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  1. Ken

    Anteo Harbour Tug. Panart [COMPLETED BUILD]

    Hello, Another progress report, but first I’ll tell you the way I simulate corking my planks. I use an ink roller, the type that you get from stationers for blanking out document text. Group the planks together then roll it over the edges, it is quite a thick printers ink, it dries almost...
  2. Steef66

    Hohenzollernmodell 1660-1670 Scale 1/75 POF build by Stephan Kertész (Steef66)

    @All thanks for the likes and comments (jokes to, I love them ROTF) These are the first working gun ports I ever made in this way. It was a sort of test on how to. Seen a lot of ways of how others made them. I decided not to make the lion heads out of boxwood but order them at Amati. These are...
  3. P

    Blackening Brass?

    Great result!!! Thank you for the advice
  4. DARIVS ARCHITECTVS

    Blackening Brass?

    If you don't have any brass browning solution, here is a method that works. If you want to brown the brass, not blacken it, take a sealable container from the kitchen, pour some household ammonia in the bottom, float a smaller container holding the brass parts on the ammonia, seal the...
  5. D

    Blackening Brass?

    ...question. Paint? Not good. Too delicate Salt and vinegar? Sure, if you want to wait for hours and hours and...well, ad-nauseim. Try Brass Black! Gunsmiths use it to blacken brass gun parts. It is fast acting too! Perhaps this has already been addressed. So forgive me if I am repeating. Dave W.V.
  6. DomCee

    Cutty Sark, Vintage Billing Boats BB564, 1:75.

    Part 12 - Brassing the Hull - Making a Start ( I think it’s going to take me a long time!!) Jock Willis’ original spec. for the Cutty Sark states “Yellow Metal Sheathing. Vessel to be sheathed from Keel to 18 ft water mark on top of paper and tar, sheathing to be smoothly put on, sheets...
  7. Jeff T

    USS Constitution Cross Section - Model Shipways MS20245 - 1:76 - by JeffT [COMPLETED BUILD]

    I added the belaying pin rail around the mast. You cannot see them here , but the supports for the rail are difficult to work with and require patience. I also sanded off the area for the top rail on each side. The walls are my next sub-project. I spray painted the laser cut parts before...
  8. Uwek

    HMS Enterprise - 1:96 - 96进取套材的制作

    Great - very clean and accurate work Will you blacken the brass hinches etc. afterwards, or will you keep the "brass-look"?
  9. Ken

    HMS Blandford 1:48 POF Modelship Dockyard [COMPLETED BUILD]

    Hello a welcome. Thanks for your continued support for my build. I’ve been working on the cannons for a few days, I think with a fair amount of success, so here’s what I’ve done so far. The barrels are turned brass and would be difficult to fault, they are excellent. The pear parts, 240 of...
  10. GrantTyler

    HMS Fly Build (Amati) 1:64 by Nomad

    Good morning Mark. Wow you are owning this HMS Fly. Cheers Grant
  11. El Capi

    HMS Fly Build (Amati) 1:64 by Nomad

    An extraordinal well built. A lot better accessories are now available today -not in my time - but expect too, that this will influence the final price. Anyway again an extraordinary build
  12. Peter Voogt

    HMS Fly Build (Amati) 1:64 by Nomad

    Nice informative post about the use of the deadeyes and chainplates, Mark. They are nicely aligned. Regards, Peter
  13. Nomad

    HMS Fly Build (Amati) 1:64 by Nomad

    Channels, chainplates and deadeyes. The sets of channels are painted dull black and attached to the sheer rails on either side with headless nails and glue. Strips of natural walnut are used to trim each channel edge and effectively seal the openings that will accommodate the deadeyes. The three...
  14. AlessandroROMA

    Charles Royal Yacht, 1674, Scale 1:64, by Woody Joe (Japan)

    Ciao Jimsky. Questo sito è straordinario. Oltre ad essere ben strutturato c'è una partecipazione e una qualità di modellisti e modelli in scala semplicemente eccezionale. Scusa se rivedo solo ora queste realizzazioni straordinarie ma c'è talmente tanto materiale (immagini e testi) di alta...
  15. B

    Parts review Aftermarket naval guns parts to upscale, Part 2/3

    1. Great presentation. I have been building these things for 40 years and still learned a few things. - bill36
  16. Steef66

    VOC ship The Prins Willem (scale 1:75) Year 1651

    Thanks all for the nice comments, likes and visit. There was not much work done till now. Just not much time to do undisturbed my work here. But the last few days I did a little work and here is the update. The ratlines on the sprits mast are done. And I started to fit the marsen on the main...
  17. Jimsky

    Parts review Aftermarket naval guns parts to upscale, Part 2/3

    ....continued from the previous post I have the photoetching roller set, use the smallest bar to round off the edges. The result is exactly what I expected to see. Carefully inspect from each side, If the emblem doesn't fit on all edges, or you see gaps, roll it again until it conforms to...
  18. Jimsky

    Parts review Aftermarket naval guns parts to upscale, Part 2/3

    Greetings all. This is way long past-due log of Part 2 of 3 series: Accesories\Uspscale mini kits of naval guns. To those of you who came directly to this post, please follow the below link to get familiar with our discussion about aftermarket naval gun mini kits...
  19. Dubz Modelling World

    Bomb Vessel Granado Cross Section, Scale 1:72, POF Kit by Miniature Arts

    Ahh ok, now I got it (hopefully :-)) that is what I meant with "Another way is to blacken the pin before it is fully inserted into the wood [with a little hammer]." cheers Dirk
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