Nantucket Light Ship by Fright - FINISHED - Lindberg - 1:95 scale - PLASTIC

[Fright]

Steve - many, many thanks! Your work on your Model Shipways kits are an inspiration for myself, and I'm sure for many others. 

[popeye the sailor]

catching up on your project here........I see your finished !     you did such a great job,  even the water look great!   congratz on a model well done!

[Fright]

Many thanks Popeye 😉

[Old Collingwood]

Great work  - looks lovely.

 

OC.

[Fright]

Many thanks, OC ! I really had fun with this ship.

[Ageofsail]

Hi Robert, was lurking around here doing some research for my U.S.S. Constitution build 

 

 

and stumbled across your work, I remember a discussion we had some time ago on Finescalemodeler about you jumping into the deep end of the model ship building pool. If this build is any indication of your skill set, I say go for the Black Pearl, nice work! 

[JBolster]

Robert - I just found the postings about you Nantucket Lightship model. You did a beautiful job on it. I recently acquired the same kit and am looking forward to starting it. I'm retired now and this my first model since I was about 12 years old. Question: what color/ brand paint did you use for the buff coloring on the stacks, masts and  air vents? Was it a spray? I'm having trouble locating anything similar.

Thanks! - John Bolster

[iceman1947]

On 8/28/2018 at 10:37 AM, Fright said:

The past few days, I have been working on and off with putting together the pieces for the superstructures that go on deck. Almost every piece needed to be filed and sanded to remove flashing and seam lines. Many of the portholes needed to be filed out due to amount of flash that were closing up many of the holes. My inexpensive files that I purchased from Harbor Freight came thru for me on this one. After making sure a piece fit together, I used Tamiya liquid cement to bond the walls together. I also hit the inside of seams with a little CA glue to strengthen the bond. I used white glue to help fill any visible seams and, after sanding smooth, I sprayed all four deck structures with primer white.  

 

For the top decks of the structures, I sprayed them with Testors gray. After the three pieces dried, I taped off the deck portion of each piece and sprayed the edging and underside with white primer. The three pieces fit perfectly on top of their appropriate structure and all four pieces sit nicely on the deck. Nothing is glued yet as I need to do add detail pieces and do some detail painting. Note: the bottom edging on the corners for the engine room skylight (a-frame) need to still be filled to match up. 

 

 

 

Great job !!!!!!!!  Did the kit come with the simulated riveting on the cabin sides or did you do it?  If you added it, any suggestions on how to do it? That adds incredible realism to the build.