Rattlesnake by Brian Parsons - Model Shipways - Scale 1:64

[dgbot]

Nice recovery.

DavidB

[chompsalot]

So after wasting some paint and several hours....I decided to prime everything. I figured it would be easier to see ALL my mistakes and I could add filler where needed.

 

My new cherry grating showed up, so I finished making the two pieces. Still need to paint the coaming, but haven't decided what color to use yet

 

Yay!, new tools. I must say, these two might be my best investment yet.

Edited May 1, 2014 by Brian Parsons

[scott larkins]

Coming along great I see.  I like the grating there too.

[dgbot]

What isgoing to be your paint job?

David B

[chompsalot]

Pretty much the colors it was previously. The bottom of the hull will be parchment white, then a brown and black stripe along the wale line. 

[scott larkins]

I primed the bottom portion of the hull too and it has taken a lot more paint than I had hoped to get it back to the desired white.  But I can say the gray really brought out the wood imperfections and mistakes.  I'm waiting for my white to dry over night.  Hoping I'll be done with that color today. All I have left is the yellow ocra to do along the gun ports and I will be done.  I'm doing a black to the poop deck sides, black molding with a stripe of blue between the molding lines, yellow ocra along the gun ports, a stripe of black at the transition between the narrow and wider planks and a white hull.  Transome will be black with blue and yellow ocra decoration, as I've posted in my past log pics.

[chompsalot]

Yeah, I'm thinking about picking up an airbrush today. The paint I'm using is pretty thin and it's tough to keep the brush strokes out of it.

[Martin W]

It's interesting to see the ship with that uniform color -- it brings out the shape nicely.  Everything looks smooth and right.

 

Congratulations on those tools. I'll be interested to see how you like that chopper -- I've thought of getting one, but haven't been  sure.  That hull holder, though, is VERY useful, since you can rotate and tilt the model to accommodate your needs. 

 

Cheers,

 

Martin

[chompsalot]

Martin - The Chop-it is awesome. Micro-Mark seems to have tons of cool stuff. I might pick-up the other item they have like it, called the Sand-it.

[Martin W]

Go for it!

[chompsalot]

Woohoo, no more brush strokes in my future painting efforts! Unfortunately, I found a few more spots that needed filler. So I can't play with my new toy until tomorrow..

[chompsalot]

Summer time I don't get a lot of "Me" time, so I won't have much time for the rattlesnake for the next 2 months or so. If for some miracle I do, I'll be sure to post it here