Thank you for this nice post, Dirk.
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Good morning Paul. The ships bell and steps are a work of art which fit into the masterpiece being Paul’s Kingfisher.
The Blue….I have been researching the HMS Enterprise (Frigate class) which also has the blue. My initial plan is to leave it wood. So I’m very keen to see what you do here. As I say when doing a new MTB downhill run. Let the good guys go first…..
Cheers Grant
The Blue….I have been researching the HMS Enterprise (Frigate class) which also has the blue. My initial plan is to leave it wood. So I’m very keen to see what you do here. As I say when doing a new MTB downhill run. Let the good guys go first…..
Cheers Grant
I am confident that the final choice of blue (whatever that may be) will be met with broad derision.
I was perhaps a bit too enthusiastic about adding color when I did the red more than a year ago. It was my original vision to have a 'left in frames' side and a 'fully finished' side. But I have come to learn that was an impossible goal if the innards are to remain visible (all the built-out details on the lower decks, etc.). Once I determined I didn't want to hide all of that interesting work I also needed to walk back the 'fully finished side' vision which means I would be much happier now if there wasn't red already on the model (or for that matter a black tinted band on the exterior hull). So now I am in a pickle...
All this to say that there is no way I will like ANY blue - and there is no chance that everyone will agree on whatever blue gets laid down. But I am committed to adding some color because there is already color present.
Onward we go. Before anyone could talk me out of adding more color to my model - I went ahead and added more color to my model 
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The first step was to sand down the part to be painted, and then tape off the region between the (future) drift rail and planksheer (the very top section). This will be tinted red (I am using water-based inks rather than paint):
Here is that red band, fore and aft:
There will be a rail (molding) at the bottom edge of the red (the drift rail).
And now the blue band that runs between the waist rail and the drift rail:
TFFM provides a generic pattern for the frieze that is to be painted between the waist rail and the drift rail:
I will not be including the painted panels above the swirly part. Something is amiss and the sheer rail (and the channels) runs right in the middle of the place where the panels go rather than slightly below center. I am off by about 1.5 mm but in a 6 mm band this is a deal breaker.
Swirls...
These swirly things look OK the further away you are from the ship
. But up close they get a more mixed review from me:
I may try to tune these up later, but right now I am exhausted. The level of concentration necessary just to get this far has left me spent. I'll see what the frieze looks like in the morning and decide if it needs to be worked on some more.
I'm not much of a drinker, but a glass of white burgundy has randomly appeared next to my left hand. Maybe just a sip...
Yes, I know YOU wouldn't have added these colored bands...
.The first step was to sand down the part to be painted, and then tape off the region between the (future) drift rail and planksheer (the very top section). This will be tinted red (I am using water-based inks rather than paint):
Here is that red band, fore and aft:
There will be a rail (molding) at the bottom edge of the red (the drift rail).
And now the blue band that runs between the waist rail and the drift rail:
TFFM provides a generic pattern for the frieze that is to be painted between the waist rail and the drift rail:
I will not be including the painted panels above the swirly part. Something is amiss and the sheer rail (and the channels) runs right in the middle of the place where the panels go rather than slightly below center. I am off by about 1.5 mm but in a 6 mm band this is a deal breaker.
Swirls...
These swirly things look OK the further away you are from the ship
. But up close they get a more mixed review from me:I may try to tune these up later, but right now I am exhausted. The level of concentration necessary just to get this far has left me spent. I'll see what the frieze looks like in the morning and decide if it needs to be worked on some more.
I'm not much of a drinker, but a glass of white burgundy has randomly appeared next to my left hand. Maybe just a sip...
Yes, I know YOU wouldn't have added these colored bands
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