I see no ships....

[Guest]

This reminds me of how much I enjoyed making the Airfix one many years ago.

I think the Victory is a great ship to build and a very satisfying showpeice when completed.

This is coming on really nicely Marty and I am looking forward to seeing how you decide to tackle the hull.

By the way love the stand!!

[Guest]

Nice one mate its really impressive

[Guest]

Remedial paintwork underway....start of the hull basecoats...

[Guest]

victory progress...God do i ever hate painting yellow..if i ever have to paint yellow again itll be too soon and it aint over yet...

[wonwinglo]

Marty at least you have the white undercoat,yellow can be a difficult colour needing lots of build up coats,looking really great,stick at it.

[Guest]

was there not an issue we discussed about the yellow they told you to use in the kit a while back? and there is a company that specially make paints for the old ships?

lovely model so far there mate. that model is on my long wish list so this is a great thread to watch!

[Guest]

Richard there is a company that produces a speciallist range of paints for period ships.

Jotika Admiralty paints, supplied through Caldercraft, were discussed in a thread in February however I suspect that Deakon isn't going to thank us for suggesting an alternative colour scheme after he has just painted his ship!!

[Guest]

oh no i wasnt saying that Richard, i think it looks brilliant as it is!

and Deakon i must say your use of bulldog clips is totaly and uterly amazing. I dont think i would ever have thought of that!! its amazing what a modeler can make use of out of simple house-hold items.

will have to remember that one Deakon.Thanks!

[Guest]

nggggggggnnnnnnnn bites knuckle.. swipes chin in your general direction..

only kidding...im keeping to the guide..this is a test piece as far as im concerned..to see what i can and cant do.. due to my injuries..so im not too bothered about super accurate colours. or whatever..im trying to the best of my current ability..which is difficult enough..the muscles in my arm, are regaining some strength so my hand isnt shaking so much ..still im painting her by hand with a no2 sable brush and im pretty much ok with the results so far..and its great practice

[Guest]

putting Victory on hold for the moment...ive got other things that require my attention.and i must admit to becomming a little frustrated, with the way the painting is progressing...almost a whole 14ml of yellow so far..it almost got stomped into the carpet yesterday...so ive put it up on the shelf out of harms way.....ill return to it soon as ive calmed down a bit.....D.....

[wonwinglo]

Sometimes these things happen Marty,but whatever you do,dont give in,everything will work out eventually,after all if we never made mistakes then how would we all learn things ?

Let it dry out properly and have another go.

[Guest]

ok so this is an egg! .....how do i go about sucking it again? i seem to have forgotten in my dotage.....ZZZZZZZzzzzzz..........ZZZZZzzzzzzzzz Eh? wha?

[Guest]

Marty,

We've all been there, looking at a model on your workbench that you've come to hate as it just won't work out the way you want it to.

Voicing your frustration on here is obviously going to generate some words of encouragement from the likes of Barry who are only trying to be supportive and help you see things a bit more positively. He's like that which is why we all think so highly of him.

We all have our own ways of dealing with these things from sticking it back in its box and leaving it for a few days/months/years to taking a shotgun to it in the back garden but we do feel for you as there is nothing worse than thinking your efforts have been a waste of time.

Last time my steam coaster drove me nuts I put it on one side and built a plastic model to change my mind completely and when I went back to it all of a sudden it worked out well and I felt a lot more positive about it.

You could always stick a bit of ballast in it, float it across the nearest stretch of water and re-enact Trafalgar with the shotgun. Don't tell me that wouldn't make you feel better!!!

[Guest]

my musashi (due to a few problems i have had along the way) has so far used up erm (i think) 5 pots of J.N. grey!