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Update I thought I'd better share what's been going on so far
The deck is nearly complete bar turrets and painting
I had a few problems with the jack staffs what seemed like a bend and stick operation turned out more difficult as you can see with the stern staff, it was very week and snapped so I had to glue it back together as you can see, I decided to glue the swing booms as they just kept swinging around
Looking good there Alan, fiddly brass things...shudder, they can be a pain as they bend so easily and 9/10 times they don't fit spot on. I think you're doing a superb job, I freally like how this is coming together.
Looking good there Alan, fiddly brass things...shudder, they can be a pain as they bend so easily and 9/10 times they don't fit spot on. I think you're doing a superb job, I freally like how this is coming together.Si
Cheers Si its a right pain but I'm don't think I'm doing a bad job of it for a first attempt, your right about them not fitting though
Thanks mate I do need more practice so I'm looking for the PE PARTS for tamiyas prince of WalesHey mate what colour green do you use for your sunken wrecks?
All manner of greens Alan, Humbrol gloss and matt plus matt match pots of various greens, corals etc.
All manner of greens Alan, Humbrol gloss and matt plus matt match pots of various greens, corals etc.Why, you thinking of doing a wreck?
Si
No I'm going for water staining from portholes and such I've noticed on walls rainwater leaves a green water mark so I figured that if a ship had been at sea for a few weeks it would happen very quickly I have done some in a dark green I'll post a pic to show it see what you think
No I'm going for water staining from portholes and such I've noticed on walls rainwater leaves a green water mark so I figured that if a ship had been at sea for a few weeks it would happen very quickly I have done some in a dark green I'll post a pic to show it see what you think
Here's the pic of the water runoff [ATTACH]70099.IPB[/ATTACH]
The green in the damp rain soaks you see are most likely algae or "other slime" On a ship at sea I would think more salt and rust.
A ship will not need to be at sea very long at all before the salt water starts leaching through the weaknesses in the paint and bleed through with rust.
Ship looks good. If you are after extra bits and bobs PE and the like have a look here: https://www.whiteensignmodels.com/c/Ships+and+aircraft+smaller+than+1192+scale/63/1/
The green in the damp rain soaks you see are most likely algae or "other slime" On a ship at sea I would think more salt and rust.A ship will not need to be at sea very long at all before the salt water starts leaching through the weaknesses in the paint and bleed through with rust.
Ship looks good. If you are after extra bits and bobs PE and the like have a look here: https://www.whiteensignmodels.com/c/Ships and aircraft smaller than 1192 scale/63/1/
loads of temptation for you there!
Ian M
Thanks for the input Ian I'll put some rust in there too give it a bit more
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