Donnie's HMS Blandford Cross Section Build: 1/32 Scale [COMPLETED BUILD]
Donnie,
Great work! Detail and workmanship is outstanding!
hope your well.
Dan
Great work! Detail and workmanship is outstanding!
hope your well.
Dan
Excellent work in all details shown with your photographic skills. Rich
Thank you everyone for the likes.
Paul. I would have to go back and look. The cannons are turned from solid aluminum. I tried to paint giving a rough look and can’t remember what I did. But I did not like it. So I washed the cannons in acetone and just painted flat black from just a plain spray can bought at like a Lowe’s store. I think I used a testors gum metal flake to try to give an aged look, but it did not work.
Paul. I would have to go back and look. The cannons are turned from solid aluminum. I tried to paint giving a rough look and can’t remember what I did. But I did not like it. So I washed the cannons in acetone and just painted flat black from just a plain spray can bought at like a Lowe’s store. I think I used a testors gum metal flake to try to give an aged look, but it did not work.
Did you try the dry brush dabbing technique that I only learned about a couple of months ago? It has that aged appearance. Rich
I think it was Dean who told me about that for his prior set of cannon barrels.
Donnie,
Just went through the entire log. Great work, fantastic joinery. The wood used is perfect.
Just went through the entire log. Great work, fantastic joinery. The wood used is perfect.
Thank you Jim. We need to meet up again soon.
A lot of precise work there and very well photographed. Rich (PT-2)
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Hi Donnie--I have not been on in a while. I saw the pictures of your build--it looks great! Thank you for your inspiring model.
Andy from Kenosha
Andy from Kenosha
thank you Dan !!
Bluebeard, I have seen metal straps that go around the wheel (the part of the wheel that is rolling on the Deck). If this is something that you want to do, then you can use maybe a thin strip of cardboard stock, wrap it around the wheel and paint it black. Otherwise, you could use brass and blacken it.
Bluebeard, I have seen metal straps that go around the wheel (the part of the wheel that is rolling on the Deck). If this is something that you want to do, then you can use maybe a thin strip of cardboard stock, wrap it around the wheel and paint it black. Otherwise, you could use brass and blacken it.
Hello, I couldn't find any evidence from my books that pointed to the existence of the bends and their use on trucks (wheels). Let's discuss briefly how such metal bands may benefit?
- Making trucks with a band would add to the overall cost as the metal was very expensive.
- Also, it would add to the weight of the cannons. British shipwright hollowed the cartridge sides to make the cannot lighter.
- Trucks on the larger caliber cannons made from two (actually 4) pieces of timber assembled together and reinforced with bolts.
- Trucks with a metal band could seriously damage the wooden decks by moving back and forth and while in action: recoils and reload.
Very nice and precise model with excellent photos of presentation. RIch (PT-2)
Thank you everyone for the compliments - I truly appreciate them.
Jim, thank you for your words of wisdom and research - it is well taken and well recieved.
Jim, thank you for your words of wisdom and research - it is well taken and well recieved.