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Post by swanrail on Feb 18, 2008 23:31:25 GMT 1
Spot on Gordon, was thinking the same myself!!!
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Post by afkmatrix on Feb 18, 2008 23:52:25 GMT 1
Very nice indeed Gordon, hope mine looks as good as that . One question though and it maybe the camera angle but you don't seem to have any port holes at the stern of the ship?
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Post by gordon on Feb 19, 2008 8:14:19 GMT 1
afkmatrix, you are correct, I don’t have portholes at the stern. i decided not to use the stern ply parts supplied and just planked up to the deck level. I will drill the holes later using the templates that come in a future issue.
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Post by Achtung!! on Feb 19, 2008 8:57:30 GMT 1
I think I will go the same way, which planks did you use? Did you just use the second layer planks up to the top ?
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Post by Mark on Feb 19, 2008 10:24:43 GMT 1
Have a look at my week 42 Chill, that's what I did, just used the 2nd layer planks up top.
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Post by Achtung!! on Feb 19, 2008 10:36:15 GMT 1
Ta
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Post by eric on Feb 19, 2008 16:02:41 GMT 1
Well done Gordon!!
Fantastic job, she really looks good.
Now you can stand back and think "Hey, I made that!!"
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Post by metallisam on Feb 19, 2008 17:07:41 GMT 1
Looking fab there Gordon. Looks as smooth as a baby's you know what. If mine turns out half as good as that i'll be a happy bunny.
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Post by BF on Mar 10, 2008 14:32:35 GMT 1
I think that it is correct that the surface needs to have a certain roughness about it in order for the next coat to get good adhesion by "keying" into it. However, the roughness which Gordon is referring to is overspray - particles of paint which have fallen onto the wet coat of paint but not been assimilated into the substantive paint level. This would only happen with spray and with rapid drying paints where the substantive coat has mainly flashed off by the time the overspray hits it. This will not give a good key to any subsequent coats. The overspray needs to be sanded away. The keying surface is obtained by minute scoring of the underlying paint surface and it is only on the final application that one would consider using finishing compounds. Painting on to overspray will give very poor adhesion as the overspray particles themselves are not properly part of the painted surface.
I hope that I haven't misunderstood this thread. I gather that Gordon may have decided not to do any sanding on his most recent coat of primer/undercoat in order to present a surface for the next coat to key on to.
Having said that, I think that Gordon's hull looks super. I am going to show the pics to my son this evening so that he can see where we should be going.
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Post by viking on Mar 10, 2008 15:03:35 GMT 1
very nice Gorden looks bril keep it up and you will have a model to be proud of
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Post by Torquemadder on Mar 10, 2008 19:55:38 GMT 1
Wow! lookin good there G. I was thinking that matt varnish would be a good idea as bare primer gets dirty very easily and is hard to clean
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Post by gordon on Mar 10, 2008 20:35:46 GMT 1
Was thinking the same TM. Every time I handle the model it gets marked but I will wait to see what the mag tells me to do next before sparying with anything else. Tend to get a bit ahead of myself at times...
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Post by gordon on Jun 5, 2008 20:52:20 GMT 1
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Post by eric on Jun 5, 2008 22:14:39 GMT 1
Looks awesome gordon, and just goes to show that this model will be stunning whether you modify it or not!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2008 2:05:13 GMT 1
Wow, Looking good there, just hope I can get mine looking half as good and I'll be happy.
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