bosco72 Posted October 16, 2020 #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
bosco72 Posted October 16, 2020 Author #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. Ryland Craze, Old Collingwood, J11 and 3 others 6
bosco72 Posted October 16, 2020 Author #3 Posted October 16, 2020 At this point had no idea, if I'd got the correct paint, how it would react to plastic. shipman, Ryland Craze, rkwz and 2 others 5
bosco72 Posted October 16, 2020 Author #4 Posted October 16, 2020 Did a couple of coats, no water. Old Collingwood, GrandpaPhil and Ryland Craze 3
bosco72 Posted October 16, 2020 Author #5 Posted October 16, 2020 Did a light coat of burnt umber acrylic, 25/75 water. Ryland Craze, GrandpaPhil and Old Collingwood 3
bosco72 Posted October 16, 2020 Author #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
bosco72 Posted October 16, 2020 Author #7 Posted October 16, 2020 Ryland Craze, GrandpaPhil and chris watton 3
bosco72 Posted October 16, 2020 Author #8 Posted October 16, 2020 Ryland Craze, J11, GrandpaPhil and 4 others 7
bosco72 Posted October 16, 2020 Author #9 Posted October 16, 2020 More black wash 5/95 water. Also you can see the deck part is twisted, it came that way. GrandpaPhil, lmagna, Ryland Craze and 1 other 4
bosco72 Posted October 16, 2020 Author #10 Posted October 16, 2020 The lighting makes it look orange/red than it actually is. Old Collingwood, Ryland Craze, lmagna and 1 other 4
bosco72 Posted October 16, 2020 Author #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. lmagna, Baker, J11 and 2 others 5
bosco72 Posted October 16, 2020 Author #12 Posted October 16, 2020 Putting the string/thread in tea, trying to age it. Ryland Craze, Lt. Biggles and Old Collingwood 3
bosco72 Posted October 16, 2020 Author #13 Posted October 16, 2020 Old Collingwood, lmagna and Ryland Craze 3
bosco72 Posted October 16, 2020 Author #14 Posted October 16, 2020 Old Collingwood and Ryland Craze 2
bosco72 Posted October 16, 2020 Author #15 Posted October 16, 2020 using magnifying glasses to try and paint the hinges on doors, it was interesting. Papa, Ryland Craze and Old Collingwood 3
bosco72 Posted October 16, 2020 Author #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. Old Collingwood and Ryland Craze 2
bosco72 Posted October 16, 2020 Author #17 Posted October 16, 2020 Started to add green wash in small areas sap green acrylic, 25/75 water. Ryland Craze and Old Collingwood 2
bosco72 Posted October 16, 2020 Author #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. Baker, Ryland Craze, Old Collingwood and 1 other 4
bosco72 Posted October 16, 2020 Author #19 Posted October 16, 2020 Then stated to add plank lines with a 0.5 fine liner pen and more wash. lmagna, Ryland Craze, rkwz and 3 others 6
Ryland Craze Posted October 16, 2020 #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. bosco72, Old Collingwood and Baker 3 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
Baker Posted October 17, 2020 #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 Old Collingwood, rkwz and bosco72 3 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 große-jacht / Yacht D'Oro 1/50 Corel Gallery : Revell Bounty Pelican/Golden hind 1/45 scratch 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 Cleaning the 1/72 military collection Si vis pacem, para bellum
bosco72 Posted October 17, 2020 Author #22 Posted October 17, 2020 Sounds like good advice thank you, much appreciated. Old Collingwood and Baker 2
bosco72 Posted October 17, 2020 Author #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. Old Collingwood, Ryland Craze and rkwz 3
bosco72 Posted October 17, 2020 Author #24 Posted October 17, 2020 Intend to put multiple washes over the bright colours. Ryland Craze, rkwz and Old Collingwood 3
bosco72 Posted October 17, 2020 Author #25 Posted October 17, 2020 Old Collingwood and Ryland Craze 2
bosco72 Posted October 17, 2020 Author #26 Posted October 17, 2020 Old Collingwood, Ryland Craze and rkwz 3
bosco72 Posted October 17, 2020 Author #27 Posted October 17, 2020 rkwz, Ryland Craze, Baker and 3 others 6
Overworked724 Posted October 17, 2020 #28 Posted October 17, 2020 Excellent work on the paint scheme! Old Collingwood and bosco72 2 ---------------------------------------------------- “Work like a Captain....Play like a Pirate!” — Every Ship Modeler...everywhere.
bosco72 Posted October 17, 2020 Author #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
bosco72 Posted October 17, 2020 Author #30 Posted October 17, 2020 First attempt at the shroud and ratlines using the provided tool. Intend to document the full process. Ryland Craze, Old Collingwood and J11 3
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