I really liked how tight your inner hull planking is. I’m glad mine can’t be see. Those little hinges on all the doors are a pile of fun. I do like how they look however. Looking good.
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Artesania Latina Anatomy of Lord Nelson’s HMS Victory Trafalgar 1805
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Thanks Jim
Got the wire from Amazon. It is a little thicker, the AL wire is probably 32 gauge, but it strips easy using your thumb nail.
The only sanding I have done with the hull is; each individual rib etc got a light rub with standard sanding sticks/sponges or the one used by the guy in the videos. When I come to rub down the hull in preparation for planking I will use sanding blocks or maybe an small electric orbital sander and course sanding sticks.
Video 14 - (Part 2- Complete)
Well part 14 was a big one to say the least.
In this part I fit the beam supports and metal brackets. I also carve the remaining posts, paint and fit them.
After I has problems with the blackening rubbing off I prepared the PE with a clean of Acetone (nail polish remover).
They seemed to blacken really well.
But unfortunately the blackening still dried with a chalky residue. I finally painted them black with Mr Surfacer 1500 which locked everything in.
Once removed from the fret I filed off any burrs and touched up any paintwork with a black Sharpie.
It was quite difficult to glue the brackets in place. It was a bit like hanging a picture the bedroom while standing in the corridor. I used a tooth pick with a small amount of white tac to place the parts.
OK the carved posts. I has all intention of using a mini lathe to turn the posts, I had bought one from China very cheap. However I bought it about a year ago and never really looked at it until now. It was now I discovered it was fitted with an American plug. Not to worry I was going shopping with Mrs J later in the day and would pick up an adapter then. But my curiosity got the better of me and I tried to do one freehand. To my complete suprise it was no way near the difficult task I thought it would be. After I did one and thought "That's not bad" I did another. To cut a long story short in about 3 and a half hours all 18 for this deck were done and I felft a quiet sense of achievement.
The tools I used.
There's a handy template to help you.
First rough cut using a file.
A little more filing.
Finished off with a thin sanding sponge.
It's OK to get one right, but then you have to repeat the same.
The big challenge was to get all 18 the same.
Painted using an airbrush. The Victory Brown was a custom mix of Tamiya XF 64 Red Brown with a few drops of black.
To finish of Video 14 the posts are glued in place.
Thanks for dropping by.
Tony
Well part 14 was a big one to say the least.
In this part I fit the beam supports and metal brackets. I also carve the remaining posts, paint and fit them.
After I has problems with the blackening rubbing off I prepared the PE with a clean of Acetone (nail polish remover).
They seemed to blacken really well.
But unfortunately the blackening still dried with a chalky residue. I finally painted them black with Mr Surfacer 1500 which locked everything in.
Once removed from the fret I filed off any burrs and touched up any paintwork with a black Sharpie.
It was quite difficult to glue the brackets in place. It was a bit like hanging a picture the bedroom while standing in the corridor. I used a tooth pick with a small amount of white tac to place the parts.
OK the carved posts. I has all intention of using a mini lathe to turn the posts, I had bought one from China very cheap. However I bought it about a year ago and never really looked at it until now. It was now I discovered it was fitted with an American plug. Not to worry I was going shopping with Mrs J later in the day and would pick up an adapter then. But my curiosity got the better of me and I tried to do one freehand. To my complete suprise it was no way near the difficult task I thought it would be. After I did one and thought "That's not bad" I did another. To cut a long story short in about 3 and a half hours all 18 for this deck were done and I felft a quiet sense of achievement.
The tools I used.
There's a handy template to help you.
First rough cut using a file.
A little more filing.
Finished off with a thin sanding sponge.
It's OK to get one right, but then you have to repeat the same.
The big challenge was to get all 18 the same.
Painted using an airbrush. The Victory Brown was a custom mix of Tamiya XF 64 Red Brown with a few drops of black.
To finish of Video 14 the posts are glued in place.
Thanks for dropping by.
Tony
Good morning Tony. I had this problem too and I found the following solved it rather nicely.
Soak the brass in vinegar for at least 30 min. Put the brass into brass black for around 1min. I found if I leave it in too long it forms a dusty cover and doesn’t buff up nicely.
The real key is to let this dry for a long time. I leave it overnight and then buff the part with a dremel wool buffing fitting. It brings the blackened brass up very nicely. Some smaller parts you may need to brass black twice but not often.
You are building animpressive Victory. Very cool indeed. Cheers Grant
Thanks Grant. I will give that a go next time.