Cursed Black Pearl (Zvezda 1/72)

Really a great build & super weathering. Somehow I missed it the first time.It takes a lot of guts to weather like that, but it sure paid off great. What are you buildding now? Models never stop being fun.

    I just realized, today would have been my mom's 124th birthday. She was a sweet little lady & we all loved her.      Gene

Thanks Gene. I like things to look worn and weathered. Gives them character. I’m still working on HMS Victory 1797, but it had to go on the back burner for a while. So tired at the end of the day, some early nights beckoned. I’ll give that a slightly weathered look too. I want it to look like it’s been at sea for a while - seen a few conflicts. 

Flint

Flint, when I was building my train layouts, Iwould do a lot of light weathering. My wife still said my layout looked like Disney Land. Guess I didn't weather enough. I really love what you do. Are you building the big Victory?

Hi Flint! Would you please share where did you get those crates and barrels that size and texture. And what rigging sizes in diameter are?

I cannot for the life of me remember which rigging thread I used. I remember I bought it online, and bought a lot of it. It was natural colour which I then soaked in a mixture of black and grey paint to give it an uneven grey colour.

The crates and barrels were made from scratch using styrene sheets and Fimo respectively.

Hope that’s of some help.

Flint

Nice, very nice!

If I ever could get to the point of producing something like this, I would consider myself an expert modeler.

Your photos are also outstanding.

Joe

Flint

I cannot for the life of me remember which rigging thread I used. I remember I bought it online, and bought a lot of it. It was natural colour which I then soaked in a mixture of black and grey paint to give it an uneven grey colour.

The crates and barrels were made from scratch using styrene sheets and Fimo respectively.

Hope that’s of some help.

Flint

 

Flint, my son-in-law saw your model and would like for me to attempt to build one for him. I explained that my level of expertise is not as good as yours, but I would be willing to try.

Can you tell me the manufacture of you kit, there are several and I am not sure which one to get. He also would prefer one with LED lights in it. He likes that sort of stuff.

Thanks

Joe