Looking very good.
I just spent a most enjoyable half hour catching up on your build. A master at his craft... I will be looking in and learning.
THank you guys for your attention and nice words. I am glad you like and follow my work. I shall try to put as many as possible picures and explanations of the work on this site, hopefully someone would find it helpful, or would get new ideas.
I will watch intently to see how your continue the scratch build, and apply to my next project.
Solid construction! Great work!
Solid construction! Great work!
Copper sheeting is complete (except the rudder) Hull is painted to the final colors, after copper sheeting the rudder, green copper patina will be applied (as copper get's green patina in salt water)
Last two pictures show method of producing copper plates- strips cut off on my modified guillotine marked with pin-wheel stamped at predefined length to make copper plates...
Last two pictures show method of producing copper plates- strips cut off on my modified guillotine marked with pin-wheel stamped at predefined length to make copper plates...
Thank you Mustafa
Fantastic! You have done a beautiful job here!
Now I’ll need to find myself one of those pin wheel tools.
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Impresionante, tu no eres un aficionado al mendelismo eres un profesional.
UN SALUDO
Impressive, you are not a fan of mendelism you are a professional.
A GREETING
UN SALUDO
Impressive, you are not a fan of mendelism you are a professional.
A GREETING
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Gracias Jose
Pin wheel tool found! Page 61 of this month’s Micro Mart catalogue.
After some testing and experimenting, I finally got natural looking copper corrosion/ patina in salt water.
First, copper was brushed by wire brush on Dremel, than cleaned from grease and impurity, than used white vinegar to get non-shining reddish oxide, than used copper/brass black to get darker and partially irregular brownish patina, and than carefully applied Copper green patina to get spontaneous, irregular layers of green copper oxide.
Compared results to naturally corroded copper sheets and I am pretty much satisfied with similarities and result...
First, copper was brushed by wire brush on Dremel, than cleaned from grease and impurity, than used white vinegar to get non-shining reddish oxide, than used copper/brass black to get darker and partially irregular brownish patina, and than carefully applied Copper green patina to get spontaneous, irregular layers of green copper oxide.
Compared results to naturally corroded copper sheets and I am pretty much satisfied with similarities and result...
That looks very realistic. Excellent job on this. Thanks for sharing your process.
Looking very realistic! f.e. comparing with the hull of the USS Constitution
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A Rare Sight - USS Constitution Museum
Dry Dock 1 in the Charlestown Navy Yard, where USS Constitution currently sits undergoing repairs, was considered an engineering marvel when it opened in 1833.. . .
ussconstitutionmuseum.org
Thank you very much Uwek. These pictures definitively assured me that I was not much wrong deciding how to weather copper sheeting. I checked a lot of pictures and researched a lot before applying chemicals and patina, but these are amazing pictures from this site. I breathe much easier nowLooking very realistic! f.e. comparing with the hull of the USS Constitution
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A Rare Sight - USS Constitution Museum
Dry Dock 1 in the Charlestown Navy Yard, where USS Constitution currently sits undergoing repairs, was considered an engineering marvel when it opened in 1833.. . .
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In the winter magic of my garden the shipyard was busy:
HMS BOUNTY 1:60 scratch build log update:
Rudder and tiler attached, stern head and rudder box built and added. Final check of the cannon fitting- so far so good. height of the gun ports are properly positioned.
HMS BOUNTY 1:60 scratch build log update:
Rudder and tiler attached, stern head and rudder box built and added. Final check of the cannon fitting- so far so good. height of the gun ports are properly positioned.
