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Saint Philippe 1693 by OlegM

OlegM said:
so the silicon has to be able to sustain 200--300 C.
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The silicone molding materials I use are from Polytek are only good to about 230 C. I have not used Weicon 300 but it is supposed to be good for temperatures of 300C. Weicon HT 300 red silicone is highly flexible, with an elongation at break of 500% so might work for a single piece mold.
Allan
 
That's interesting. However, I see a difficulty in making vents and then extracting the part with the metal that has filled those vents and now is attached to the model in the form of thin strings
 
I continue to fight the running rigging color, which on the finished model appears too light, especially on the photos, almost white, contrary to how the threads look in the cones.
On the photo below:
Bonhomme Richard, had tera color 722 and scala color 633
Royal William had tera and scala color 464
Saint Philippe will have tera color 444 and scala color 180

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Don't you think that color no 180 in sunlight is too navy/blue? Black is colors 000 or 999
 
kuba91nt said:
Don't you think that color no 180 in sunlight is too navy/blue? Black is colors 000 or 999
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color 180 for scala is not blue, it's light brown. On the photo it's the cone rightmost, the one that is closer to us. Tera 444 is behind it
Black (000) is used for standing rigging, the single cone in the front, no change here among all my models
 
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You're right, my fault. Instead of color 180 it displays me a navy blue thread with 180tex gradation. I have other colors, so i think its blue. Good threads.
 
OlegM said:
Black (000) is used for standing rigging, the single cone in the front
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When standing rigging was treated, wouldn't it be more the color of pine tar (dark brown or grayish brown). I don't think they used coal tar (black) on the ships you listed. Stockholm tar and pine tar from the Americas probably varied in color but I don't think any of them was really black.
Allan
 
AllanKP69 said:
When standing rigging was treated, wouldn't it be more the color of pine tar (dark brown or grayish brown). I don't think they used coal tar (black) on the ships you listed. Stockholm tar and pine tar from the Americas probably varied in color but I don't think any of them was really black.
Allan
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oh yeah, that's a known fact. Black threads is my personal choice (for now)
 
I have finally casted all the cannons...
You know, usually, when you tried something once, it ended not so bad, and then you think - ok, so next time will be better, I have expereince now. Ah no! It is the opposite... I have to admit that my cannons this time turned out to be worse, not better than my Royal William cannons.

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And now I can show my color scheme. Decorations will be in pear.
The sample is devided in 3 sections, from left to right - tung oil, danish oil, teak oil. All three sections then treated with bithumen varnish.
And yes, I do not see any eventual differences between the 3 sections. The oils are slightly different in terms of viscosity, smell, drying time, but the final result is still the same. Teak oil smells fish for me, but danish oil smell is the worst. Tung oil is the thickest and dries the longest.

After oil:

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After bithumen:

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On the next photos you can see how the pink hornbeam changes color before and after treatment. These photos also at different lighting:

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OlegM said:
I have finally casted all the cannons...
You know, usually, when you tried something once, it ended not so bad, and then you think - ok, so next time will be better, I have expereince now. Ah no! It is the opposite... I have to admit that my cannons this time turned out to be worse, not better than my Royal William cannons.

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To me, these guns look just unbelievable, period.
 
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