Revell 1/144 Trinity House 'South Goodwin' Lightship

[Guest]

I prefer the dip method 570.
Fill large enough container with paint.
Insert boat into said bath, keeping it level, lift out, job done.
Also work well for amour as you may have noticed with my builds.

Ludolf Bakhuizen.

[spanner570]

Thanks for the enthusiastic comments boys, very nice.

I prefer the dip method 570.
Fill large enough container with paint.
Insert boat into said bath, keeping it level, lift out, job done.
Also work well for amour as you may have noticed with my builds.

Ludolf Bakhuizen.

Tried it once 453. The wife played hell when she saw the state of the bath! 570

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Dear Mr. Race.
For your information, Bakhuizen wasn't that good at painting. So there!

Your Servant.
Allart Van Everdingen ( Bakhuizen's ex. teacher)

[spanner570]

A quick couple of tips for brush painting a waterline, or any long line. I appreciate folks have different approaches to this, but this is mine.

Use a flat headed brush.
Make sure the brush is well loaded with paint.
Work quickly and get as close as you can with the first pass of the brush. Work to the line with the second.
Paint the line with one pass.
Once you are happy, go over your work again quickly, whilst the paint is still wet, to even out any 'wrinkles'.
Practice!
Don't faff about painting a bit at a time and dragging the paint along . You will never get a straight line.
Keep your tongue in your mouth, not resting on your lower lip. It keeps you nicely balanced.
Breath naturally during the line painting.
I know I've mentioned the following on numerous occasions, but it's still a timely reminder. Never hold your breath. Eventually, you will start to shake, then loose consciousness and fall off your chair, smashing your head open. At worst, you will die!

I hope the above is of some use.

Time to start the superstructure.

First, I gave the upper deck a first brushing of deck green and a bit of red. All the parts you see are moulded on. See where the red has come over onto the green? Don't worry about doing this here and there, just brush the paint on. It's more important to get the surface smooth. Faffing about with neatness comes later.


More porthole 'glass'



The superstructure sides glued in place. As I wrote earlier, the larger pieces of plastic are a great, first time fit.




Cheers.
Ron

[boatman]

(RON QOUTE)
Never hold your breath. Eventually, you will start to shake, then loose consciousness and fall off your chair, smashing your head open. A worst, you will die!
OH DEAR Ron i do that a lot of holding my breath when im doin something that really matters as jen says im tryin to hard an holding my breath sometimes i dont even realise im doin it oh well thats one habit ive got to break out of but your ship is comin on fab really like all the detail an glass that you have fitted brilliant moddeling at its best :thumb2: :thumb2::thumb2::thumb2::thumb2:
chris

[Tim Marlow]

What you have described there Ron is exactly how I do ceiling and skirting board junctions when I’m interior decorating.....the only difference is that I use a two inch cutting in brush, but that’s a bit big for here :tongue-out3: Glad to see it works for models as well though.....
Nice work so far by the way....

[Fernando N]

Looking good Ron:thumb2:, neat subject to see built and nice of the guys to throw in info of the actual ones.

Learning a thing each day :smiling:

[scottie3158]

Ron,
Just had a good catch up and a good chuckle at the banter. Lovely work so far.

[spanner570]

Thanks boys. :thumb2:
The superstructure decks have had a second, brushed on coat of paint and are now fitted.
Sorry about the dust specks!










Thanks for looking in.

Ron

[Guest]

Beautiful paint job, 570. Up to your very high standards.

[spanner570]

Thanks Murfie... :thumb2:

Almost all of the deck fittings had to be reshaped from the 'Globs' that were on the sprues. I've also scratched some of the parts that were missing.

All getting a bit crowded now. an awful lot of bits just to keep a light bulb lit!














I'll be painting all the detail once all the parts are glued in place.

Cheers.
Ron

[Neil Merryweather]

very nice, Ron

[Tim Marlow]

Looking very busy Ron. Does seem a little over complicated. These weren't even self powered were they? The engines were just to power the light.

[adt70hk]

Ron

Looking very good. Out of interest where will the light go? I see a ring of triangular upright thingies in the middle. Is that the spot?

ATB

Andrew

[grumpa]

I'm not a ship guy Ron, as you know, but you have a way of bringing them to life that
tunes me in. Great work so far, as always.

Jim.

[scottie3158]

Ron,
Coming on very nicely mate with lots of detail.