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My first entry to the GB will be this beauty. I think I have only built one boat prior to this and that was the Airfix 1/72 Motor Torpedo Boat in the early Eighties.

 

Will certainly add a bit of colour to the display cabinet when finished!

 

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Sprue shots, etc to follow.

 

George

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Ahoy Shipmates and Happy New Year!

 

As promised, the sprue, etc shots:

 

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Nice colour instructions. Decals and clear parts look good also.

 

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Not too long to wait now. Looking forward to diving in.

 

George

 

 

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It looks like a quality kit.  It should be fun!

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Ahoy shipmates! We have castoff and I’m making good speed.

 

I’ve sprayed the one-piece deck with AK 3rd Gen Dark Sea grey. Airfix say to use a light grey, but looking at reference photos I think DSG is more appropriate. I then hand painted the seats (which are moulded to the deck) in NATO black, followed by a dry brush of DSG. I painted the display screen with some Tamiya Smoke. A rummage in the Flotsam and Jetsam (spares) box produced a blue stripe decal which I cut up to make the harnesses. Unfortunately (or maybe fortunately) I ran out of decal so skipped the waist straps. No point in going overboard, so it think that will do for the interior.

 

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The cabin is in one piece apart from 5 bits at the back. I like the cut of Airfix’s Jib as they been clever by having inserts either side to add the recessed details.

 

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The hull consists of 5 pieces which went together nicely, although I did have to use a bit of filler as I had over cleaned up the locating points. The stand is a nice touch as it has been made to replicate what I guess they are transported on when on container lorries.

 

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Enjoying this one so with Fair Winds and Following Seas I should get some more done soon.

 

George

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What a great little project.

I might have to get me one of these...

I'm taking a seat and will watch the rest of the show with interest.

/Bosse :popcorn:  :beer:

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Ahoy Shipmates!

 

Bit more done on this. I masked the upper deck prior to attaching the hull. Maybe i should have done that the other way round? 🤔 I also found a suitable bit of foam to stuff in the cabin.

 

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I found when fitting the hull to the upper deck it was a bit off, so i glued the back and tapped it down then later did the same to the front. I did end up with a few gaps, so had to do a bit of filling and sanding along the seams.

 

I have seen a lot of people on BM using pink primer prior to spraying red, yellow, etc. So i thought i would give it a go. I don't use primer as such, but instead use Tamiya XF as an undercoat. As I don't have any pink  i went with XF-15 Flesh.

 

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For the orange i used AK 3rd Gen Medium Orange. Glad i didn't go for bright orange! 😎

 

I thought this would be quite a quick build, but there is a lot of detail painting to do as i have now realised.

 

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In hindsight i would have left the back of the cabin off as it was a bit of a pain to get the paint in there. I gave it a coat with a brush before spraying.

 

The deck and stand have been given a coat of Vallejo Model Air Dark Mediterranean Blue. Think i should be a bit of a brighter blue, but thats the nearest i have.

 

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A nice bottle of a good old Suffolk beer "Adnams Broadside" and some sea shanties is greatly recommended for this build, but i would suggest not having too many of these as its 6.3% 😁

 

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 Next up is the potential nightmare of masking up the the water line 😱

 

George

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You did not give us much peace, or chance, in 1672 now did you? Anyway, nice to know that there is a beer to commemorate Sole Bay. Maybe I should try and convince my friends at Friekens to do a 4 Days Battle beer. Very nice lifeboat BTW

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Ahoy there Shipmates, a small update.

 

Got the hull masked up and sprayed with black.

 

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Looks ok, but i am still worried about the white water line decal. I guess if i have it wrong i will be able to touch it up and hopefully not make a mess of it.

 

I've also done the detail painting on the deck, so just about ready for some varnish before doing the decals.

 

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George

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Ahoy again Shipmates.

 

The decals are on, but i did have a bit of trouble with the white waterline decal.

 

Nothing wrong with the decals, I just struggled to get it in the right place. After about 30 mins of moving, it around on one side it started to break up, so I went with where it was. I think in hindsight I should have tried spraying the white line. Oh well it looks okay I guess, it’s just that I (and now you) know it is wrong and should be lower at the bow.

 

I have also sealed the decals in with some VMS satin varnish.

 

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I tried a test fit of the one piece transparency for the cabin. It fits great, so great it took me about 10 minutes to get it out again! 😂

 

Wondering whether to do a panel line wash now? Will have a think about that one.

 

Then i need to start putting on the railing and grab handles. Oh and i also need to paint the transparency for the rear steering area (sure that is not the correct naval term ha ha).

 

George

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Ahoy Cap'n George,

 

I've just been catching up (err-li in the morning), it's looking fantastic. Nice choice of orange :thumbsup:

 

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