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Sticky Wickett

#1761 Posted : 15 February 2018 21:15:12

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Area around the Engine Room.

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Completed projects: 1/43 scale Bedford HA van / 1/43 scale MG TD sports car
Current projects: 1/48 scale U-boat [U230]
Future projects: 1/148 scale railway diorama / 1/50 scale R/C Volvo F89 logging truck / 1/148 scale Thunderbirds Fireflash

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#1762 Posted : 15 February 2018 21:16:03

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Saddle tank lid and grab handle detail.

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#1763 Posted : 15 February 2018 21:16:52

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Moving forward showing the area around the Radar Shack / Officers Mess.

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Starboard Bow.

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#1765 Posted : 15 February 2018 21:46:29

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Well, what a mammoth task that was. Never thought it would of taken so long to complete this stage, but it's now done. Finito. In the bag. Time to move on.

I'll be marking out and painting in the waterline next week as well as lightly Confused

sponging the hull below it with algae coloured paint.

Before I go, a couple of stats regarding 'pin wash gate'.

I used nearly a bottle of thinners [200ml] and 250 cotton buds, that's 500 individual ends! Blink

Bring on the algae! LOL

Thanks for looking in, have a great weekend and happy modelling.

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#1766 Posted : 15 February 2018 23:06:27

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It was certainly worth all that thinners and every cotton bud you used.... Laugh

.. Lovely piece of work.... Drool

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#1767 Posted : 16 February 2018 08:55:02

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This could be the inspiration I need to get my u-boat build back on track.
Great work, lovely pictures.

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#1768 Posted : 16 February 2018 15:42:54

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Did you do a big sigh of relief then Phil (Phew ) BigGrin

looks excellent Drool

well worth the effort Love

regards Phil Cool

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#1769 Posted : 16 February 2018 16:00:17

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It was certainly worth all that thinners and every cotton bud you used.... Laugh

.. Lovely piece of work.... Drool

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Alan

Thank you Alan! Cool

Looking forward now to the next phase.

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#1770 Posted : 16 February 2018 16:01:57

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TRGRichie wrote:

This could be the inspiration I need to get my u-boat build back on track.
Great work, lovely pictures.

Rich.

Hi Rich, thanks for looking in! Cool

I'm glad that you can take a bit of inspiration from my build log and get your model back on track.

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#1771 Posted : 16 February 2018 16:03:42

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tigerace wrote:

Did you do a big sigh of relief then Phil (Phew ) BigGrin

looks excellent Drool

well worth the effort Love

regards Phil Cool

Thanks for looking in Phil! Cool

Yes, I did breathe a big sigh of relief as well as jumping around the kitchen like a loon. LOL

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I've said it before somewhere in your build thread Phil, I admire your perseverance as many would have given up before now, but you haven't. Congratulations and well done on such an excellent result after all of that laborious and repetitive work, it certainly seems to have paid off big time.

Here's looking forward to the next exciting stage in your build diary Phil. Will be following with great interest, keep up the great work! Drool

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#1773 Posted : 17 February 2018 09:16:01

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Lovely work Phil. Can’t believe you counted the cotton (wool) buds, I’d have fallen asleep at number 6. LOL

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#1774 Posted : 20 February 2018 13:47:05

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Kev

Thank you very much Kev! Such a large project certainly tests ones perseverance and there have been many times when I felt I had bitten off more than I chew.

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Lovely work Phil. Can’t believe you counted the cotton (wool) buds, I’d have fallen asleep at number 6. LOL

Mark

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Thank you Mark.

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#1776 Posted : 22 February 2018 23:16:01

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Good evening from 'The Dockyard'.

This weeks update of my U230 U-boat build is all about the waterline.

I started off by marking out the water line, at a realistic level, using a pencil clamped to an engineers square. See attached photo.

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#1777 Posted : 22 February 2018 23:17:49

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See photo of the wash I bought to paint in the water line.

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#1778 Posted : 22 February 2018 23:19:06

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Painting on the algae coloured wash, trying to follow the pencil mark.

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#1779 Posted : 22 February 2018 23:25:26

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It wasn't all plain sailing [ahem] though. I started off quite prudently but nothing seemed to happen until I really layered it on, then the hull turned green! LOL

Nice effect though, but a bit much. So out with the cotton buds and thinners to fade it out slightly. This worked well as it was easily removed.

So, plenty of adding darker wash to some areas then thinning other areas back to achieve an even blend all over.

Photo of the port bow.

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Slightly further back on the port side.

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