Old Collingwood
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Evening all, - doors fitted, excuse the lighting the dio is on my unit behind the bench and not light on there except for the light on my optovisor. OC.
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Thank you kindly Ken. OC.
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So next job will be to reach into my dio and fit the doors - then I will carry on with my figures - still not sure if I should add more 5th KGL (Red jackets) as in fairness there was far less of these as only One squadron was sent down compared to Four-Five of the Green jacket 1st and 2nd KGL Light. OC.
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Thank you so much Gary. OC.
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Looking Great It will look Superb and be such a focal point when finished - hope you have a tiny pointing trowel and will be pointing correctly😊 OC
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Thank you kindly Alan, I am quite pleased with them. OC.
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Thank you kindly. OC.
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Evening all, doors - Frames painted and dusted - so I'm calling them done, still needs gluing in place. OC.
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Cracking little builds there - certainly adding to your extensive collection. OC.
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Evening all, no actual movement (I have been lazy lol) I have let my doors level as the paper was curving upwards due to the paint, so I have some weight on them to get them flat again, and the Cuirassiers are just chilling waiting for the washes, and a couple more French are waiting for more paint. I have some odds and sods that I could try to make up - some 5th KGL (Red Jackets) and some bits of equipent - backpacks, Shakos, Rifles etc that I will make up to be scattered on the ground in various areas . OC.
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Place the chain then paint the damn thing Harry - its what my attaitude would be - treat it in place and do some paint shades and washes over it - Im sure it would behave - just needs a bit of time but atleast you would be able to work on it rather than waiting for stuff to arrive. Hey I can talk - look at my figure painting... OC.
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I thought you could get dedicated products to Blacken metal products - seen it mentioned in many of the wood ship builds in here (just dont know which one) many have even Blackened whole canons etc. @mtaylorAny ideas mate? OC.
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Just beyond words amazing skill Fantastic stuff. OC.
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Thank you kindly Alan. OC.
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Evening all, some more progress today - I put a couple of coats of Black on the doors ten set them aside to dry, then I returned to my Two Cuirassiers finishing off their painting - just needs a wash and dusting. OC.
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Thanks Ken. OC.
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Found another interesting link for you - think they do tours there? Also found some figures they are 1/150 scale but that is kind of close to 1/200 - OC. https://castletourist.com/castillo-de-loarre/ https://www.pendraken.co.uk/mid-european-557-c.asp
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Thats some great progress Alan - taking shape more and more each day, and those Verlinden goodies - will look forward to you building those. OC.
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Thank you kindly Alan, they wont look too bad with some Black paint on them and weathered. OC.
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Evening all, I have started the orchard doors - I started off by sizing them up then I sat Two pieces of paper together then after marking the size - I cut through both pieces with my blade, next I squared up some thin wood stock and worked out the correct width and trimed away with my blade, a little sand then both edges where cut to length along with the top rail, I then fitted them on the paper square with the edges. I then I cut some paper strips for the planks on the long runs, these where cut the same width then glued down with a slight gap, next was the cross support planks - again these where cut to size and glued on. The bottoms where trimmed on the one door - still needs doing to the other. OC.
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Thats a good start Alan - those blocks make all the difference creating a genine look, so loving this build. OC.
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