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Monday 29 May 2017
Painting
Started painting. First came many, many thin coats of watered-down PVA glue, and then a couple thin coats of the colour.
Since these ships are all "weird" - ie., an experiment, two captures, and Canadian-built - I'm going to be a little more creative with the painting in the next step. A yellow stripe for Electryone, green for Luna (because the model of the Elvin has such a stripe), an orange stripe for Flare to reflect her Dutch upbringing, and probably Nelson Chequer for Puffin.
Since these ships are all "weird" - ie., an experiment, two captures, and Canadian-built - I'm going to be a little more creative with the painting in the next step. A yellow stripe for Electryone, green for Luna (because the model of the Elvin has such a stripe), an orange stripe for Flare to reflect her Dutch upbringing, and probably Nelson Chequer for Puffin.
Yarrrrrrr-d me mateys
Yards done.
The bases are siding samples with a couple quick coats of gloss varnish.
The bases are siding samples with a couple quick coats of gloss varnish.
Thursday 4 May 2017
Spring in the dockyards
The icy grip of Winter has lifted, and Admiral Duncan puts the men to work preparing a squadron of ships for duty in the North Sea.
That is, I've finally gotten back to working on my 1/600 scale scratchbuilt Napoleonics. I had intended to do lots of detail work over the winter, leaving the messy business of gluing and sanding hulls for the summer, but painting Star Wars and, well, laziness (and work!) kept me from it. But no more!
The masts have been sent up on His Majesty's Ships Electryone, Luna, Flare, and Puffin. Not much of a squadron anyone would want to command, I grant you. Three brigs and a sixth-rate? I mean, just look at some of these ships!
You've got Puffin, a foreign, colonial-built 18-gun brig out of Halifax:
Luna, a captured Danish brig about whose stern the less said the better (though she mounts 18 canon as well):
Flare, another 18-gun capture, but this time Dutch-built (pray she holds together, lads!):
And the so-called "flagship" of the group, the experiment otherwise known as Electryone, 32:
That is, I've finally gotten back to working on my 1/600 scale scratchbuilt Napoleonics. I had intended to do lots of detail work over the winter, leaving the messy business of gluing and sanding hulls for the summer, but painting Star Wars and, well, laziness (and work!) kept me from it. But no more!
The masts have been sent up on His Majesty's Ships Electryone, Luna, Flare, and Puffin. Not much of a squadron anyone would want to command, I grant you. Three brigs and a sixth-rate? I mean, just look at some of these ships!
You've got Puffin, a foreign, colonial-built 18-gun brig out of Halifax:
Luna, a captured Danish brig about whose stern the less said the better (though she mounts 18 canon as well):
Flare, another 18-gun capture, but this time Dutch-built (pray she holds together, lads!):
And the so-called "flagship" of the group, the experiment otherwise known as Electryone, 32:
Just look at that deadrise! What were they thinking? All-in-all, an overgunned, questionably-built bunch of hulks. Well, maybe the next pile of oak on the stocks will amount to something more fitting of the Royal Navy. HMS Vigourous, Brilliance, and Lambent should be ready any day now.
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