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Old Collingwood

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  1. Old Collingwood
    Hi there - another plastic builder like myself and a few others here, Great Stuff OC
  2. Old Collingwood
    Hi there sjors, I was working on her - on the other forum before it went belly up, and then we had a house move and could not take her with us so I had to leave her in a cuboard. OC.
  3. Old Collingwood
    This is my last remaining relic from my de-ag build - sad. She still sits on my shelf minus the Vic. OC.
  4. Old Collingwood
    Totally Superb greg, your eye for detail Blows me away :o I am sure I am not the only one who holds his breath with building at such scales, but when you achieve what you do - The sense of pride is Huge. OC.
  5. Old Collingwood
    Only asked greg as on my warspite build the original plastic decks had raised planks - you could feel the detail with your fingers, thats why i decided to give the laminate planking a good flat keyed area to stick to. OC.
  6. Old Collingwood
    Did you file off the original platic deck boards first before laying the wood laminate? OC.
  7. Old Collingwood
    That launch so takes me back - AKA my build in my Avatar. OC.
  8. Old Collingwood
    Looking Great mate - the detail really stands out, Im so missing doing mine as she is packed away upstairs while I'm decorating the house OC.
  9. Old Collingwood
    Thank you sir, its coming on seeing the woods through the trees now with the hull. OC
  10. Old Collingwood
    Finaly for today anf possibly a few days due to decorating, I decided to have a go at the screws, I have gone with the kit ones as they look quite good, I tydied them up a bit then gave them a coat of paint while off the shafts, then dried them with the normal hairdryer and glued them in place. OC.
  11. Old Collingwood
    I also attached the breakwaters to the 6Inch mounting deck, this was done with a light application of PVA then painted. OC.
  12. Old Collingwood
    Right folks here are a few pics showing the prop shafts and the paravane mounting after I drilled out the holes for the linkages. OC.
  13. Old Collingwood
    I will take some tomorrow I promiss i will then have to pack her away for a few days possibly a week as the room needs decorating and I need to get it done before playing with my toys OC
  14. Old Collingwood
    Just a quick update folks - I finnished off fitting all four prop shafts, then touched up the colour then added a couple of coats of top coat to blend it all in, then after finding out what the block on the bottom bow was for thanks to folks on here, I drilled out the two small holes taht would have had chains attached. I then returned to the 6 inch gun shelf and sorted out the port and starboard waterbreaks, these had to be cut from the etch sheet then the bottoms of these needed bending 90 deg's to act as a ledge, I then sat them a small amount of watered PVA then when dry painted them as they should be. Next will be two ladders leading down to the 6inch battery ledge from the Forecastle deck. OC.
  15. Old Collingwood
    Looking great greg, really tidy detail work and clean paintwork OC.
  16. Old Collingwood
    Thanks for having a look mate mutch appreciated. OC.
  17. Old Collingwood
    Hiya, thanks so mutch for finding that out - I had wondered for the past year what it was for, I kind of stupidly thought it might have been somekind of counter weight or something. OC.
  18. Old Collingwood
    I started on the Rudders and Prop Shafts, I needed to do a bit of studying to see which shaft is which, but after looking at the instructions and dry fitting - it all came clear, I fitted the rudders first just a slight bit of drilling out for the rudder arms, then I glued them in place, next was the shafts, afterwards I touched up the paint around them. I also fitted the bow bottom fitting (A counter weight)? not sure of its purpose. Here are a few pics folks - OC.
  19. Old Collingwood
    An update folks - with pics I carried on layering the top coat on the hull, and decided to dry fit the deck parts for a bit of a photo shoot. OC.
  20. Old Collingwood
    Like I said to the wife - its should be like a metal version of a painted surface - although mat in colour still smooth metal. OC
  21. Old Collingwood
    Just a bit of lightning with almost like a artists powder white - just to catch the high points and details, but if you are like me I want my hull red around a dull satin colour, best achieved by buffing a mat sheen I think, , thats my approach with my hull and I would think yours is not far off that. OC
  22. Old Collingwood
    Just an update folks minus pics though, I started on the lower hull by giving it a good clean down and blast with a hairdryer to remove dust, then i diluted a bit of vallejo Mat top coat and procceded to hand paint the hull, with the largest but managable brush I have to hand, I tried to follow defined areas with detail boundaries, and built it up in stages of thin coats added with the venerable hairdryer. After a few coats it was covering quite well with just a light scattering of fine brush marks, these should rubb out with a cloth when its hardened. OC.
  23. Old Collingwood
    Hey greg, i'm loving the detail in the hull very sharp, what are you going to do with the anti fouling on the bottom, apply a mat varnish or similar? OC.
  24. Old Collingwood
    Hey! Are you going to post up your Warspite build, it would be interesting to follow OC
  25. Old Collingwood
    Hi, yeah checking the photos I have she did serve quite a time with white chains and was kept in that state for most of her active life. OC.

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