Hey Flint, AMAZING MODEL!!! I just picked this kit up and I was wondering how you dis teh Great-cabin Bulkhead because i know that is not how the kit comes. Thanks!!
-Isaac
Thanks Isaac. Sorry for the very late reply; I’ve been super busy.
I made the cabin from scratch using styrene sheets and made the two siren columns by casting two of the plastic sirens supplied in plaster and then building the rest of the columns with styrene. I vaguely remember having to score new planks into the deck also. The staircases were also made from scratch, as was the binnacle and the frame for the helm/wheel. There was quite a lot of modifications to do to get it looking as it was in the first film. Happy to answer more questions (and quicker too!)
Flint
Love the work you have done and the natural weathering really adds to her…Cheers mark
Fantastic job Flint! I have the Pearl in my stash and your work makes me want to blow the dust off (and maybe save it) and start working on her right away.
Thanks folks. If you want to weather yours like mine, just leave it out for six months and get friendly with the spiders in your house [Y]
Flint
Just as everyone else said… Very nice work. You should take pride in your model. Well done.
T e d
Hi Flint!
Me again. I’m working on my paint job but I must know how you weathered the hull to look like that it’s so fantastic! I tried doing a base coat of grey and then painting black over and sanding it to get the proud area weathered but it just doesn’t look great. Any tips?
You may have missed a layer there. I did:
Primer
Driftwood colour
Dark grey (then scrape off areas)
Burnt Umber oil wash
Black (for the charred bits)
Red and Gold details
Top tip though; treat every plank of wood differently. It’s time consuming, but looks more convincing.
Flint
I find that method of weathering very hard to control. If you have an airbrush, you can set the flow very low and put down an ever-so-slight coat of a dark gray, another with just a bit lighter gray. You can also dry brush. That puts down a very light translucent coat which you can control very well.
Nice tips there Don [Y].
I should add that I paint solely with brushes and use a scalpel for scraping off paint. I had an airbrush given to me about 25 years ago. Used it 3 times, clogged-up everytime, threw it in the bin! [:P]
Flint
Really a great build & super weathering. Somehow I missed it the first time.It takes a lot of guts to weather like that, but it sure paid off great. What are you buildding now? Models never stop being fun.
I just realized, today would have been my mom’s 124th birthday. She was a sweet little lady & we all loved her. Gene
Thanks Gene. I like things to look worn and weathered. Gives them character. I’m still working on HMS Victory 1797, but it had to go on the back burner for a while. So tired at the end of the day, some early nights beckoned. I’ll give that a slightly weathered look too. I want it to look like it’s been at sea for a while - seen a few conflicts.
Flint
Flint, when I was building my train layouts, Iwould do a lot of light weathering. My wife still said my layout looked like Disney Land. Guess I didn’t weather enough. I really love what you do. Are you building the big Victory?
Hi Flint! Would you please share where did you get those crates and barrels that size and texture. And what rigging sizes in diameter are?
I cannot for the life of me remember which rigging thread I used. I remember I bought it online, and bought a lot of it. It was natural colour which I then soaked in a mixture of black and grey paint to give it an uneven grey colour.
The crates and barrels were made from scratch using styrene sheets and Fimo respectively.
Hope that’s of some help.
Flint
Nice, very nice!
If I ever could get to the point of producing something like this, I would consider myself an expert modeler.
Your photos are also outstanding.
Joe
Flint, my son-in-law saw your model and would like for me to attempt to build one for him. I explained that my level of expertise is not as good as yours, but I would be willing to try.
Can you tell me the manufacture of you kit, there are several and I am not sure which one to get. He also would prefer one with LED lights in it. He likes that sort of stuff.
Thanks
Joe