USS Constipation 1/120 scale Imai long suffering build

[Guest]

Superb work Richard, that netting alone is worthy of a Dogs !

[rtfoe]

Superb work Richard, that netting alone is worthy of a Dogs !

Thanks John, I'll warn the cats of the presence of a woofy on the mantle.

Decided that the red I painted on the gun cradles was leaning towards magenta so I dry brushed light brown to tone it down...

I did the same to the undersides of the gun doors...and will wash it with wood grain.

The I whitened the open side of the doors again.


Cheers,
Richard

[Tim Marlow]

Looking great now Richard

[rtfoe]

Thanks Tim, I just placed the carronades to the cradles and glued them down...cute little buggers.

The blueing seems to set carronades off with that extra shine.

Cheers,
Richard

[Airborne01]

Thanks Jim, I went a little further by adding gunmetal blue after finding a bottle of Vallejo.
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The ones on the left are blued...
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The one on the gun deck is more apparent. I don't know if blueing the guns were a technique already used at that time.
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Cheers,
Richard

They used black lead, well rubbed in, Richard; a mix of lead and graphite, that when applied over the cast metal provided a long-lasting protective layer. The use of bronze for main armanent was virtually non-existent by the time Constitution was launched.
Steve

[papa 695]

Great work on the cannons Richard

[rtfoe]

They used black lead, well rubbed in, Richard; a mix of lead and graphite, that when applied over the cast metal provided a long-lasting protective layer. The use of bronze for main armanent was virtually non-existent by the time Constitution was launched.
Steve

Thanks Steve for the info. Good thing I covered the bronz/brass with the gunmetal blue then as graphite tends to give off a blue hue or artistically an unnatural blue highlight in movies from the DOP's lighting.

Great work on the cannons Richard

Thanks Ian, thought a bit of color added would make it a bit more interesting than the bland black.

Cheers,
Richard

[rtfoe]

Spent about four hours just getting the whites and dry brushing the hinges to the gun doors. I have nipped them off the sprue and the edges need filling down and red wood touched up.

I swear my next tall ship will be the Cutty Sark with no guns.

Cheers,
Richard

[papa 695]

Time for a drink after that Richard. Nice work though.

[rtfoe]

Time for a drink after that Richard. Nice work though.

Thanks Ian, ya a long cool one...it's calling you...come up to... carl.....glug glug glug...sorry couldn't wait. :smiling2:

Cheers,
Richard

[Jim R]

Well done Richard. Patience and more patience :thumb2:
You mentioned Cutty Sark. I think I have a 1/220 scale Cutty Sark somewhere, I must look it out.
Jim

[rtfoe]

Well done Richard. Patience and more patience :thumb2:
You mentioned Cutty Sark. I think I have a 1/220 scale Cutty Sark somewhere, I must look it out.
Jim

Thanks Jim, I think Revell produced both in 1/220 and 1/96. I've got the 1/96 kit basically started by a friend...dry fitting, gave up and passed it on to me. It's got to be built someday...quite a large vessel and very tall masts. Her sails will have to be full bloomed to look grand and I think the vac-formed sails are a bit flattish.

Cheers,
Richard

[Guest]

Great job of those gun doors Richard, there's enough of them to do !

[rtfoe]

Great job of those gun doors Richard, there's enough of them to do !

Thank you John R, I guess they'll look alright once secured to the gun ports but I'll leave them off for now incase I knock some off during construction.
Been spending time relooking at the masts and noticed that during my early construction days I left a lot of seam lines showing. That has left a lot of clean up and scraping of the paint even. Repainting will be the next course and re-weathering. I'll take a shot of some of the seam line scrapings where some are in the most hard to get points. The main mast was broken half way up and was joined with a metal wire inserted for strength.

Cheers,
Richard

[Ian M]

Thats a lot of canons and doors!

She sure is looking great.