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Old Collingwood
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My night and day shifts are weird being at home carer for the wife, im up till silly o'clock most evenings - just cant sleep, I blame being born at a late hour made me a night howl. OC. -
Right then folks now that I have overcome my little port hole wobble and just have the starboard side to do, my thoughts have turned to when I continue on the two rear deck wall sections that accomodate the name plaque. The name plaques are PE and on my fret (that arrived damaged not making work with it to easy) anyway they are indivual letters and secured by two pips on each letter, instead of trying to place each letter and spacing them on the plastic wall, I came up with the idea of creating a sheet that will be sat behind the latters while stil on the fret, then glued in place. When its fully stuck to the letters I will be able to cut the pips and remove the whole name with the backing plate attached underneath, then after a bit of sanding the edges I will paint the whole thing the correct camo colour, then after either rub off the paint on the latters leaving a brass name or paint the letters white. I will then be able to lign up and stick the nam eplate to the wall with better accuracy. Well thats the plan Here is a couple of tiny drawings of what i meen - the letters as they are attached to the fret, and the plate I will fix behind them. OC.
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Thank you mark, and a Big thank you for all your likes of my build, It certainly keeps the inspiration going. OC.
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Bridge cameras come into thier own right with close up work, I had a fuji X-S1 that died so I have been borrowing one from a friend to take my shots, I can get as close as a couple of cm's in the macro mode. OC.
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I could not resist the urge as the Ole Girl was calling me and wanted some attention, so back on the bench this evening, I went strait to the port holes and got some black acrylic in a jar - it was quite thick as I wanted it to fill the holes, I used a fine pointed paint brush then dabbed the paint into the port holes, I then wiped away any spillage. After all the ports where filled I diluted some hull colours and applied a light glancing brush - a few times just to cover the over spill and darkening from the black. It seems to have gone ok on the one side(the other side I will do tomorrow). Here are a few pics of the work folks.
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Mite try that - the PVA bit not bed Im a night owl and dont sleep till gone 4 just how I am being a carer for my disabled wife. OC.
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My brain is always on the go - even when Im sleeping, if Im not thinking about my build I am making up jokes and gags and writting them down. OC.
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Im not on my build at the moment but the cogs are still turning in my head and I have an idea, tomorrow I am going to drop into the port hole openings some undiluted black acrylic, I will use a fine dabber like a wooden pin type device where I will pick up a blob of paint and drop it into the port hole, and also wipe off any drippage on the paintwork, this should sink down but fill in the port hole and give the impression of a open port hole, it may take a few re visits to each port hole - but it might look ok? OC.
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I keep thinking the same - my next build will have all the experience from my Warspite build including early lessons learned and techniques and know how. OC.
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Loving your work there and that Flory Wash looks excellent also love those tiny pegs that look like cloths washing pegs :) OC.
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I stood back from my build and had a look at it "Dam she looks nice" then I put my glasses on OC.
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Hi there Glen how are you, its a real honour for me having you looking at and commenting on my build, I just hope I am doing her justice in a way that brings her to life, I take All my inspiration from you and what you are doing with your Amazing Creation. It would be fabulous if you stay a while and give me your feedback. Kind regards OC.
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When i get the Clear coat spray I will have to test it on the Rudder that way I will be able to tell if its going to react. Im sorry for taking over this thread, but I think its relavent to us both. OC.
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Thanks carl, its a learning curve and ups and downs but I will get there (perhaps not the best with this one) but it will be a case of a new set of skills If I build another? OC.
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I tried again drilling the port holes with a smaller bit, but havn't made much of an improvement - I think the damage is done and I will have to live with it, it all started when I was sanding the hull Hard months and months ago, then when I placed the decks down you could see them through the port holes, so when i was trying to drill deeper it ovalized the port holes and made quite a few of them way over sized. My problem is - the scale and size of the hull was a challenge as I have never sprayed models before - only every brush painted, then the opposite is the fine detail and the Brilliant PE (To look at but not to work with). I have trouble seeing need strong glasses for everyday PC, Tv Reading etc, and when on my model trying to place really small items like the port hole frames with the eye brows - I could hardly see them even under my powerful light and magnifier, and placing them was another matter, kind of reached my limit of what I can do. OC.
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Interesting and worrying - I have it on my bottom hull its taken ok ontop of a well sanded acrylic, the question is though - I was going to spray Mr Topcoat Flat on it by Mr Hobby. OC.
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Once again many many thanks for all the comments and likes of my build. I use one of these mini hand drills - I have a model tool roll bag with tweezers and different bits in it including a twist drill handle and the below pic, taht I use for drilling out anything with my micro drill bits. OC.
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Another thought - Try Acrylic for your boot line - it seems to sit ok as long as the enamel has goen off in the Red Bottom paint. OC.
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I used the same red - I think Red Rattle can? mine reacted with Acrylic paint that was underneath, I had to rub mine down and re spray, but it was second time lucky as it went on ok then. OC.
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Thought I would post these two pictures also - they are my other projects and finished, OC.
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