Jump to content
New Publication - Ship Modeler's Handbook - They're back in stock! Thank you for your patience. ×

Old Collingwood

Members
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    11,970

  • Joined

  • Last visited

 Content Type 

Everything posted by Old Collingwood

  1. Old Collingwood
    WOW that looks smart and the detail it so brings the rear section to life, lovely work kev. OC.
  2. Old Collingwood
    Really nice work, all that decoration has brought her to life. OC.
  3. Old Collingwood
    Loving the decking she is looking very smart, the decking really brings her to life. OC.
  4. Old Collingwood
    Almost like a T42 influence with f deck over the rear, but what a good allocation of space OC.
  5. Old Collingwood
    Looking smart with the wood on the cabin gives it more depth and detail. OC.
  6. Old Collingwood
    Didn't they do these to them - OC.
  7. Old Collingwood
    WOW that is such a step and a landmark stage - what a difference it makes closing in the hull with the first planking, and making a good job of it(trust me thats come up ok) the hardest part covering the frames is over, your next job sanding the planks should be more enjoyable. Try to find something plyable/fexable and bendy to sand with - I used to use those decorating sand sponge blocks, as they will follow the contours, also I and probably everyone else on here uses those small flexable nail file strips (not on our nails though) they are great for smaller areas also some different grades of sand paper or wet and dry is also very helpfull - cutting them to the size you want. Great progress and keep up the good work - you are doing fine. OC.
  8. Old Collingwood
    Amazing work and what a brilliant way to make the anchor attachments, What i love about this site is the way someone can come here knowing nothing, and with time and friendly conversations and interacting with each other, we learn so much and advance our boat building knowledge. OC.
  9. Old Collingwood
    "See - I knew that Popeye was famous" OC.
  10. Old Collingwood
    Thank you so much kevin its great having you come along for the journey, its only taken me 3 years and probably another 3, wait till I get to the rigging . I was on my other build "After - in between this" build HMS Warspite in 350 scale, but I have had a break on that one due to the tiny parts playing my hand condition up, I was getting locked fingers from holding the PE parts, and going cockeyed, so I decided to have a bash on me frigate instead. She is a bit of a mish-mash to be honest kind of a captains interpretation of how his 20 gun sixth rate should look. Keep up the great work with your County Class as you know it is a very special part of my childhood, going over Devonshire at Pompy Navy Days. All the best OC.
  11. Old Collingwood
    She is looking smart mate, I like the contrast with the red black and grey, lovely work. OC.
  12. Old Collingwood
    Great work don, and what a lovely little tool that palm chisel havn't used one of those in years and years. OC.
  13. Old Collingwood
    I follow your work with kind interest kev, its not just a plastic build - its not a wood build, its not a out the box kit, its far more than that - its scale and work level is what makes it even more interesting, I think the main element is taking youe time and re thinking and studying what you want to do. Please keep up the enthusiasm and the posts/pics I know not just me but others will feel the same on here. All the best Collingwood.
  14. Old Collingwood
    Amazing work level. OC.
  15. Old Collingwood
    I think when finished you should get some real miniture fishes for it. Oc.
  16. Old Collingwood
    I got the pics - Well Cool I used to collect Captain Scarlet figures and vehicles - "but thats another story hhhmmmm clears the throat" OC.
  17. Old Collingwood
    Excellent work - such attention to detail. OC.
  18. Old Collingwood
    Thank you pat, she is startting take some shape and develop an identity. OC.
  19. Old Collingwood
    Looking great, this is the stage I am at with my build. OC.
  20. Old Collingwood
    I managed to fix the one side in place, first I had to mark the shape showing where I needed to cut out the raised hull details, then with a sharp knife I removed these and when it was all flat and after a few dry runs - I glued it in place. There is a small amount of touch-up to do, then I will attack the other side. No picture as the one above basically illustrates what I have done. OC.
  21. Old Collingwood
    So are you greg OC.
  22. Old Collingwood
    Evening all, right next stage was a bit of a punt as I wanted to construct the rear quarter windows, but to be honest I didn't want to build them from scratch, I went searching through all my stuff to look for the kit parts, but alas I could only find the one side - so Into my other box of lovely bits (corel HMS Peregrine) and I found the two rear quarter window assemblies, these are more flat in profile but have some quite nice decoration around them. First thing I had to do was construct the window pain frames - luckly I had these small wood fittings, so after a little sanding to make them fit, They were dropped into the cast fittings, and after I added a couple of coats of dull black. I then decided to give the windows a false glass look using some painted (shiny blue) card, this was painted first then cut to fit the shape inside the rear recess, then placed and glued in. Here is the result - with one of the pics just showing a dry fit. Also shows the size of it compared to my fingeres its 1/100 scale. OC.
  23. Old Collingwood
    "Ummmmmm - Intriguing". OC.
  24. Old Collingwood
    Evening all, After painting the back of the transom dull black, I decided to attach it to the hull - nothing much to say about that just I used some general purpose glue for it. Here are a couple of pics. OC.
  25. Old Collingwood
    My other hobbies are photography/aircraft and music -synths(used to be in an 80s band) so sometimes I feel the urge to do other things, but always feel the need to return to our fine forum with all my mates OC.

About us

Modelshipworld - Advancing Ship Modeling through Research

SSL Secured

Your security is important for us so this Website is SSL-Secured

NRG Mailing Address

Nautical Research Guild
237 South Lincoln Street
Westmont IL, 60559-1917

Model Ship World ® and the MSW logo are Registered Trademarks, and belong to the Nautical Research Guild (United States Patent and Trademark Office: No. 6,929,264 & No. 6,929,274, registered Dec. 20, 2022)

Helpful Links

About the NRG

If you enjoy building ship models that are historically accurate as well as beautiful, then The Nautical Research Guild (NRG) is just right for you.

The Guild is a non-profit educational organization whose mission is to “Advance Ship Modeling Through Research”. We provide support to our members in their efforts to raise the quality of their model ships.

The Nautical Research Guild has published our world-renowned quarterly magazine, The Nautical Research Journal, since 1955. The pages of the Journal are full of articles by accomplished ship modelers who show you how they create those exquisite details on their models, and by maritime historians who show you the correct details to build. The Journal is available in both print and digital editions. Go to the NRG web site (www.thenrg.org) to download a complimentary digital copy of the Journal. The NRG also publishes plan sets, books and compilations of back issues of the Journal and the former Ships in Scale and Model Ship Builder magazines.

Our Emblem ®

Modelshipworld - Advancing Ship Modeling through Research

Nautical Research Guild ® and the NRG logo are Registered Trademarks, and belong to the Nautical Research Guild (United States Patent and Trademark Office: No. 6,999,236 & No. 6,999,237, registered March 14, 2023)

×
×
  • Create New...