Gorch Fock by Adrieke - OcCre - 1:95

[Adrieke]

thanks Edwin

[Adrieke]

this weekend I painted the top part of the hull dark brown. according to the instructions the distance between the top 2 strakes should be 10 mm front and aft, however the aft needs be 12 mm. I used part of the strakes to mark the lines. then masked below it and painted it 2 coats. During this process I accidentally scraped the lower green part so I ll need to do some fix up painting there.

 

I also started on spray panting the white part. I must have over sprayed as one side had paint running marks, so I ll have to wait till its all dry to sand these off before I continue

[augie]

The hull colors of the GF always struck me as unusual ---- but I've always liked them.  You're doing a fine job!

[Sjors]

Are you using an airbrush Adriaan ???

It looks great !

 

Sjors

[Adrieke]

Thanks Augie, it was what made me decide to buy her, but only realised afterwards that thtere was a lot of painting on this build

 

Thanks Sjors. I am using spraycans. when i started with spraypainting , i didnt want to invest in all the equipment so i gave it a go with cans.

[Sjors]

When it is working, why not.

Maybe it is something that I can try also one day.

 

Sjors

[Kevin]

looking very good, nice to see you posting again

[mobbsie]

Hello Adriaan,

 

It's great to see you back in the shipyard mate and posting.

 

The G/F has some very graceful lines and I know you will do her justice with a very fine paint job, once rubbed down she's going to fantastic.

 

Be Good

 

mobbsie

[Adrieke]

thanks Kevin and Mobsie

 

i have been pondering about the painted hull. the green part is decently done but the white part looks horrible.not sure if its because its a light color that i tend to overspray , or the type of spraycan i used. Well to rule out the can i am going to the store and buy the proper cans ( more expensive)

Sjors mentioned airbrush, so i went and got myself informed on what i should buy if i go that way.

Depending on what they have in the store i ll either end up with the cans or an airbrush.

 

then its on to another session of sanding to get the hull prepared for the next session of painting.

with this model all i seem to do is paint

[cog]

Adrieke,

 

I recon it's a large hull and the white part doesn't look bad from here. Probably up close it looks different (as always)

[lamarvalley]

Good evening Adriaan, it's nice to see the GF get moving along again. I always liked this ship so it's good to see you back at it.

 

From here, in the US, the hull looks pretty good. 

[Adrieke]

thanks Carl and Randy

 

well after a bit of sanding it doesn't look too bad. if I can put on a few even coats of paint it should be acceptable

[Adrieke]

still working on finishing the hull. But i am making good progress. Also i have most of the strakes painted and bend already and have more deck 'furniture' painted also. so once i am through this , things should speed up.

 

hopefuly i l lbe able to show some pictures of the finished hull by next weekend

 

also on the weekend i have purchased an airbrush kit and have been experimenting with its use.

[Sjors]

So you have bought a airbrush   

Let me know how it works and I'll be waiting for your update !

 

Sjors

[Adrieke]

from my first few attempts , I think I ll need lots of practice and patience

 

taking a break from all the painting I have been doing I started working on the bowsprit

 

so far I have tapered it, stained it, drilled the holes for the brass rod and eyebolt and glued those in place

 

[Adrieke]

yesterday i put one last coat of white over the hull and thats how its going to stay. I just need to clean up the little waterline errors and then i can finally,finally start glueing the strakes on.

 

i also started on the lower part of the foremast, its tapered and stained and all holes drilled. also gatehrd all the metal,brass and wood parts for it and sprayed on the primer on one side. tonight the other side wil be done and then i ll assemble them and wil use my new airbrush to finish them off in white

 

hoping my first go with the airbrush wil turn out ok.

[augie]

Looking forward to your 'review' of the airbrush.  It's something I've often thought of but never pulled the trigger.

 

Good luck!!!

[Adrieke]

thanks Augie

 

I have tied the 4 blocks on the bowsprit which is now ready to be installed when the time comes

 

I have added a few eyebolts to the foremast and finished spraying the undercoat on the rest of the parts

 

 

 

 

[augie]

I know it's  fiddly work but it all adds up to bring her to life.

[Sjors]

Yep, they are OccCre blocks.......

Looks good Adriaan   

 

Sjors

[GuntherMT]

Yep, they are OccCre blocks.......

 

Sjors

 

They look exactly like Constructo blocks!

[edmay]

Nice work Adriaan,Porthole brass and deck furniture will soon help to rebuild your enthusiasm and be not so boring.Edwin

[Adrieke]

yup very fiddly and had to redo two of the blocks , but i do like the rigging part of the build

 

thanks Sjors, they look exactly like the AL ones too

 

thanks Edwin, unfortunately i am still working on the waterline, i botched the cleanup, probably because of the cheap maskign tape i used, which led to a lot of bleed through. I am going to try to get most of that scraped off and then hopefuly a last bif of painting both of the green and white colors

[cog]

You could use masking liquid at the border and tape for the wider part ... I know with water colour painting masking liquid (very sirupy, almost a paste) is used a lot ..

Edited November 13, 2014 by cog

[Adrieke]

hi Carl, thanks for the suggestion.

 

I got myself a good masking tape and resprayed the botched waterline with the green paint and whoa I got a perfect line this time.

 

tomorrow night I ll do the same for the white side

[trippwj]

Good to see her moving forward, Adriann.  The bowsprit and foremast are looking nice.

[popeye the sailor]

you'd have more control with an airbrush.  another good hint is never to spray directly at the masking......spray at a slight angle  upward over the masking.   it will reduce the 'welling' at the mask line and won't leave a visible line when the tape is removed.   light coats.....let dry,  then another light coat.   spray cans only have one setting.............spray!

[Adrieke]

thanks Wayne

 

thanks for the tips Popeye, I will think of them when I get to using the airbrush

 

how long do you wait between coats and I assume you clean the airbrush in between ?

 

most of this weekends time was spend on Phase 2 of re organising the garage.

 

using the extra shelf I bought I cleared the other 2 shelves, removed them from the wall and cleaned all the dust, leaves and whatever else was behind it. One of the shelves was used to create two 90cm high workbenches (90cmx40cm).

 

next weekend I ll finish off by tidying up the big workbench and getting some light for the new benches.

 

I did finish assembling the radar platform for the foremast and shaped the rudder.

the top part of the rudder broke so I used a left over round dowel to fix it.

 

[Adrieke]

well it has been a very tiring week , with last Monday turning into a 20 hour work day (till 3:30 am).due to a virus attack

 

but I did get a fair bit done today

 

I have begun attaching the strakes. the cheap masking tape came in handy again to keep them in place

 

in the second picture you see that I still have to finish the hulls painting, but I am going to leave that until I have finished the strakes and some other stuff. then I will mount her on the pedestals and use some styrofoam to protect the hull.

 

I have also worked on the edges of the top fore and aft deck. there are a few inconsistencies in the pictures on how to do them but I think I got it sorted out. also some of the preformed edges are too long and have the wrong angles

 

 

[Piet]

Ooooooh, that's beginning to look really nice Adriaan.

 

Cheers,