Good morning. Very good. some suit. Brush skills on display. Cheers Grant
Those are great photos of your progress. I’m looking forward to more.
Jan
Jan
Little more today.
Struggled with the planking on the Doghouse. Took me ages to work out which way they should lie. Nothing on the plans or the YT video build. A bit thick me .
Got there in the end.
Airbrush tomorrow again . Hopefully I can match the other decks.
Struggled with the planking on the Doghouse. Took me ages to work out which way they should lie. Nothing on the plans or the YT video build. A bit thick me .
Got there in the end.
Airbrush tomorrow again . Hopefully I can match the other decks.
Pleased with the match of the other decks. Looks a bit dark but led lighting deceptive.
Don’t think you could get the fineness and blends with brushes.
If I didn’t airbrush, I would opt for pastels. More control and easy to blend.
I did my Jaws Orca boat decks with them.
Also the door. All pastels. Easy too correct. Once happy, seal with Testers Matt clear. You can still add on top of that if you wish but it seals what you have already done.
There’s some outstanding weathering going on here. I am impressed by how consistent you are across different decks.
And that dirty trainer is a mini masterpiece!
And that dirty trainer is a mini masterpiece!
Many thanks Smithy. I so love this hobby.
Same. In all its manifestations. Over my lifetime it’s helped keep me sane. Well, saner. Funny that because it sometimes drives me nuts at the same time.
Appreciate the expert advice, Neil! I continue to learn.
Hey Greg. Go buy a pack of pastel sticks. Cheap as chips anyway and have a play around with them. Hold them on their flat side and gently rub on the grain. You can also scrape them to make a powder and just rub that on. It’s limitless to what you can try. Different colours to change the look of wood grain texture.
Great recommendation, Neil! I will test them on sample wood pieces to see how they look. Appreciate your advice!
True story
Thank you both.
More work on the stern today. Little bit of adjustment but went together well. Not a lot of tolerance from the pre lasered sheets.
On with the planking and a lot of cutting out for the gun ports.
Cannons nearly done, just a bit more tweaking.
Cannons nearly done, just a bit more tweaking.
Three planks from 21 onwards are about 10mm too short for some reason. Plenty of length that could have been used from the sheet that they were lasered from.
Why not just over length them Pavel?
Still have to trim all the others anyway.
Have to scarf little extension pieces in there. Will show you on the next entry here.
Why not just over length them Pavel?
Still have to trim all the others anyway.
Have to scarf little extension pieces in there. Will show you on the next entry here.
