Hi Vol.
I use a combination of Router, craft knife, small needle files and occelating drum sander for almost all my work.
Rob.
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Hi Vol.
I use a combination of Router, craft knife, small needle files and occelating drum sander for almost all my work.
Rob.
Got on quite well today and finished the shaping, ready to glue on the base and leave overnight to set.
Rob.
Rob that's coming on very nicely, as Dobbs said it's good to see the old with the new style of fortifications, it adds realism and history to a build. It will also go very well with your backdrop to give good overall look to the scenery on your table. I'm looking forward to seeing it painted.
Vol I do like the look of the rigging you're creating, I only have the SoG ships and am not a ship modeller so don't think I will ever get around to this but it sure looks good and must add strength to the masts.
You may have already said but do you use superglue to glue the ratlines together, soaking all the thread and so create a solid piece?
That is a good tip John.
I have only ever used watered down PVA to stiffen things in the past, although I did find that adding a bit of super glue to the surface of Plasticine or Milliput when moddeling hardens it off in seconds.
Rob.
Overnight the glue has hardened off so now I'm ready to stiffed this surface with a coat of watered down PVA.
Should be hardened off by dinner time if I get on with it.
Rob.
Thanks John. To answer your question, I use just a touch of super glue to each thread cross junction, careful not to apply too much. I sharpened the end of a paperclip to use as an applicator. This does stiffen them somewhat, enough to easily mount, but not rigid.
Got the PVa done by lunchtime ans spent this afternoon and evening fine fitting the battlements.
Just finished the glueing up.
Let it dry overnight and then it's off to the workshop for the first spray undercoat.
Rob.
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Vol very nice Brig , I like the colors. And as always nice rigging job
Rob I am impressed with the foam Modeling , and castle building . This is looking very nice . I like the different kinds of forts . It would be hard to break this fort
I finished the brig tonight
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Heading into the Mediterranean
Thanks again Ferrante.
I like defence in depth. Started by the Norman influence, developed by the Crusaders, and the Moors, with a bit of Spanish or Vauban influence thrown in. If it has any weakness it would be the need for water to be collected in cisterns, and the extensive garrison it would need to man all those walls. Still it works for Malta so why not.
Rob.
Good to see them Vol. I can use a bit of help in the Med against those pesky Algerines.
Rob.
Filled in a few gaps this morning and now have it primed ready for a spray can of sand colour undercoat. I have a few days to kill until that arrives from Amazon, so will now start work on planning the layout of the town.
Rob.
Best thing to do is ambush the paint convoy then Vol.:happy:
Just looked at your pictures again. They would be good enough to enlarge and put up on the wall.
Bligh.
Rob, that castle is worthy of praise. It is looking very very good and you have successfully integrated the buildings into the terrain, which is not easy. I really like the new buildings that BrigadeModels has released. :thumbsup:
Vol, another great job. I especially like the filling effect of the sails and the detail of the pulleys on the rigging. :thumbsup:
A bit of work on the Town today.
Positioning jetty and harbour wall.
Rob.
I have also started having a look at the layout for the harbour and glued up the walls on the dockside.
Having next glued my harbour jetty to its plasticard base for strength, I am going to fill the cracks and spray it with primer.
Then I will start work on forming the town contours in the blue foam onto which I have been sketching some of the profiles.
Rob.
Slight change of plan owing to my undercoat paint arriving.https://sailsofglory.org/attachment....id=49519&stc=1
Harbour wall now glued in place on its base, and a start made on the harbour town contour sketching and machining on the foam.
Rob.
Wow amazing work Vol!!
Have you given a thought to modifying the set of the spanker?
It is one thing that bugs me about the Warlord models. The effect is noted in your photos above. The gaff and boom jaws are too thick and the spanker is incorrectly sized to fit on the mizzen properly. Thus you see all the Black Seas ships with a giant gap between mast and sail where there should not be one. Normally the spanker or driver would be attached to the mast with hoops, or on a snow rig to a separate spar (see Niagara. No reflection on your great work just the way Warlord modelled the rig.
Looks superb Vol.
i had not even noticed the Spanker until Eric mentioned it. I was just overawed by the overall magnificence of the picture.
Rob.
Thanks Eric. I agree, the things I like least about the Black Seas ships are the masts and sails. The hulls are nicely detailed. I may just scratch build masts and sails on future BS models. That may be a while though. I just took a commission fom Gunner to kit bash four SOG ships for him. I'm working on the Ville de Varsovie now. You know, three out of the four ships he sent me have the spanker/driver sail blowing in the opposite direction as the jib and fore stay sails are billowing. What a wierd mistake for Ares to make! Am I the only one to notice this?
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It has been mentioned with some vehemence when the ships were released Vol.
I am still taking the dried frog pills for it. All bar one of the ships I bought have been rectified, but I ran out of spare Mizzen masts.
Rob.
I make new headsails out of the styrene sheet or salvaged from models I cut up.
I was using my lateens by swapping them with the Indiamen as you suggested Dobbs until I ran out of Indiamen to do the swapsies with. However, I got another Indiaman not long ago so may be able to rectify another Ares gaff. No pun intended!
Rob.
Today I have glued up the layers of foam where extra height is needed.
Tomorrow I can start my landscaping.
Rob.
Progress to date with terraforming. I will try to get it completed today.
Terra forming completed. Next a good coat of watered down PVA to firm up and seal the surface.
Rob.
PVA overnight. Should be ready for primer coat this morning.
Rob.