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Hi John. great to see some paint on her. looking fantastic. Ian   Current builds.Hachettes build the bismark,HMS Victory, HMS Hood.
Finished Builds Corel HMS Victory cross section.
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She's looking great, that first lick of paint makes all the difference.
Graeme
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Thanks Graeme, yes it certainly brings her to life.
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Looks very nice in deed John...Great piece of work!!  Current Builds: Deagostini HMS Victory: Deagostini HMS Sovereign of the seas. Completed Builds: Del Prado: HMAS Bounty: Hachette: RMS Titanic: Del Prado: Cutty Sark...
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HI Johnny. Thanks and hope you are well.
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Your painting looks really nice and smooth. Fantastic job it really is. Happy Modelling
BUILDING: Hachette Spitfire Mk 1A, Constructo Mayflower
SUBSCRIPTION COMPLETE (Awaiting building): USS Constitution, Sovereign of the Seas, 1:200 Bismarck (Hachette)
COMPLETED: Porsche 911, E-Type Jaguar, Lam Countach
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Thanks Tony. Lots of work masking it up, that's for sure.
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Nice paint job John. Looking good. Alan. Today is the tomorrow you wished for yesterday!
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Part 2 and just about done for a while. I had a stop for a period while I was waiting for some paint to arrive so it was a good opportunity to go into barge production. Also had a delay while I returned to the UK on personal business so quite a way behind target but, have just about reached my milestone of two thirds through now.
BARGES
It has be quite a few years since I completed the first of the ships boats back at issue 5 and it’s amazing how much easier it seems from doing then as a raw novice. Took extra care over the Admirals barge of course and liked the difference in colour with that one. Using the spray gun now gave a nice smooth finish especially after using lots of coats, which I could never achieve with a brush.
Here are the barges which now go into store for a while.
And here’s the lady herself, splendid as ever despite my meagre efforts.
PAINTING THE HULL AND THE GUN PORTS
Another longish job. Since I used a spray gun a lot of yellow got into the ports which meant I had to give every port a blast with black spray. I never worked out how to avoid that and so had to bite the bullet on that one. Then used my trusty emery board (used for ladies nails) to clean the insides of the ports and also to sharpen up the edges where the yellow ochre had settled a little thick. Then with the ship upside down, I painted the tops and sides to get me into the swing of not letting the paint run on to the stripes on the outside. I was looking forward to this stage as it gave the ship a little more colour. Still a bit more touching up to do but almost there and ready to move on.
Lots of problems during the painting stage and as always, it would be a lot different if I could start over.
REAR GALLERY
Thought I could finish this stage but I ran out of time especially as I had to get the plank bending brain in gear again. It is all nicely taking shape now though.
Here are a few more odds and sods.
So that’s it for a while now . Back to the UK for 2 months so work will resume in May. I have done something on the ship almost every day for about 6 weeks now so I will miss her. Still, can always look in to the build diaries while I’m away, I guess
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All looking good John, nice to see you back working on her.... .. Must say, I do love the look of your barrels, looking beautifully aged.....  .. Well done... Regards Alan
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Looking good John. I have to agree with Alan, those barrels look great.
Graeme
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Looking really good she's coming along nicely. Al
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Nice progress!Greetings,
Walter
Present builds:
Revell B-24D Liberator 1:48
On the shelf:
Italeri "Fiat Mefistofele", Italeri "Moto Guzzi California", Fokker "Red Baron", Revell Bismarck, Revell Tirpitz, Arab Dow, Stage Coach, .....
Completed builds:
McLaren MP4/4, D-51 Steam Locomotive, HMS Victory, GWH F-15D Eagle, St. Stephen`s Cathedral (cardboard), Solar-powered paddle Steamer (little project with my son), HMS Victory X-section, "Geli" Phantom II (cardboard)
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Looking very good john. Look forward to seeing your progress. Ian Current builds.Hachettes build the bismark,HMS Victory, HMS Hood.
Finished Builds Corel HMS Victory cross section.
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Many thanks guys, comment much appreciated.
Sadly I'm not back to Greece until May and missing her greatly.
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Hi John, You have made good progress. Hope you get back to her soon. Kind regards, Garth "Measure twice, cut once!!!"
Finished!!! HMS Victory,
Current build: Black Pearl.
On hold: Bismarck, Golden Hind, Flying Scotsman, Victory Cross Section, SOTS, Tiger 1.
Wish list: USS Constitution.
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Thanks for the message Garth.
Yes, I got distracted with some real sailing and other exams plus a summer school next week, so will start to catch up after that hopefully.
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Quick question before signing off for the year. I notice in the instructions we were due to receive 170 balusters and indeed I have 169 and a broken one. According to my figures though, we will only use 129 for the stern gallery.
Have I made an arithmetic error here or will the extras be used elsewhere or did we simply receive too many?
Many thanks.
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Hey John
nice job you are doing on the Victory may I ask how did you glue the cloth to the boards to work on the bottom of the hull thank you
Ronald
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