Old Collingwood
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Evening all, bit more progress (not sure you can call it that) I decided to have a go at priming my pieces of railing I wanted to use - so I applied it with my brush, I put a few light coats on drying between, anyway I noticed the whole fret had stuck to my mat - gently trying to free it - Yep it broke most of the rails with only a few intact (bent but usable) so I went a head a cut them away but most of the paint had stuck to the mat and not the rails, so I decided to scrape off the worst back to metal and try to fit Two sections small with a centre bend, they went down kind of Ok, then I tried Two slightly longer ssections (not massive long) but how ever many times I tried to fit them - no good. I will be honest and say at this scale the railings are beyond me and I do not have the full set now anyway - so I am going to build her minus the railings. OC. -
Thank you kindly @RogerF @mikegr I will have to have a think, I think the PE might be too delicate and thin to sand, another option would be hand paint just the rails I need to add for the boat deck, as the Vallejo Surface Primer is so good at going on even with a brush - its shrinks down when it dries, and the AP507A is the Lifecolour range and thin for airbrush work, then the top coat is very good. OC.
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Fighting an internal battle with myself - prime / paint / flat top coat the PE frets, or un treat attach and prime / paint by brush? my worry is that handling the rails on the top boat deck sections (some need bends) after cutting then away will lead to peeling away / scuffing etc from holding them while I twist them to shape and glue them in place. Any ideas folks? OC.
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Welcome to the family Michael, so many of us here in the family of the site are so skilled and artistic and have some vastly varied other abilities, I too love music but from the technical aspect of creating it with keyboards (mainly digital now). You will have a lot of fun here - lots and lots of really nice people in our little family here. OC.
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Chris I found this article on the actual crate. OC. https://wartimeni.com/article/aviation-incidents-in-ulster/supermarine-spitfire-bm144-bangor-co-down/
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Evening all, a bit more done this eve - Two tiny Triple platforms made from PE and resin, then the kit Triple units fitted, I dry fitted a few of the assemblies to check how they fit. OC.
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That cardboard look almost 3 dimentional like the rivets are popping out - amazing work Chris. OC.
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Thank you kindly Alan - still have the rails to go on that level - they will be primed then painted (again both layers by brush) OC.
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Evening all, this evening was taken up with mini brush painting of the boat deck details I added yesterday. OC.
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Mods - quick question - why do some of theses longer posts not auto locate to the latest posting - Often I have to manulay scroll down to get to it. OC.
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Tiger 1 by Javlin - RFM - 1/35 - Early Version
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Mark how about adding the first posts and going up to the first tops level either shrouded/channels or un shrouded but with the channels and deadeyes fitted. OC.
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Thank you for the very nice comments - yep I will get out my tiny brushes to paint the small details, will probably do the same with the PE railings that still need to go on, as I can not airbrush them when on and think the paint will be dameged from the handling with tweezers etc. OC.
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Evening all, hope everyone's holidays are going well - so I decided that one days tv and couch was enough so I did a wee bit more on Hood, there was some more ammo lockers and vents to be added including some rather nice resin vents, they will receive a few coats of paint next. OC.
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Really nice work there Chris - those railings make such a difference at bringing all that detail to life. OC.
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Just found out we have a connection through our builds - HMS Penelope, HMS Lance and my HMS Aurora all served together in November 1941 in Force K - cool. OC.
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"Eye - eye" the man is on a new quest into Brilliant land - deffo in for this as I am all your Superb builds. OC.
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Looking really nice Mark, that colour combination looks realy smart. OC.
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