Decided to call it here !
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More bulkhead planks, using stain not paint hoping for a better finish.
not sure how old my kit is but all the metal pieces are solid bronze, (had to file some burrs off) whereas I have seen online white metal pieces in the newer kits. is this correct?
Ok guys I value your input so here goes do I leave the bronze/brass pieces as is, or I have some nice gold leaf form a previous project ? But.......there are over 600 pieces
Gold leaf not an option so change of plan to gold wax.
The pic doesn't do it justice the bottom one is waxed
The pic doesn't do it justice the bottom one is waxed
Now you come to an interesting part of the kit! You will find, as have many others, that the pieces are too large and need considerable filing/grinding in order to get a fit. So, my suggestion would be to use gold paint after you have got them to fit. If your kit is very old the metal parts may be solid bronze but if it is newer they are plated and very poorly moulded for such an expensive kit. It's certainly a challenge.
Mike these certainly aren't plated, in some cases I have filed deeper that the plating would be.
Time will tell with the fit
Time will tell with the fit
You are fortunate as the solid bronze castings were much better apparently and might even fit as planned. I am jealous!!
I like that look very much. With all the metal on this ship, shiny gold would perhaps be a bit much.
here is a comparison of the vintage kit's solid bronze bits -- if all the metal bits came in blister packs that also show where bits are to be attached - you have the current kit's product
The quality of my kit is far above the one pictured (right) and they a definitely not white metal plated
Just pottering (waiting on stuff tomorrow)
You might have gotten lucky - from all of the current Sergal's of this ship that I have followed on MSW and here - I still see a very big difference in the tooling details and lack of quality of castings in each of those 600+ bits - I'll drop this thread - but here are a couple more examples of the quality differences.The quality of my kit is far above the one pictured (right) and they a definitely not white metal plated
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Continuing with the first planking you can see temp ribs for the hull shape on the main deck, fitted with small drops of ca these will break off after the planks have set (hopefully with no damage).
Progress for the day, going to be another hot one.
I like this glue
I like this glue
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Good morning Brian. Yep you are in your rythem.....lovely progress and your decks came out really well. Cheers Grant
Finished the first planking and I think the next job is the deck bulkheads then cutting in the cannon ports
Done for today, all trimmed up going to let the glue cure fully.
Done for today, all trimmed up going to let the glue cure fully.
Cheers Grant appreciated mate.