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That sounds better than anything Bill. I will try that next time, coming soon, as I never have before. That's one thing you have plenty of with plastic ships. 

Steve,

That is beautiful work!  I always use hot water to heat a warped part before bending it back into shape.  Simply run hot water from the faucet and hold the warp under it for around 30 seconds, then bend it back to shape.  It works every time!

Bill

gene

cheer's mate , and no never did work it out , all I know is not to use humbrol clear over copper again LOL

rob

thank's mate ,still got a long way to go , but having a ball .

Coming along nicely Steve...good patient work.

Rob

Your copper color looks perfect now. Your ship looks better each time you show it. You are really doing a beautiful job. Did you ever figure outwhat went wrong with the last clear finish you put on the copper ?

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thank's mark , really liking your build too mate ,

added some stanchions to the top deck , they are a bit over scale , but my daughter in law love's them , the boat is for her so , on they go .

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added a weak green oil wash to the coppering

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Your Build is coming along very nicely indeed Steve. Watching with keen interest....Cheers mark

Steve, you do have to go a "little" further than me. Man that is a ride to the hobby shop, but worth it. On your Mizzen mast, I have straightened them out pretty well by very gentle bending. Or you can heat them a little with a blow dryer. I have one on a shelf next to my model desk. I use it a lot.

to all the good modeler's out their , how would you straighten this mizzen mast please , only just noticed it , help please .

gene

 how wrong you are . I am off this weekend to brisbane , 250k's away the closest hobby shop too me . but I think it is one off the biggest in aus .

bill

thank's for that , will have to look into it .

as a side note it was sad to see pete coleman's site was hacked , hope he get's it sorted , lot of valuable info there .

Bill, it is a problem when you are so far from a hobby shop. I do order most everything from ebay, but I do like to see some paints before i buy. I bet Steve in Australia is closer to a shop than me.I have never used Vallejo paint, but I have 7 million bottle of paint now.

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I recommend checking the "Old and New Wood Color Effects" set of acrylics by Vellajo.  I am very happy with them!

Bill

David K is the color man. He is better with colors & knows what he used better than anyone. He is a real artist of a modeler. He was very helpful to me. Your work is better than ever & the way this is going , it will be a beauty.

gene

I got it from davidk , MM tan , with an oil wash of burnt umber .

Steve, your deck color looks real good. What paint & color is it ?

I'm planning on not omitting the gun tackle's , the cannon's are a lot smaller than the upper deck gun's , it's just seeing how my 8 other thumb's , you call finger's , if they are up to the challenge . LOL .

Hi Steve ,

deck color looks nice!

Good luck with top deck guns arrangements!

Did You found the way how to imitate gun tackles? or it will be omited?

I'll try better on the top deck guns mate

Hi Steve,

You are right!...it was just was interesting, how this thing need to be done in the right way... found exelent picture made by famous modeller Otte Blom...just for more information :)))  " target="">

to be totally honest kirill , it was only a token effort , as you will barely see them , with the top deck on and the boats to go in . sorry mate .

I put the top deck in loose just to show you what I mean kirill , at least this photo sort of sshow's the deck colour better

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Good day Steve,

Thanks for your attention and comments in my building... yesterday, watching/studing your bulding , in particular ,looking at your gun leads...I found that I did some mistake ,when I drilled holes for leads ropes(for opening/closing) and You did the same...their location is wrong...need to be drilled a little bit higher( from techn. point of vew :))) ...with such position ,will be quite difficult to open them... I don't know how much it is critical on the model...but now I began thinking abt to make correction...the only difficult will be to find the way, how to cover/hide former location...???

kirill

 thank's mate , just revisited your spanish galleon . long way to go before I'm in that class , love the way you have done your rope's .

gene

I just super glued the gun port's on , the same with the eyebolt's ,just drilled a hole glued them in and cut the back off . dab of paint you can't see it , I'm sure their's a better way , I just couldn't think of it . I agree with you I am just not that good at the historical side of thing's , I try my best but sometime's artistic liscence take's over . LOL

Steve, your ship looks really great. How did you glue your gun ports on ? What kind of glue ? I am just getting ready to put them on my Airfix St Louis. . 

  How did you put your eyebolts in ? Thanks to John, we know what to call them. I just build them now as I've forgotten what I knew. 

   You have never built an Airfix ship kit, you said. The Heller kits I got really look cast nicely. Very clean & a lot of nice features. I am more interested in the casting than the accuracy of the kit.   Gene

Good Day Steve,

Nice job You did , I'm glad to be here again ,and see how is Your model groving up( hope to stay at home till december and have this possibility)... good paint work You did! Like it!

All the Best!

Kirill

gun port door's on

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I've run some rigging through the 10 cannons seen on the upper gun deck , I'm having your trouble baxter ,the decking colour just isn't coming through .

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what for mr morrison .

I bought a bag of copper eyes frmom Caldercraft some years ago. 100s of them.