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Old Collingwood

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  1. Old Collingwood
    I think when finished you should get some real miniture fishes for it. Oc.
  2. 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.
  3. Old Collingwood
    Excellent work - such attention to detail. OC.
  4. Old Collingwood
    Thank you pat, she is startting take some shape and develop an identity. OC.
  5. Old Collingwood
    Looking great, this is the stage I am at with my build. OC.
  6. 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.
  7. Old Collingwood
    So are you greg OC.
  8. 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.
  9. Old Collingwood
    "Ummmmmm - Intriguing". OC.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. Old Collingwood
    Just a follow up folks - next step with the transom will be to paint the back (thats planked) in the middle top - red ocre and either side (outside overhanging the hull behind the brass figures) black, then when dry I will give all the paintwork (except the brasswork) a couple of semi flat top coats to calm the sheen down a bit (the french blue has come out as a semi gloss), I will apply some gloss top coat to the inside window frames /glass though. OC.
  13. Old Collingwood
    Very very nice work - cant beat frigates. OC.
  14. Old Collingwood
    More progress today, I decided to attack the metal bits from my peregrine kit as there was some quite good bits, I started by attaching a rope design on the top of the transom, next I found some figures that are fixed between the edge of the transom and the rear quarter window, these where attached with a general purpose glue(carefuly) then touched up with some brass paint. Here are the pics. OC.
  15. Old Collingwood
    Many thanks. OC.
  16. Old Collingwood
    I know your pain with the metal parts - I have a second kit HMS Peregrine that I am canabalising for its parts including metal fittings. OC.
  17. Old Collingwood
    Thanks mate OC.
  18. Old Collingwood
    Thanks dave, it was trial and error I thought "go with it" as the unicorn and lion do not look to bad, so just clearing the top engraving did seem to make a fair amount of difference, just needs a couple of coats of semi satin top coat to take some of the shine from the blue, and blend it all together(sam will be on the hull) OC.
  19. Old Collingwood
    This was how the transom looked before I attacked it with a file and some paint. OC.
  20. Old Collingwood
    Evening everyone! I decided to have a go at the transom, I had another look at the kit molded metal affair - and decided to have a go at tarting it up a bit, I started by filing off the top detailing - this took some time gentle filing till it was smooth. I then decided to paint the transom corresponding colors to the hull - French Blue, Light Yellow Ocre and Red and Black details, I finished it off by painting the edge Black. Here are a couple of pics. OC.
  21. Old Collingwood
    Very good progress so nice and lined up so well, you have her profile perfectly formed. OC.
  22. Old Collingwood
    Looking very nice, now I see what you mean with the bulkhead frames - they look great and add to the detail. OC.
  23. Old Collingwood
    Thank you sincerley. OC.
  24. Old Collingwood
    We could put up an 80ft main mast in your garden but I bet your admiral would end up using the spars for washing. OC.
  25. Old Collingwood
    Just seen your build amazing workmanship pure delight to follow. OC.

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