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Sticky Wickett

#1661 Posted : 29 December 2017 15:58:59

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Good afternoon form 'The Dockyard'.

I hope you have all had an enjoyable Christmas break so far.

This weeks update is relatively short, but looks at the pin wash on the port saddle tank.

At this stage I had already applied a liberal coat of pin wash to the saddle tank and now it was a case of removing the excess to really enhance the characteristics of the hull. I was hoping to complete the port side of the U-boat for this update, but the saddle tank took longer than expected so only this part is featured.

The technique saw small bursts with a brush dipped in thinners and removing excess wash, followed by a period of drying time and assessing the whole from a distance. I then used the same technique and removed more pin wash going right up to the weld lines.

The attached photo shows the pin wash applied to the bow /keel.

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#1662 Posted : 29 December 2017 16:00:04

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Another view of the bow / keel area.

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#1663 Posted : 29 December 2017 16:00:44

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View of the port saddle tank.

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#1664 Posted : 29 December 2017 16:02:40

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Looking aft along the port saddle tank. Some of the areas on the following photos look slightly shiny due to the fact that the thinners was still wet.

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#1665 Posted : 29 December 2017 16:03:46

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Amidships [middle section] showing one of the tank lids

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#1666 Posted : 29 December 2017 16:04:50

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Photo of the tank lid situated on the aft end of the port saddle tank.

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#1667 Posted : 29 December 2017 16:05:39

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Looking forward along the port saddle tank.

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#1668 Posted : 29 December 2017 16:06:42

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From above, looking forward.

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#1669 Posted : 29 December 2017 16:08:26

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From above, showing the port saddle tank. Lots more work to do here. Blink

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#1670 Posted : 29 December 2017 16:08:56

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Looking aft along the port side.

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#1671 Posted : 29 December 2017 16:16:30

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That concludes this weeks short update. Lots more work required to get the right effect. There are areas where I have removed too much wash and consequently I will have to go back over these again. There are other areas where some of the paint has chipped away which require touching in, pin washing then fading.

Thanks for looking in and your encouraging comments. Have a great New Year and happy modelling for 2018! Cool

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#1672 Posted : 29 December 2017 17:03:47

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Another great update Phil BigGrin

have good new year BigGrin

regards Phil Cool

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#1673 Posted : 30 December 2017 00:05:41

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Weathering is certainly coming along, looks stunning..... Drool

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#1674 Posted : 02 January 2018 17:15:21

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tigerace wrote:

Another great update Phil BigGrin

have good new year BigGrin

regards Phil Cool

Thanks very much Phil! Cool

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#1675 Posted : 02 January 2018 17:16:41

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Gandale wrote:

Weathering is certainly coming along, looks stunning..... Drool

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Thank you Alan! Cool

Definitely not a 5 minute job. Blink

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#1676 Posted : 02 January 2018 19:51:44

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Really looking good, great weathering, and I know it is very time consuming. BigGrin

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#1677 Posted : 03 January 2018 08:34:41

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Markwarren wrote:

Really looking good, great weathering, and I know it is very time consuming. BigGrin

Mark

Thank you Mark! Cool

Yes it is very time consuming, especially on such a large model. Blink

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#1678 Posted : 03 January 2018 09:11:19

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Phil

That is looking really nice.

That weathering technique is not easy but you have done a brilliant job and on such a latge project.

Truely a stunning build.

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#1679 Posted : 03 January 2018 11:38:22

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Phil

That is looking really nice.

That weathering technique is not easy but you have done a brilliant job and on such a latge project.

Truely a stunning build.

Thank you very much Tony! Cool

What I'm finding at the moment is that it's not quite looking how I want it. Blink

So, plenty more work on the pin wash before I'm completely happy then moving onto other types of weathering.

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#1680 Posted : 03 January 2018 15:03:46

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Thats some very impressive modeling

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