GrandpaPhil Posted October 7, 2018 Author #61 Posted October 7, 2018 Thank you John! Much appreciated! Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
GrandpaPhil Posted October 7, 2018 Author #62 Posted October 7, 2018 99 gunport lids with eyebolts! CDW, Javlin and Nikiforos 3 Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
GrandpaPhil Posted October 7, 2018 Author #63 Posted October 7, 2018 I found out that the entire lower bank of gunports (32 to be exact) had port scuttles. I scanned the picture out of Anatomy of the Ship, rescaled it in Word and printed a sheet of them on card-stock Old Collingwood, Tom E and CDW 3 Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
Old Collingwood Posted October 7, 2018 #64 Posted October 7, 2018 7 minutes ago, GrandpaPhil said: I found out that the entire lower bank of gunports (32 to be exact) had port scuttles. I scanned the picture out of Anatomy of the Ship, rescaled it in Word and printed a sheet of them on card-stock You have your work cut out there, but respect to you for what you are doing, all the extra detailing will sure make a huge difference. OC. GrandpaPhil, SIDEWAYS SAM and CDW 3 Quote Current builds 28mm Battle of Waterloo attack on La Haye Saint Diorama. 1/700 HMS Hood Flyhawk with PE, Resin and Wood Decking. Completed works. Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic. HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts. HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine plastic. Black Pearl 1/72 Revell with pirate crew. Revell 1/48 Mosquito B IV Eduard 1/48 Spitfire IX ICM 1/48 Seafire Mk.III Special Conversion 1/48 Kinetic Sea Harrier FRS1
GrandpaPhil Posted October 7, 2018 Author #65 Posted October 7, 2018 Thank you Old Collingwood 1 Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
GrandpaPhil Posted October 8, 2018 Author #66 Posted October 8, 2018 Seven gunport lids with port scuttles! Making progress! Seriously though, I’m learning a lot with this build. I am taking the time to hone my scratch building skills for future projects. I have several books from the Anatomy of the Ship series, including the Granado and the Bellona. I intend to build both ships in 1/48 scale. I also have the plans for the Triton which will be my next project. Old Collingwood 1 Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
GrandpaPhil Posted October 8, 2018 Author #67 Posted October 8, 2018 There’s all 32! Next step: painting! I’m going for the Nelson Checkerboard, from 1805, so the top of the gunport lids will be black and the undersides will be red. zappto and Old Collingwood 2 Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
GrandpaPhil Posted October 10, 2018 Author #68 Posted October 10, 2018 I painted the tops of all gunport lids black. I then basecoated the sides and undersides of the gunport lids red. I touched up the sides of the 32 with port scuttles. I am waiting on the rest to dry so I can touch up the red on them, too. After that I’ll touch up the black. Nikiforos, Old Collingwood, Retired guy and 2 others 5 Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
Old Collingwood Posted October 10, 2018 #69 Posted October 10, 2018 That is some repetative work there, are you going to paint her in the new color they found for her? OC. GrandpaPhil 1 Quote Current builds 28mm Battle of Waterloo attack on La Haye Saint Diorama. 1/700 HMS Hood Flyhawk with PE, Resin and Wood Decking. Completed works. Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic. HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts. HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine plastic. Black Pearl 1/72 Revell with pirate crew. Revell 1/48 Mosquito B IV Eduard 1/48 Spitfire IX ICM 1/48 Seafire Mk.III Special Conversion 1/48 Kinetic Sea Harrier FRS1
GrandpaPhil Posted October 10, 2018 Author #70 Posted October 10, 2018 Which new color? Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
Jobbie Posted October 10, 2018 #71 Posted October 10, 2018 dkuehn, Old Collingwood and GrandpaPhil 3 Quote Completed: Billing’s Boats Cutty Sark Artesania Latina Swift Aeropicolla HMS Prince Panart Royal Yacht Caroline Current build: Caldercraft HM Brig Supply Next: Corel HMS Victory
Old Collingwood Posted October 10, 2018 #72 Posted October 10, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, GrandpaPhil said: Which new color? They decided after doing some research on her paint pigmants that her yellow ocre is more of a peach/pink shade than the yellow ocre we have all come to know, and the black is less dark more of a dark grey/black. OC. Edited October 10, 2018 by Old Collingwood GrandpaPhil 1 Quote Current builds 28mm Battle of Waterloo attack on La Haye Saint Diorama. 1/700 HMS Hood Flyhawk with PE, Resin and Wood Decking. Completed works. Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic. HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts. HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine plastic. Black Pearl 1/72 Revell with pirate crew. Revell 1/48 Mosquito B IV Eduard 1/48 Spitfire IX ICM 1/48 Seafire Mk.III Special Conversion 1/48 Kinetic Sea Harrier FRS1
Jobbie Posted October 10, 2018 #73 Posted October 10, 2018 Personally, I’d stick to the yellow ochre. CDW, Old Collingwood, SIDEWAYS SAM and 1 other 4 Quote Completed: Billing’s Boats Cutty Sark Artesania Latina Swift Aeropicolla HMS Prince Panart Royal Yacht Caroline Current build: Caldercraft HM Brig Supply Next: Corel HMS Victory
GrandpaPhil Posted October 10, 2018 Author #74 Posted October 10, 2018 I think that I’m going to keep the model mostly as it is. The colors will fade some when I weather and age it. I always make warships look well used. SIDEWAYS SAM, Old Collingwood and CDW 3 Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
GrandpaPhil Posted October 12, 2018 Author #75 Posted October 12, 2018 I finished touching up the black on the 32 gunport lids with the port scuttles. They are mostly ready to install. I just have to ensure that all of the eyebolts are clear of paint. Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
GrandpaPhil Posted October 15, 2018 Author #76 Posted October 15, 2018 All gunport lids are now painted! Next, I need to clear out all eyebolts and start pinning the lids to the hull. Old Collingwood, Nikiforos, CDW and 2 others 5 Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
GrandpaPhil Posted October 15, 2018 Author #77 Posted October 15, 2018 Putting my new pinvise to good use. SIDEWAYS SAM, Retired guy, Old Collingwood and 1 other 4 Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
CDW Posted October 15, 2018 #78 Posted October 15, 2018 Ohh...nice pinvise Old Collingwood, GrandpaPhil and Nikiforos 3 Quote Completed Projects: USS Fletcher 1:144 Scharnhorst 1:350 USS Independence LCS-2 1:350 1:32 J7W1 Shinden Interceptor/Fighter Fairey Swordfish Mk. II 1:48 Harbor Tug Box Scale Albatros D.V 1:32 Ala-Kart 1:25 Ferrari 250 GT California Spyder 1:24 S-100 Schnellboot 1:72 Mercury Capsule and Atlas Booster BR-52 Steam Locomotive 1:35 Triumph 3 HW Motorcycle 1:9 Scale F-16XL-2 Experimental Fighter Bomber 1:48 Rafale 1:48 F-15E Strike Eagle 1:48 Petlyakov PE-2 Soviet Dive Bomber 1:48 TBM3 Avenger 1:32 1931 Cadillac 1:25 Scammell Pioneer SV2S Heavy Breakdown Tractor 1:35 M-50 Israeli Sherman 1:35 Military Wrecker 1:32 Delahaye 135 1:24 Toyota Sard Supra GT 1:24 Enzo Ferrari 1:24 1970 Baldwin Motion Camaro 1:25 1966 Ford Galaxie 500 Stock Car 1:25 American LaFrance Eagle Fire Pumper 1:25 1940 Ford Standard Coupe 1:25 VolksWagen Dragster/Dune Buggy/Street Rod 1:25 Kawasaki Ninja H2 Carbon 1:12 Porsche GT-1 Evo 1:24 Scharnhorst 1940 1:700 IJN Akitsushima Seaplane Tender 1:700 HMS Hood 1941 1:700 Prinz Eugen 1942 1:700
GrandpaPhil Posted October 15, 2018 Author #79 Posted October 15, 2018 (edited) Thank you, I bought it on E-Bay a couple weeks ago. Edited October 15, 2018 by GrandpaPhil Old Collingwood 1 Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
GrandpaPhil Posted October 16, 2018 Author #80 Posted October 16, 2018 Port side lower gun deck has gunport lids! CDW, smarra, Old Collingwood and 1 other 4 Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
GrandpaPhil Posted October 17, 2018 Author #81 Posted October 17, 2018 (edited) I am going to use a couple of dark washes and then use dry brushing to highlight and fade the upper surfaces to give the model the appearance of shadows, depth and age. It’s the same technique used for painting war gaming miniatures (which is how I learned to paint). Edited October 17, 2018 by GrandpaPhil Old Collingwood 1 Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
GrandpaPhil Posted October 17, 2018 Author #82 Posted October 17, 2018 Started on the starboard side! Retired guy, Tom E and Old Collingwood 3 Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
GrandpaPhil Posted October 17, 2018 Author #83 Posted October 17, 2018 It works very well. The biggest thing that you may have to watch for, is that sometimes the wood will absorb the wash, so be careful how much you use, and where you use it. Old Collingwood 1 Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
GrandpaPhil Posted October 17, 2018 Author #84 Posted October 17, 2018 Thank you very much Old Collingwood 1 Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
GrandpaPhil Posted October 19, 2018 Author #85 Posted October 19, 2018 All lower deck gunport lids are installed! I started on the middle deck! I’m making progress! Tom E, CDW, Old Collingwood and 1 other 4 Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
GrandpaPhil Posted October 22, 2018 Author #86 Posted October 22, 2018 Port side lids installed! I lost one dummy gun down in the frame, so that lid is closed, lol (no point in crying over spilled milk). Making progress! Bossman, Old Collingwood, smarra and 4 others 7 Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
GrandpaPhil Posted October 22, 2018 Author #87 Posted October 22, 2018 Thank you very much! Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
GrandpaPhil Posted October 26, 2018 Author #88 Posted October 26, 2018 (edited) I have all gunport lids installed. Upon careful review of the plans contained in the Anatomy of the Ship, I discovered that two of my gunports weren’t gunports, they were windows. I adjusted the gunport lids accordingly. I already knew about the two up front. I made those from leftover gunport lids. None of the windows were on the Mantua plans that came with the kit, lol. I’m learning a lot with this build. I posted up a question about the AOTS plans. I think that 8 gunports on each side of the upper deck do not have lids. I would appreciate any feedback on that. If it turns out that I’m right and they’re not supposed to be there, I’m going to remove them. Next, I’m going to redo the gunports on the quarterdeck. I’m going to open them up and make some frames for them. Edited October 26, 2018 by GrandpaPhil zappto 1 Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
GrandpaPhil Posted October 26, 2018 Author #89 Posted October 26, 2018 I removed the gunport lids from the waist gun gunports and modified the gunport frames accordingly. I also marked out my cut marks for the quarterdeck gunports. I drew them slightly oversized to allow for the gunport frames that I am going to make. I’m not going to lie, the model looks a little rough right now, but it’ll look a whole lot better once I touch up all of the paint. CDW, cristikc and Old Collingwood 3 Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
GrandpaPhil Posted October 27, 2018 Author #90 Posted October 27, 2018 My quarterdeck now has proper sized gunports! zappto and SIDEWAYS SAM 2 Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
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