Topic: Airfix Royal Soveriegn (Read 28797 times)

kpnuts · « **Reply #50 on:** August 20, 2015, 07:47:21 pm »

Hi all well the amati Loom A Line is total rubbish, the airfix doodah is brill though, so that is 10 quid down the drain, the airfix whatsit was free with the Wasa.

Rigging is deffinitely not my thing, I am thinking maybe take the top mast off just leave the lower masts and have it as its having a refit, don't know

ballastanksian · « **Reply #51 on:** August 20, 2015, 07:57:05 pm »

You are doing great with your rigging Ken, Do as much as you want, it is a challenge wether you do one knot or several hundred, so don't worry, it'll be a grand model.

Shame about the Armati tool, I have not had anything to do with one. Still, I suppose you could put it on Ebay and get some of your money back or offer it in the sales section here?

warspite · « **Reply #52 on:** August 20, 2015, 08:56:15 pm »

Airfix supplies the loom with the victory as well, also for the names of the riggin see dlancasts building a static 1765 English frigate and page 6 of the warships section for the man of war victory for some insight.

kpnuts · « **Reply #53 on:** August 20, 2015, 09:10:39 pm »

Hi warspite Diancasts and building a static 1765 English frigate in the search bar brings nothing up? Sorry not good with computers.

warspite · « **Reply #54 on:** August 20, 2015, 09:28:47 pm »

DLANCASTS did extremely detailed rigging on a 1765 English frigate Yachts and sail page 2 http://www.modelboatmayhem.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,40203.0.html

John reids life aboard a man of war warships page 6 http://www.modelboatmayhem.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,43574.0.html

kpnuts · « **Reply #55 on:** August 22, 2015, 05:59:01 pm »

Thanks Warspite very useful.

Well I've decided to plug away at the rigging and here's where I am now, I've discovered I can do more than one set at a time with this thingy, thus saving loads of thread.

ballastanksian · « **Reply #56 on:** August 22, 2015, 08:00:53 pm »

Ho ho, that is coming along nicely ken!

kpnuts · « **Reply #57 on:** August 26, 2015, 08:51:47 pm »

Well I know it's not finished but it's sold, my boss's husband came round to show me his car (some little horrors standing on a bridge lobbed a rock as he drove under and stoved in his drivers pillar and windscreen (the cars only a fortnight old £90,000 worth) he spied it and the Reale and said the Reale was too big for his new seaside house but he would buy the sovriegn.

ballastanksian · « **Reply #58 on:** August 26, 2015, 09:45:36 pm »

The little s****s. Good for you selling the Sovereign, it goes to a good home:O)

kpnuts · « **Reply #59 on:** August 27, 2015, 08:00:00 pm »

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ballastanksian · « **Reply #60 on:** August 27, 2015, 09:01:20 pm »

Not bad at all Ken.

jarvo · « **Reply #61 on:** August 27, 2015, 09:27:27 pm »

Hi Ken

Just found your posts, could you tell me how you coloured the gold leaf, ie the black, is it just a paint wash?????

Mark

kpnuts · « **Reply #62 on:** August 27, 2015, 09:45:43 pm »

Hi mark its both I used mig brown-green camo wash on the gold leaf first to bring out the detail then fill in with Matt black, I should say I guild the whole panel each time ( I tried just doing the ornamentation but found it impossible to get rid of the little ragged loose bits of gold leaf on the edges).

ballastanksian · « **Reply #63 on:** August 29, 2015, 10:06:36 pm »

You will work it out Ken, you seem to have mastered most other elements most satisfactory.

kpnuts · « **Reply #64 on:** August 30, 2015, 06:39:21 pm »

Hi all a little update on this one, I've done the anchors and dirtied up the flag a bit as it was pointed out it was a bit clean compared to the sail.
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kpnuts · « **Reply #65 on:** August 31, 2015, 05:41:45 pm »

Hi all another update.

kpnuts · « **Reply #66 on:** September 02, 2015, 08:11:47 pm »

Hi all a small update

ballastanksian · « **Reply #67 on:** September 02, 2015, 10:38:49 pm »

Another great model in progress. I love the effect ou have on those sails.

kpnuts · « **Reply #68 on:** September 09, 2015, 08:10:12 pm »

Hi all here is an update on this one

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Hi all as a note People keep asking me how I do these sails, well here is a short guide, they are so easy.
First you need the white spirit you clean your brushes in ( you know the jar or bottle or whatever that all the sludge builds up in( I keep mine topped up in a little bottle as I use it for other things too)

you get your vac formed sails , your brush and your white spirit.

then you get a good brushfull of the sludge in the bottom of the bottle and scrub it all over the sail(both sides)

allow it to dry and give a second coat if required

then with a downwards motion wipe the muck off till you're happy with the effect

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and there you are, see how easy it is.

Tug-Kenny RIP · « **Reply #69 on:** September 09, 2015, 08:33:08 pm »

I have cleaned up some of the formatting instructions left by your machine !!!

Do you see these when you 'Preview' your letters ? Can they be removed at source, do you think ?

Cheers

ken

jarvo · « **Reply #70 on:** September 09, 2015, 09:52:18 pm »

WOW. Didnt realise they were the moulded sails, Thought they were cotton sails you had made up. SUPERB

Mark

ballastanksian · « **Reply #71 on:** September 10, 2015, 09:48:31 pm »

I thought you were still cladding the vac form with tissue Ken, so I am extra impressed that the effect is done with dirty white spirit!

Thats genius that is.

kpnuts · « **Reply #72 on:** September 23, 2015, 07:46:49 pm »

on the last leg on this one now

Capt Podge · « **Reply #73 on:** September 23, 2015, 11:58:24 pm »

That model would grace any room it was set up in - an excellent piece of work.

....and it's good to see the flags being blown in the same direction as the sails.

Regards,

Ray.

ballastanksian · « **Reply #74 on:** September 24, 2015, 08:17:56 pm »

Excellent Ken.

Nearly there.

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