Brian's 1/200 HMS Nelson Build

[Bri62]

Ok so I made a start yesterday, must be feeling my age I don't remember PE being this difficult :smiling3:

Sorry about the poor quality images only got a phone

[JR]

Photos not bad at all Brian .

Some good pe work there as well.

[Dave Ward]

Brian,
Nice! Those pom-poms are looking particularly good
I used to use a scalpel on a porcelain tile to cut PE, but now I use surgical gum scissors

Very sharp, and I can get a much neater job........
Dave

[Bri62]

Dave great heads up already destroyed a piece of PE, scalpel slipped on the tile.

[Ian M]

Very neat PE Brian. All the time there is still more PE than CA we're winning!
Large parts I cut with a very small scissors, small parts with a round scalpel blade with more of a roll than a drawing action. I must confess to dropping the tile to cut on. I was breaking more blades and they blunted way to fast. I have a bit of thick plastic card or just the cutting mat. Any small burr or deformation are easy sorted.

[Jim R]

Looks really good Brian. Very neat PE work.
I use Tamiya PE scissors, expensive but good, and a curved blade in the same rocking movement as Ian. I cut on a piece of perspex.

[scottie3158]

Looking very nice, great work on the bling.

[Mark1]

Looks like your off to a good start.

[The Smythe Meister]

Excellent stuff there Brian

[Bri62]

Thanks for all the encouragement, will be doing a couple of hour today will post progress.
Brian

[Tim Marlow]

Very nice work. I’m impressed with the consistency between pieces. That’s not easy to achieve on small PE like this….

I cut PE using a curved scalpel blade as well, also using a rocking action. However, I cut on a scrap of melamine shelf. It supports the piece but allows the blade to cut in a little so maximising blade life.

[Bri62]

Morning guys, just done a couple of hours this morning as I'm making a curry :tears-of-joy:

How many :sad:



I know there back to front but I wanted the detail on the front. (not that you can see much there tiny)

Gave the mast some primer

What paint do you guys use ? I was going to use Tamiya acrylic but seen some Tamiya lacquer but never used it!!


Brian

[Tim Marlow]

Very nice Brian. Me, I mostly spray Tamiya acrylic using Mister levelling thinner to dilute for airbrush. Never used the Tamiya lacquer paint. I brush paint Vallejo acrylics.

[Bri62]

Very nice Brian. Me, I mostly spray Tamiya acrylic using Mister levelling thinner to dilute for airbrush. Never used the Tamiya lacquer paint. I brush paint Vallejo acrylics.

Its just I have heard good thing about the Lacquer paints from Tamiya and wondering how they measure up .....cleaning and such

[Tim Marlow]

Its just I have heard good thing about the Lacquer paints from Tamiya and wondering how they measure up .....cleaning and such :smiling3:

Very like cleaning up Alclad and Tamiya primer I should think. They are both lacquer (or cellulose as I still call it) :thumb2: