bosco72 Posted October 16, 2020 Share #1 Posted October 16, 2020 Hello, this is my first model kit, started it the other week. Decided to post on here for tips/advice/ideas and thoughts. Thanks. Ryland Craze and shipman 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bosco72 Posted October 16, 2020 Author Share #2 Posted October 16, 2020 My thoughts were to stay close to the box art as it looked way more fun that the two replicas I had looked at. shipman, rkwz, Ryland Craze and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bosco72 Posted October 16, 2020 Author Share #3 Posted October 16, 2020 At this point had no idea, if I'd got the correct paint, how it would react to plastic. GrandpaPhil, Ryland Craze, rkwz and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bosco72 Posted October 16, 2020 Author Share #4 Posted October 16, 2020 Did a couple of coats, no water. GrandpaPhil, Ryland Craze and Old Collingwood 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bosco72 Posted October 16, 2020 Author Share #5 Posted October 16, 2020 Did a light coat of burnt umber acrylic, 25/75 water. GrandpaPhil, Ryland Craze and Old Collingwood 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bosco72 Posted October 16, 2020 Author Share #6 Posted October 16, 2020 Started to add a black wash, lamp black acrylic 5/95 water, did not remove, let it dry on. Baker, Ryland Craze, GrandpaPhil and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bosco72 Posted October 16, 2020 Author Share #7 Posted October 16, 2020 chris watton, Ryland Craze and GrandpaPhil 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bosco72 Posted October 16, 2020 Author Share #8 Posted October 16, 2020 GrandpaPhil, Old Collingwood, Ryland Craze and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bosco72 Posted October 16, 2020 Author Share #9 Posted October 16, 2020 More black wash 5/95 water. Also you can see the deck part is twisted, it came that way. lmagna, Old Collingwood, Ryland Craze and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bosco72 Posted October 16, 2020 Author Share #10 Posted October 16, 2020 The lighting makes it look orange/red than it actually is. Ryland Craze, Papa, lmagna and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bosco72 Posted October 16, 2020 Author Share #11 Posted October 16, 2020 Stared on the colours, at this point I'm still not sure which colours I was going to go with and was still deciding if I was going do all the strips of colours. Baker, J11, Ryland Craze and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bosco72 Posted October 16, 2020 Author Share #12 Posted October 16, 2020 Putting the string/thread in tea, trying to age it. Lt. Biggles, Ryland Craze and Old Collingwood 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bosco72 Posted October 16, 2020 Author Share #13 Posted October 16, 2020 lmagna, Old Collingwood and Ryland Craze 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bosco72 Posted October 16, 2020 Author Share #14 Posted October 16, 2020 Ryland Craze and Old Collingwood 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bosco72 Posted October 16, 2020 Author Share #15 Posted October 16, 2020 using magnifying glasses to try and paint the hinges on doors, it was interesting. Old Collingwood, Ryland Craze and Papa 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bosco72 Posted October 16, 2020 Author Share #16 Posted October 16, 2020 Tea for the thread was too light, or I used the wrong tea, so used two spoons of instant coffee over night and got that desired effect, top left of the image. Ryland Craze and Old Collingwood 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bosco72 Posted October 16, 2020 Author Share #17 Posted October 16, 2020 Started to add green wash in small areas sap green acrylic, 25/75 water. Old Collingwood and Ryland Craze 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bosco72 Posted October 16, 2020 Author Share #18 Posted October 16, 2020 Added a white wash to the deck as I wanted to start to build up a really worn weathered look to the boards. Jeff T, Old Collingwood, Baker and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bosco72 Posted October 16, 2020 Author Share #19 Posted October 16, 2020 Then stated to add plank lines with a 0.5 fine liner pen and more wash. Waitoa, rkwz, Old Collingwood and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryland Craze Posted October 16, 2020 Share #20 Posted October 16, 2020 Nice start to your build. I have always been amazed at how plastic modelers can paint plastic to make it look like wood. Good job. Baker, bosco72 and Old Collingwood 3 Quote Ryland Member - Hampton Roads Ship Model Society - Ship Model Society of New Jersey - Nautical Research Guild Current Build - Armed Virginia Sloop, 18th Century Longboat Completed Build - Medway Longboat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baker Posted October 17, 2020 Share #21 Posted October 17, 2020 Indeed a nice start. I would try to see first if the parts of the hull and decks fit properly. And even glue them together if necessary Otherwise, if they dont fit properly you may have to touch up the paint later on . Airfix parts usually fit well, But you never know rkwz, bosco72 and Old Collingwood 3 Quote Regards, Patrick Finished : Soleil Royal Heller 1/100 Wasa Billing Boats Bounty Revell 1/110 plastic (semi scratch) Pelican / Golden Hind 1/45 scratch Current build : Mary Rose 1/50 scratch Gallery : Revell Bounty Pelican/Golden hind 1/45 scratch To do : Prins Willem Corel, Le Tonnant Corel, Yacht d'Oro Corel, Thermopylae Sergal Shore leave, non ship models build logs : ADGZ M35 funkwagen 1/72 Einhets Pkw. Kfz.2 and 4 1/72 Autoblinda AB40 1/72 122mm A-19 & 152mm ML-20 & 12.8cm Pak.44 {K8 1/2} 1/72 10.5cm Howitzer 16 on Mark. VI(e) Centurion Mk.1 conversion M29 Weasel 1/72 SAM6 1/72 T26 Finland T26 TN 1/72 Autoprotetto S37 1/72 Opel Blitz buses 1/72 Boxer and MAN trucks 1/72 Hetzer38(t) Starr 1/72 Si vis pacem, para bellum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bosco72 Posted October 17, 2020 Author Share #22 Posted October 17, 2020 Sounds like good advice thank you, much appreciated. Baker and Old Collingwood 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bosco72 Posted October 17, 2020 Author Share #23 Posted October 17, 2020 Still unsure what colour to do the windows, I like the idea of blue, to seem like they are reflecting the sky, but it looked very unateral, so went for grey. rkwz, Old Collingwood and Ryland Craze 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bosco72 Posted October 17, 2020 Author Share #24 Posted October 17, 2020 Intend to put multiple washes over the bright colours. rkwz, Old Collingwood and Ryland Craze 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bosco72 Posted October 17, 2020 Author Share #25 Posted October 17, 2020 Ryland Craze and Old Collingwood 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bosco72 Posted October 17, 2020 Author Share #26 Posted October 17, 2020 Ryland Craze, rkwz and Old Collingwood 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bosco72 Posted October 17, 2020 Author Share #27 Posted October 17, 2020 Ryland Craze, Old Collingwood, Danstream and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overworked724 Posted October 17, 2020 Share #28 Posted October 17, 2020 Excellent work on the paint scheme! bosco72 and Old Collingwood 2 Quote ---------------------------------------------------- “Work like a Captain....Play like a Pirate!” — Every Ship Modeler...everywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bosco72 Posted October 17, 2020 Author Share #29 Posted October 17, 2020 Added ropes to the mast to see how it would look, unsure if these ropes would be tarred and should be black and what the function actually was? (coffee dyed string, the thickest of the two string coils provided in the kit) Ryland Craze 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bosco72 Posted October 17, 2020 Author Share #30 Posted October 17, 2020 First attempt at the shroud and ratlines using the provided tool. Intend to document the full process. Old Collingwood, J11 and Ryland Craze 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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