Old Collingwood
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Evening all, I spent a good few hours on this today - but one thing or another I just can't get it to look decent - its a combination of factors - needing to handle it so much to get work done on it means some parts like the PE are getting damaged, even some of the paintwork is getting marked in areas where its not possible to mask and re spray. The biggest issue though is the wood paper decking its incredible thin - thats why I decided to leave the backing on it, in combination with my glue - it gives it a bit of wiggle room to get it ligned up, as I feared the glue on the back of the wood sheet would grab and not allow any movement and the sheet would just rip in many places, so yes it went down but its been bubbling and raising in areas, so I have been trying to partially lift it with a knife and get more glue underneath and using the dryer make it glue back, but this is just not doing the trick. I even tried giving the deck a wash and drying it - yes that shrunk it back down but still left a few bubbled areas, also in the process of fiddling with the decking I have warn paint off the Barbette's. So I decided to glue the deck assemblies to the hull to try to move this forward - to be honest my enjoyment of it is lost as its not going to be a decent model when finished - far two many arrors. I honestly thing these fine delicate ship models at this scale are beyond my skills - my figures are a different animal and even tanks in 35scale are easier just not delicat 700scale ships. OC. -
Mike "Shhhhh" I have to confess - because the wood sheets are so thin and super delicate - I left the backing on and glued them down using my Mig Ammo Acrylic glue designed for clear and PE parts its super strong and can be diluted, it was the less dangerous option with the sheets being tissue paper thin. OC.
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Evening all, A bit more done today - I set the airbrush up and sprayed the Two deck sections, then after putting the airbrush away I used the hair dryer to dry them. After I got the Two wood deck sections out and cut away all the fittings from the the strips and test fitted - then with the aid of the Acrylic glue I brought - I placed them down using the hair dryer to get a good even adhesion. The decks are just dry fitted. OC.
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I am still quite new to Airbrush painting and agree there are Two sides to it 1)The cleaning and preperation of the airbrush/spraybooth and 2)The actual using of it and practice getting used to the feel of it and the flow of paint out of it. But like all things its practice - practice - practice that make all the difference. One last thing - Airbrushes make it possible to put down thinner layers of paint than a brush - making surface details really stand out more than a thicker brush painted layer. OC.
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Mark how about one of those optovisors with the various strenth lenses, I use one of those and they are very good for us with weak eyes. OC.
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Evening all, moment of truth and the Big reveal - I de masked the hull and to my supprise the paintwork has not come out to bad - better than I expected, I dry fitted the deck area just to get an idea how it will look. Quite pleased. OC.
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Morning all, early/late one for me Mrs OC is not too good suffering baddly with pain from her face problem, so its made me more allert during the night keeping a check on her - its quite natural for me to be up late as I am an insomniac anway. But smoe more progress alas with no pics (sorry I am slacking and will stand in the naughty corner) so airbrush time again - got the table prepaired then set up the airbrush mixed up some slightly darker Grey using those Vallejo bottles requiring me to pull the (tight) tops off the bottle to mix some Black in, - no problem - next stage put some paint in the cup and teast spray .............Nothing coming out of the airbrush (Again) but I made the mistake of unscrewing the front nozzle (yep while the pressure was still on) .........Paint Everywhere. So mop up time all over my hands - table - spray booth, finally tidy - strip the airbrush Again nothing really was causing the problem, but I gave it another good clean out, but I noticed the Grey mix was still not dark enough - so I mixed in more Black and after a good mix it was time to go at it again - so holding the hull from the supports inside the hull I gave the first spray, went on quite well (but) my limited and strange eyesight meant I could see right up close but not a foot or so away - and yes I had caused a ridge line from an over spray. I just thought best idea to try to smooth it out as the paint layer dries - yap kind of worked, I proceeded with several more layers untill I had put down about Five thin payers. Kind of happy with the finsish (the overspray area was so small - so should not be noticed) so thats the hull painted - the big reveal will be when I de mask her..................(Enter bitting nail emoji) OC.
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Thanks Alan, I think even with my magnification that would be a streach - but I am confident you will pull it off mate. OC.
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Reminds me of the job I once had working on an actual sleeper carriage when I was a grounds keeper - the land owner wanted one on his land placed on the old tracks that were still there (as his place was an old station) anyway he wanted the inside gutted and the outside re painted including the roof - just myself brushes and a broom for the water proofing Black on the roof - took me about a month to paint alone. OC.
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Evening all, well I finally finshed the re decorating in the bathroom - that released me back to my build, so next step was to set up the airbrush and to paint the upper hull, the airbrush was nice and clean so I went straight into spraying, I pur down a couple of thin sprays and dried in between coats with the hairdryer, then after the final coat I examined it - nice even paintwork - very pleased untill I looked towards the lower stern "ups" the hairdryer had distorted one of the prop shafts. Always a Three step person me - One forward and Two back, anyway I have tried to rectify it best I can - but it will have to be the weak side that I do not display. No pics - I will after letting the paint fully harden (lifecolour acrylic) so perhaps a few days? then I will mask up ready tp paint the lower hull in a darker Grey. OC.
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That is looking so nice - all that effort is so paying off. OC.
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It looks so real - Fantastic work. OC.
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