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Hi everyone, hope you're enjoying the build so far.
I have a question about painting the cannons - I noticed in the photos that they have black lines along the supports that accentuate the red colour scheme. How do you paint the cannons without painting over these black lines? Is it just a matter of finding a fine enough brush or is there a particular technique?
Cheers!
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hi, do you mean the slots on the gun trollys? if so, they are painted red the same as the trollys,it's just that they are slotted and shadow make it look like they are painted. Current builds: SotS, USS Consitution, San Felipe, D51 loco, HMS Surprise, RB7, Arab Dhow, Jotika HMS Victory Completed builds: HMS Pickel, Thermopylae, Mississipi river boat, Mary Rose, Cutty Sark, San Francisco II, HMS Victory x5, Titanic Lifeboat, Panart HMS Victory Launch, Hachette Titanic, Virginia Schooner, Endeavour Longboat. http://www.model-space.com/gb/
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Cheers for the reply, but are you sure about that? It doesn't look like it here: 
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picture not showing, need to reduce to 800 x 600 pixels. Current builds: SotS, USS Consitution, San Felipe, D51 loco, HMS Surprise, RB7, Arab Dhow, Jotika HMS Victory Completed builds: HMS Pickel, Thermopylae, Mississipi river boat, Mary Rose, Cutty Sark, San Francisco II, HMS Victory x5, Titanic Lifeboat, Panart HMS Victory Launch, Hachette Titanic, Virginia Schooner, Endeavour Longboat. http://www.model-space.com/gb/
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Strange, I copied it directly from another thread. I'll try attaching it. blagojevich06 attached the following image(s):
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Hi Blag.... It does look as if the lines may be painted in as you say, your best way is to paint the entire carriage in red and once dry use a black or dark brown wash or ink to fill in the lines. Both Citadel and Humbrol do good washes, the Citadel is water based whilst the newer Humbrol ones are enamel but both will do the job. You will need a good quality thin brush, either 0 or 1 would do. I find that both types sometimes need further diluting to work best. Post up some pics to show us how you get on! Best of Luck Robin First wooden ship: The Grimsby 12 Gun 'Frigate' by Constructo Second: Bounty DelPrado Part Works Third: HMS Victory DelPrado Part Works 1/100 scale Diorama of the Battle of the Brandywine from the American Revolutionary War Diorama of the Battle of New Falkland (unfinished sci-fi), Great War Centenary Diorama of the Messines Ridge Assault Index for the Victory diary is on page 1
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