I have put it aside to set before moving on to the next one. OC.
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Much better with the flash trick, back in my days we used to experiment with all sorts of flash diffusers, anything we could find around the house realy. Anyway great progress - see your at the the captains walkway. OC.
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Whats your working ethic for the rails - one long - ish run at a time or small sections? OC.
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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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