Hi Stevie

Lovly ship you build . and very fin quality job you don on it . looking forward to next opdate .

cheers

Jens

Thanks guys, Well I managed to get the painting done on one side today, some little touchups needed but there is also a 1mm white trim to go above each wale so not too concerned of any tiny leaks as they are hidden.

I painted the base red first then masked for the wales painting, I then re-painted the masking in red to seal any gaps and when dry painted the black.
The black paint is the admiralty dull black which I always find too shiny so will be giving it a once over with some humbrol matt cote later. I have painted down beyond the waterline, this will be marked off later ready for the coppering.

Steve

Thanks Del, Yeah- it's the same paint used on my Vic, very nice paint though but certainly not "dull" although it's not as shiny as appears in the pics, more of a satin id say. The humbrol matt cote cured the Vic paintwork perfectly so will be fine on this one too

Cheers
Steve

Thanks Alan, it's certainly been a nice change to paint a bit of red on a ship build Even my wife likes it

Will post again when the matt cote is on but I know it will be fine.

Steve

Hi Steve,
Great build again looking forward to more pictures, thank you for posting.

Regards
Trev.

She looks very striking in those colours and even better than the pics. Nicely done.

Thanks for the comments Trev and Andy, really appreciate you following

@Dave, the paint is Admiralty by Caldercraft - http://www.cornwallmodel...ralty_paints_water.html

it is specially developed for 17th, 18th and 19th century ships. The paint is available in sets for many ships or also individually.

@Jack, the painting over the masking tape with the same colour first seems to work very well for me, you can also use a clear varnish to paint over first instead.

@Del, the masking tape I use is called Stuk Proffesional from CMB, it seals well and is fairly lo-tack too. I think once you find one that you like you tend to stick with it

Anyway, just a pic to show the matt cote worked very well and has taken all the shine out of the black apart from a very slight satin finish which I quite like. The red looks a bit orange in the pic but this was just the light It's really very bright red!

Steve

Thanks Ian,
Finished adding the white 1mm trim strips, these were obviously painted before fitting to avoid having to mask them off. The blue colour is also going to be used on the gallery, it looks very red at the mo but there is no more red to add on the entire build so it should look better as more is added.
Cant wait to get the gunport frames in now so may jump ahead and start this next to cover up the raggedy port cutouts

Steve

nice paint job there steve,looks the biz

Now that I love, the white strips truly make those colours stand out.... excellent work Steve....

Regards

Alan