Alert by riverboat - FINISHED - Krick - 1/25th scale

[riverboat]

Tony ,thanks.....love your humor, but really..... it's mostly luck!!

[popeye the sailor]

I'll see if I can get some of that into MY thick head.......

 

 

really good info!

[riverboat]

Hope everyone had a nice Christmas and got everything they didn't want! :P ... just kidding....

 

UPDATE TIME......

 

   Sine last, I've been working mostly on the deck pieces and the bulwark stanchions and trying to get a color I like for the deck planking. After trying a few different shades I settled on one that will be shown in one of the following pictures. I also started to weather the bulwarks a little. Slowly but surely it's starting to come together'

Thanks for look'n in.

 

Frank

 

 

deck planks are ready to be installed

 

 

This shows the sample of the color I want use for the decking, it's really a little more grayish looking than what the picture shows

 

 

 

Hatches finished

 

 

 

This is just a messy deck!!

 

 

Planking the house sides

 

 

 

House finished

 

 

 

 

gun assembly

 

 

 

 

adding the stanchions

 

 

head piece  (not finished yet)

 

 

 

Stanchions completeport and strbd.

 

 

painted bulwarks

 

 

Lastly, starting to weather the inner bulwarks

 

 

 

Thanks again for looking in.

 

Frank

 

 

 

[mtaylor]

That's an excellent bit of progress, Frank.  I do love the way you weather your ships.

[DenPink]

Hi Frank

 

I do love that deck colour.

 

Just  fantastic work my friend.

 

Denis.

[Sjors]

Amazing job Frank.

 

That looks so real !!!!!!!!

 

Sjors

[gjdale]

Great work Frank. Your models are always that little bit different with your weathering techniques.

[riverboat]

Thanks Mark,Denis Sjors..... it's always nice to hear from people whose work you respect ,and have them compliment you on your work.

Thanks again.

 

Frankl

[riverboat]

Hey thanks Grant, I just wish there were some real pictures around  showing what these ships really looked like.

as it is, I'm just guessing . Hopefully it'll turn out O.K.

 

Frank

[NAZGÛL]

Nice work Frank! I love your style.

 

 

/Matti

[SawdustDave]

Your weathering / ageing techniques are awesome Frank. Looking sweet.

Dave

[popeye the sailor]

very nice progress Frank!   love the way you finished out the cabin structure!  weathering is surely your artistic talent.......you do it quite well    like that picture of the planks on the deck........if it were stacked,  I'd swear you had helpers   

 

super job all the way around Frank!

[augie]

Your techniques just keep getting better and better, Frank.  As for realism, when I had my fist look at your sample planks it took me right back over 55 years to a fishing boat I used to frequent back in the 50's.  I can almost smell the chum bucket.

 

WELL DONE, mate!

[riverboat]

Thanks everyone for the kind remarks and all the likes.

 

 

Matti....... looking at your work has been an inspiration for me, so ,thanks for your great! work.

 

 

 

Hi Lawrence....... glad you like the  deck color,  haven't laid the deck yet, so we'll have to wait and see how that develops .

                               Don't be afraid to try it, it's a real simple process.

 

Dave........... thanks for looking in, I've really been surprised as to how many people like this.

 

 

Denis........ too funny on the deck help!! ....... unfortunately , the only helper I have is me, and To be honest with you, I'm not much help.

                   thanks for the good words!!

 

Hi Augie ........ someone had posted a picture here sometime ago of a ship they had visited, and they showed some really good pictures of the deck, the color was perfect, so that's what I tried to capture . Hopefully the whole deck will come out like the sample  I did.

Thanks for your nice comment.

 

Frank                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

[dgbot]

Frank, weathering is an art that is hard to master. Your decks have that aged look.  Nicely done.

David B

[riverboat]

Glad you like it  David B, it's a lot of fun trying to put some age on her!!! ( Hope she doesn't mind )

 

frank

[Landlubber Mike]

Hi Frank, hope you and your family had a wonderful Christmas.  I love the weathering effects that you are able to achieve.  One day I hope to try that out on one of my models

[riverboat]

Thanks Mike........... try it on your Morgan!

 

frank

[dgbot]

One of the things I learned from others is that weathering should be subtle and a little goes a long way.

David B

[rdsaplala]

Hi Frank,

 

Just finished reading through your Alert build (I'm slowly catching up on my favorite builders here )

You've done a beautiful planking job and very realistic weathering my friend,  congratulations too on your mastery of the art of spiling planks

[klimi]

hello Frank, i didn't to see you new log, is nice to see yours improved of finishing and patina techniques on the hull it is kinda inspirative for my Bounty.
good luck
Pavel

[mobbsie]

Carry on like this Frank and she gonna have to go back into the shipyard for a refit

 

Simply AWSOME mate.

 

Be Good

 

mobbsie

[Scoot]

Looks very nice Frank. Love the deck house.

Hope all is well.

 

Scoot

[riverboat]

Time again for another update!!!........  first,  let me go back and see where I left off ... ....O.K. I'm set,.... just didn't want to repeat myself.

Before I start I want to thank Pavel, Tony and Scoot for stopping by and ck'n out  my progress, always nice to have you guys stop by Thanks again.

Well since my last post I've made the rear supports. rail cap, wales and finished the planking and finishing of the deck.A little goof on the deck planking but I wont point it out, I'll see if some one can spot it . I was real pleased with the deck coloring when it was first applied ,but after I applied  a clear coat it seemed to change slightly, I don't know ,maybe it's just me, but anyhow it's staying.The following pictures will give you some idea whats going on . Like always...... thanks for looking in and all comments are welcomed!!! Good or Bad 

 

frank

 

 

these are the rear supports for the transom ( still need to be installed )

 

 

next four pictures are making and installing wale

 

 

 

 

 

rail cap installed

 

 

Last batch all to do with the deck planking.

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is the final color of the deck planking ... some times the camera sees color a little differently than what  the naked eye sees..... but it's pretty close. Thanks again for looking in.

 

frank

Edited February 4, 2015 by riverboat

[DenPink]

Hi Frank

 

Just love that deck my friend, it is spot on.

 

When I do staining wood ( test strip ) and it is dry I put a drop of water on this will give you some idea what the stain will look like when you apply the varnish.

Varnish will always make the stain a little darker.

 

Denis.

[dgbot]

I think the deck looks good.

David B

[mobbsie]

Hi Frank,

 

I spent some checking out your decking mate and I'm buggered if I can see a goof, it looks pretty damn good to my eye.

 

Rail cap and your wale look great and the wale scarf joint went together really well, I've yet to do a joint like that but I have one coming soon, that's gonna be fun.

 

Regarding your last email to me, I've decided I'm moving to your neck of the woods mate, can't let you have all that on your own, not good for your heart mate.

[riverboat]

 Hi Dennis....... thanks for your nice comments.... that's a real good tip about the water,. I didn't use stain on the deck , I used Age It Easy.I really didn't think the clear would darken it some, but it did. but that's O.K., I'll have to remember your tip next time. I didn't know that a clear coat darkens the color. I learn something new everyday . Thanks.

 

 

Hi David B........   Thank you too  for your nice comment..... you know you sample these colors on a small scale and they seem to look like what you're looking for , but when you apply the same color to a larger surface it 's not always the same effect. But all in all I'm satisfied the way it turned out. Thanks again for your input , always welcomed.

 

Frank

[popeye the sailor]

love the deck Frank........now THAT is a weathered deck,  if ever I saw one!   if there is a mistake......I can't find it......I'm too busy looking into the collage of colors       super job!

[SawdustDave]

Gret job Frank. Love the weathering. She looks a hundred years old.