Admiral's Gunboat Thread - Some painting Update 27. Nov.

[Hammers]

Of course, Sir: http://www.schiffsmodellbau-onlineshop.de/Warengruppe-Relingsstuetzen?id=3468
Unfortunately, this shop is in german only. But if you browse through the categories ("Hauptkategorien"), you'll find so much useful stuff ... On the other hand, you can pay with PayPal ... 

Not only that, they don't ship outside Germany, at least they didn't. There is a british supplier of the same items, I don't have the URL atm.

[Admiral Benbow]

Not only that, they don't ship outside Germany, at least they didn't. There is a british supplier of the same items, I don't have the URL atm.

Yes, that could well be.  Some companies are so ignorant ...

[Admiral Benbow]

Here we go with another update of building the Abu Klea. This will be the last one of this kind as most construction is finished now and only minor parts have to be build, like the deck supports. As I can't do that before painting the decks, it will now be a continuing process of painting and fixing the last parts, and bringing it all together in the end. So maybe I'll show the one or other step from painting the parts ...

This is how the ship looks now with railings, guns, ladders etc. in place, but still not glued together:









The Nordenfelts from Eureka, cleaned up and with their muzzles drilled open. Nice detailed miniatures, I really like them.



I built some ladders from Evergreen stuff and a railroad fence set, hand rails were added from stiff steel wire:



And now all components ready for painting. Everything was spray painted a flat acrylic white colour to uniform all parts and get a slightly "rough" surface where all following colours could nicely adhere to.



Then the lower deck was put into a plastic bag to save from overspray, and all parts around the paddle wheel were seriously masked with Tamiya tape. It would be the easiest way to paint the wheel black with my airbrush, using a brush would be nearly impossible or very time-consuming ...



Painting has started now, and airbrushing the wheel cost me ten minutes for a nice even coat. I repainted the main white structures with a slightly off-white enamel from Model Master, and used a wood tone from Humbrol as basic colour for the three decks. That was a bit tedious especially when painting around the rail posts and under the sun deck area. Slightly thinned enamels were used as they tend to flow better than Acrylics into any recesses like the wood grain on the decks. I will continue to use inks for washes and acrylics for the details. But as I said, no more progress shots of the ship till after the competition, maybe the one or other pic from detail painting.

With two weeks time till contest ends, I'm confident to finish the ship in time ...
 

[AKULA]

Truly an inspirational thread - well done Admiral!

 

A quick mundane question - what is your preferred glue for plasticard on plasticard?

[Svennn]

Mind blowingly good. Absolutely fantastic to see it grow like this and the painted finale will be awesome.

I would be intereted to know the answer to Akulas question also, I use Plasticweld and occasionally superglue.

[Silent Invader]

Incredible workmanship.   

[Admiral Benbow]

A quick mundane question - what is your preferred glue for plasticard on plasticard?

I most often use a brush on liquid cement, a german brand from "Kibri", which is similar to Tamiya's liquid plastic cement, running like water and glueing like hell ... It dissolves the plastic and melts the two parts together, but is very fast evaporating, so best way is to fix the two parts together and let the liquid run into the gap by capillary action. For glueing larger surfaces or when needing more time I use a traditional plastic cement from the tube. There are special glues to fix polystyrene with ABS or anything else, and as I'm allergic to any kind of "superglue" (cyanoacrylates), I have quite a few ... 

[AKULA]

Thanks Admiral - reason i asked is that some glues i've used previously have reacted in unusual ways - mainly by warping the plasticard...

[Ray Rivers]

Gosh!   

That's amazing!   

[gamer Mac]

WOW
I think we have a winner.
Can't wait to see it painted.

[Calimero]

WoW indeed!!! 

[andekmcc]

it just gets better and better  , those nordenfelds look really nice, have you any thoughts as to what figures your going to be using for crew?

[Mainly28s]

Ooooooookay! My coaching inn's no competition for THIS!

Wow!

[Admiral Benbow]

it just gets better and better  , those nordenfelds look really nice, have you any thoughts as to what figures your going to be using for crew?

Yes. Please have a look here: http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=14557.new#new

 

[aircav]

I can't wait to see it painted.