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on the pic you posted those will be the natural colours of the wood supplied in the kit......the builder has probably only used a clear varinish on them if any at all. There should be several colours of wood planking supplied with your kit.
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they are the natural colours of the wood.....1 could be several woods, 2 is probably walnut and 3 is beech.
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Not decided what finish to apply yet....will be a water based matt or satin or combination of both.
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well its amazing how suddenly a model seems to change character and start to resemble a finished product....not that I am anywhere near that yet but there is a little chink of light that seems to be emanating from the end of the tunnel. Will post some pics later of progress...a lot of niggly little bits have been added which helps. The hull is slowly getting there.
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morning old boy.....you are just like me....not satisfied with one build on the go......I have bits all over....it is a wonder I can find them all.....my Bellona is very slowly coming together now......good to see a sub on the menu.........I went the other way...upwards...as I was a paratrooper in my youth.
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before and after the repair....not brilliant but better than it was yesterday. needs a final sanding...
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next job is to fix the bow where butter fingers dropped it...thin veneer repair to hide the damage.
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positioning a few cannon....not fixed yet but trying to get a feel as to what they will look like.
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second planking now complete......needs a few tiny fill in pieces and a repair veneer to the front bow keel where I dropped it and snapped it off....Bellona has become somewhat battered and is full of tiny marks where it has been scratched and banged but I think it adds to the character of the ship. A final sanding down is all that is required now. Included a pic of my revamped work space....shows several minicraft drills and power tools.
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why not keep this kit....I say this because I did the same when I first started building.....when I realised that my skills were a lot better than I thought I started building my second kit at the same time....even today I still do the same.....I have on the go HMS Bellona, Pandora and another HMS Victory.
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I use minicraft drills and tranformers.....not made anymore but available on ebay......they have been exeptional.....I have some that are at least 25 years old and still going strong.
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notice the mouse eaten plans...they live in my workshop and even come out to see what I am up to occasionally.
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fabulous looking effort....the kit is an absolute **** and you are certainly making a silk purse out of a sows ear....
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hi Bill...............its been that long since I did the quarter galley I cant really remember.....I did struggle a bit with it I think....more luck than skill on my part I think. I have also used corels gun ports...I just don't have the inclination to re-plank the hull....had to strip it once due to the wood fading as I had not worked on it for ages.....they look ok so I can live with them.
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Gunports now completed on both sides now.......only the port side second planking to finish and various handrails and furniture to complete the hull.
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Swann Morton chisel blades.
harlequin replied to harlequin's topic in Modeling tools and Workshop Equipment
excellent Blue Ensign.....they don't stay sharp long but extremely useful.....not yet tried to restore the cutting edge on one yet but will try. -
Just discovered Swann Morton produce chisel blades in their range....SM61, SM62, SM61SB, SM62SB. The SB is a single bevel. approx. 3mm and 5mm respectively....tried these and they are superb for intricate work. You will need a few as with every scalpel blade but they are well worth it.
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gunports fitted....reasonably pleased with them....the others are open gunports and will need finishing off.
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nothing to do with the Bellona build but just a bit of rigging.......corels Greyhound and HMS Victory side by side.
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This will displease the purists but I don't have the time to take off or alter the planking and I think it would destroy the frames underneath so I have opted to use corels metal gunports not supplied with the kit......they come with corels hms victory and can be purchases separately but as things stand this is the only way Bellona is going to progress so love it or loath it I am taking this route. It is either that or Bellona stays unbuilt....onwards and upwards.....personally I don't think they look too bad.
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