HMS Victory 1:72 - Caldercraft by Gilbertm

[GIG1810]

Hey Gilbert,

That looks stunning. I think it's got something. Copper plating like this is always an incredible amount of work ... always enough for a cold winter evening. Can I ask how long you spent on it?

Beautiful ... great work!

 

[Gilbertm]

Very beautiful work, quite impressive!

Fantastic job Gilbert. Looking great and solid.

Www, wow, wow! That's a LOT of work!

Very clean neat coppering! Beautiful Gilbert.

impressive! The curve of the copper plate lines are particularly pleasing!

Good morning Gilber. You totally owned those copper plates. Cheers Grant

Hey Gilbert,

That looks stunning. I think it's got something. Copper plating like this is always an incredible amount of work ... always enough for a cold winter evening. Can I ask how long you spent on it?

Beautiful ... great work!

Rebus, Papatotalos, Paul, Daniel, Mellpapa, Zarthabal; Grant, Gig1810, thanks for your feedback; I appreciate it
GIG1810, I spent 2 weeks elapse time for 1 side, working about 3 hours per day

Let's see how much time I need for the other side

 

[team118]

I haven't looked back at some of your earlier posts about painting...
So sometime with plastic models, professional builders will tape off the section they want to protect, then paint over that with the same color. Once it dries, they paint the are with the color they want. The first painting might 'leak' under the tape, but since it's the same color, there is no 'blur' or slop.

So looking at some of your pics, you'd tape the yellow striping just under the wales. Then repaint that striping with yellow/ochre and once that dries, paint them black...

You'll find that when you remove the tape, it will be crispy clean!!!!

You may have already figured that out!!!!

 

[Gilbertm]

I haven't looked back at some of your earlier posts about painting...
So sometime with plastic models, professional builders will tape off the section they want to protect, then paint over that with the same color. Once it dries, they paint the are with the color they want. The first painting might 'leak' under the tape, but since it's the same color, there is no 'blur' or slop.

So looking at some of your pics, you'd tape the yellow striping just under the wales. Then repaint that striping with yellow/ochre and once that dries, paint them black...

You'll find that when you remove the tape, it will be crispy clean!!!!

You may have already figured that out!!!!

Hi Chris
THis is exactly what I am doing now