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  • Thread starter Thread starter MDB
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Here's an update

The hull is complete im working on the deck now.
I made one slight color change, the area between the bottom of the deck and first rub rail was supposed to be dark brown .... I wasn't feeling that and went with green
The railing is a complete nightmare, the brass stantions bend in a slight gust of wind and getting them level is extremely hard, if your off by .5mm your unable to glue it to the wooden rail due to the stantions either side of it being higher or lower, it might have been better to attach them to the wooden rail first.
I also made my own stairs, the ones supplied were thin brass 2D and looked terrible

Lots of metal parts in this kit, painting them is not one of my favorite things to do

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Here's an update

The hull is complete im working on the deck now.
I made one slight color change, the area between the bottom of the deck and first rub rail was supposed to be dark brown .... I wasn't feeling that and went with green
The railing is a complete nightmare, the brass stantions bend in a slight gust of wind and getting them level is extremely hard, if your off by .5mm your unable to glue it to the wooden rail due to the stantions either side of it being higher or lower, it might have been better to attach them to the wooden rail first.
I also made my own stairs, the ones supplied were thin brass 2D and looked terrible

Lots of metal parts in this kit, painting them is not one of my favorite things to do

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Excellent progress! The model is looking really good. I agree, painting lots of fiddly parts is a real pain, it's often very difficult to get paint to stick to brass parts without some sort of etch primer.
 
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