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


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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.

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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

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

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Brian Parsons

 

Current Build: Rattlesnake

 

Side/Next Build: Benjamin Latham

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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.

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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

Current Build:  HMS FLY 1776

 

Previous Builds:  Rattlesnake 1781

                        Prince de Neufchatel

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