Old Collingwood

This  is  what I would call  a  Blue-Black.

OC.

On 10/7/2023 at 7:22 PM, yvesvidal said:

Craig, you need to fabricate some 1/12th scale sawhorses to present your beautiful model. Resting that body on three paint jars is not serious 🙂

 

Yves

I had to re - read  this  cuz  I  first  though   "what  -  Seahorses"

OC.

Evening all,   I have decided  in the absence  of  any  Flat  Coat  Lacquer,  I will  re paint  quite a  few of the  French  arms, (as they are  standing out the  most  and still  slightly  shiny like satin)     my idea  is based  on the  French uniforms  where  mainly a  very dark Black - Blue, and tended to vary,   what I will  do is to  use my Matt  Black  and add  some  Matt Blue   at a  ratio of  say Eight drops  Black  to  Two drops  Blue,  that way  it should  come out  a  nice Flat  darker shade  of  Blue  and  may not need  top coat  lacquering until  I can  get some more  lacquer  for  the rest  of them.

OC.

Superb work  Craig,  you  could add  a  mini  Wayne Carini  to  it.

OC.

Love the  video.

OC.

1 hour ago, Snug Harbor Johnny said:

  Since you're doing the HMS Hood, I thought you might like the photo of her at a Panama Canal Lock pre-War ...

 

Thank you kindly for  that.

OC.

Evening all,  I decided  to  do  a  few more  close  up  edits  of  my photos, while  she was  still  a  complete  kit.

OC.

Simply amazing  beyond belief,  one of the  best builds  I have seen   - Incredibly  talented.

OC.

53 minutes ago, Keith_W said:

Hello OC, as I mentioned in my post, and as the ping shows, all other sites are not affected. Only MSW. 

I see  Keith,  sorry  I could  not  help.

OC.

My internet  has  been   genetic ley   slow  the  last  few  days   affecting  different sites   making them slow  and  hanging,   wonder if this  is  what you  have been experiencing.

OC.

Superbly good work.

OC.

Outstanding  work,  what a way  to make an entrance  with your first build  in  here  - this  is going to be  Museum Quality.

OC.

Incredible  work  Craig   -  it looks  just like  the real thing.

OC.

Another  warm welcome to you  from the  UK.

OC.

Excellent job.

OC.

7 hours ago, Canute said:

Good move, OC. Paints do go "off" after a while.

Thanks  Ken.

OC.

I have been  carrying on with this   but  I'm getting  to the  bottom of my  flat  varnish   and  noticing that  the finish is  not  going flat, its  staying a  satin  shade   despite  me  shaking the  life out  the bottle  -  guess  I need  to  order  some more.

OC.

That  looks  so Superb.

OC.

Hi  folks,    this  is  to try  to  showcase  this  Amazing  guys   work  -  so  wish  he  would   join  us  here  with his  Amazing build   @dafi   knows  him   as I believe  they are  both members  in the same site    -

OC

http://www.shipmodels.info/mws_forum/viewtopic.php?f=59&t=167367

Warm welcome  from the  UK.

OC.

!Wow!

OC.

1 hour ago, king derelict said:

Thank you very much OC. I got home at midnight last night. The procedure turned out to be a bigger deal than I expected but the doctor is pleased with the result. Lots of eye drops for the next two weeks and no driving but otherwise all good. Unfortunately my eyesight while healing is not going to be good enough for modelling and I am banned from anything dusty (eye infection risk) so the castle is stalled for a few weeks.

Alan

Glad it all went well  mate,  no worries  with your  build  we are  all  here   and  not going anywhere  -  look after yourself  and  heal.

OC.

I'm in,   yep  the  old  widowmaker  like  Chris  said.

OC.

So loving what  you  are doing buddy.

OC.

Morning - evening all,    just another  small update  -  I am  still   brush  top coating  my stash  (I have about  80 to do)   what I do  is  to  work on as many  figures  for the  free  bottles  I have  that I used  to  stand them on,   them  in the  day light  I  give them a  quick coat  and leave  them for 24hrs  before  giving them a  second coat  -  then after  removing them off the  bottles  -  on to the  next group,     my phones  wasn't charged  so no pics.

OC.