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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

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

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

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...???

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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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="">

I'll try better on the top deck guns mate

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'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 .

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

gene

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

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.

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

Bill

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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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 .

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

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.

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

added a weak green oil wash to the coppering

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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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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 ?

Coming along nicely Steve...good patient work.

Rob

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 .

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

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. 

thank's bill , will definately , give that a go , let you know how I get on . that's what I love about site' like this one , their's alway's someone to help , it's just such a pity pete coleman got ripped . it had so much info on it ,

good on you bill , the main and fore mast's , I was able to strengthen with brass rod insert's , the mizzen is solid . but she's straight now .

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Wonderful!  And, I agree with you about this site.  The people here are most helpful, and they are friendly as well. 

Bill