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More Progress on the Corsair II

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  • Member since
    June 2003
  • From: Rowland Heights, California
Posted by Duke Maddog on Wednesday, April 18, 2007 7:28 PM

 Robert wrote:
The model looks beautiful. Can you tell us what colour you painted the deck? What colour should the funnel be? I will soon be doing this kit and am extremely interested in your progress photos. Robert

 

Thanks Robert. The deck color is Testor's Raw Sienna, and I'm thinking about doing a light wash of a darker brown over it to try and give it a more wood-grain-type of appearance. The funnel, according to the instructions and enclosed reference photos is supposed to be a light tan. I'm going to be trying to look this up and see if there are any color photos of this or other color photos of models of this ship to see what looks best and what colors I'll need to purchase. I do need more colors which is why I stopped here. 

Thanks again for the compliment Robert! 

  • Member since
    January 2006
Posted by EPinniger on Wednesday, April 18, 2007 5:58 AM
Looking very nice so far! I also have this kit, and am intending to convert it to its later incarnation as the gunboat USS Gloucester. The Corsair II was requisitioned by the USN during the Spanish-American War and converted to a gunboat. I think it remained in service until WW1. The conversion should be fairly straightforward, mostly just scratchbuilding the armament (6pdr and 3pdr guns plus some MGs).
  • Member since
    August 2006
  • From: Sydney, Australia
Posted by Robert on Wednesday, April 18, 2007 5:12 AM
The model looks beautiful. Can you tell us what colour you painted the deck? What colour should the funnel be? I will soon be doing this kit and am extremely interested in your progress photos. Robert
  • Member since
    February 2005
  • From: springfield
Posted by prowannab on Tuesday, April 17, 2007 8:05 PM
looks great to me although i'm not really a ship guy,but nontheless looks good can't wait to see more
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  • Member since
    June 2003
  • From: Rowland Heights, California
More Progress on the Corsair II
Posted by Duke Maddog on Tuesday, April 17, 2007 7:52 PM
Not too much more, but here's a new pic of the latest work I got done on this lovely schooner.

I painted the cabins so far, and then added more of the detail parts to the main deck. I believe all of them are installed and painted now. I also built the masts as well. The only thing I think I have left to do are the lifeboats and davits and rigging.

I haven't cemented the deck cabins down yet, nor have I cemented in the masts. They are all temporarily assembled for this pic:



Now I need to get a few more colors to help detail this thing out, as well as finish painting it. That's where it stands until then. Thanks for looking in everyone! Any comments are welcome.
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