Hello Peter turned out very nice, I can only agree with Adi. What exactly did you use to blacken.?
Aha...here you go, Peter! Now it is a difference, and agree with all the comments - very nice contrast. But wait...there will be black wales...soon...
Paul, Adi, Tobias and Jim, thanks for Your opinions. At the beginning I was not sure if it turns out OK but now I'm quite satisfied with the result. Yes Jim, the wales will be black as well. Tobias, I use regular drawing ink. Some corrections were necessary where rests of glue sticked to the wood surface. That is how it looks now. I will cover it with linseed oil varnish when it dries.
Greetings
PeterM
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PeterM
Thanks Peter for the info, I didn't know how to blacken with ink, but it was still effective and a great result. I used black stain.
Hallo everybody. Thanks for Your interest and the likes. The side elements of the stern and the wales add to the contrast of the warm brown color of the ship and the black color of those parts.
I still have to complete the planks and the wale on the other side of the hull.
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PeterM
I still have to complete the planks and the wale on the other side of the hull.
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PeterM
Hi Peter, it looks great.
Very nice Peter. The colour scheme is really lovely.
Hallo everybody. Thanks for all the likes and comments. Planking on both sides is completed. I'm not planning to plank further because I want to get as much light inside the ship as possible.
The installed rudder completed the work on the stern.
Next step will be the cannons.
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PeterM
The installed rudder completed the work on the stern.
Next step will be the cannons.
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PeterM
Peter, you really did a good job, it looks great.
Very good work - well done
I just wondered about the opening in the stern for the rudder.
Will you cover the opening with a leather or canvas, than the rectangle form is ok, because it will be not visible.
If you keep it not covered the rudder would need an round or better oval opening, so it can move and "einschlagen" (forgot the english term)
I just wondered about the opening in the stern for the rudder.
Will you cover the opening with a leather or canvas, than the rectangle form is ok, because it will be not visible.
If you keep it not covered the rudder would need an round or better oval opening, so it can move and "einschlagen" (forgot the english term)
Dear Uwe, I can fully understand Your question. Unfortunatelly, the opening for the rudder can not be made any wider because of the couter timbers below the planking. Trident Model did not plan to cover the stern with planks. The following pictures show the described problem. I will have to live with it since I'm not planning to cover the opening.
Greetings
Peter
Greetings
Peter
Hallo everybody, thanks for Your interest in my log. I started working on cannons. All wooden parts in timber boards were well prepared in my kit by Trident Model, so that cutting them out caused no problems at all. They were cleaned, polished and glued together. The barrels were polished and after treating with blackening agent (see construction of the stove) rubbed with graphite powder. The wheels were cut out, glued together and polished on the rotary tool. The 0,6mm holes were drilled and 0,5mm brass pins inserted.
Still ten more to go.
Greetings
PeterM
Still ten more to go.
Greetings
PeterM
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Your guns look great. The quality of the gun barrels also seems to be good, which unfortunately I can't say about my CAF model, they are all crooked.
Hi Pete,
what effect does rubbing with graphite powder have on the blackened (burnished) cannons?
Cheers,
Trevor
it gives the look of a cast iron, I think. I like that look
Exactly; blackening agent gives this "white metall" dull, mat color. With rubbed in graphite you can obtain a half shining, metallic surface look.
A topic for the tricks and tips section of this site perhaps?
I treated my Endeavour anchors in aluminium in a similar way. After blackening I rubbed the surface of the anchors gently with a soft cloth which gave the surface a similar result to graphite.
I'll be glad to take on the procedure using graphite powder when I'm building the Alert. Some way down the road, though, as the Endeavour is a long way off from being completed.
I treated my Endeavour anchors in aluminium in a similar way. After blackening I rubbed the surface of the anchors gently with a soft cloth which gave the surface a similar result to graphite.
I'll be glad to take on the procedure using graphite powder when I'm building the Alert. Some way down the road, though, as the Endeavour is a long way off from being completed.
Hi Dan, first of all, welcome to the Alert group. I'm happy that You like the black/braun combi as well. Of course You will reach that point and beyond it to the very end of the build. In my opinion the model is very well prepared and the materials are of good quality. The manual is a bit "thin" (especially till the end of the build) but You can rely on the help of the Alert group.
So keep it up and happy modelling.
So keep it up and happy modelling.