Welcome to my Web site

Welcome to my website. This site is for folks who build or would like to build plastic model ships. I’ve been building ship models for many years and I still get as much enjoyment from the hobby as I did when I started. If you are an occasional modeler, serious modeler or if you’ve been away from the hobby for awhile and are coming back, I think you will enjoy this site.

I chose Revells’ Cutty Sark as the launch project because there are a large number of these kits out there in closets, attics and modelers collections, waiting to be built. Also, this kit builds into a pretty impressive ship model, no matter where the modelers’ skill level is.

The plan is for this site to grow over time, featuring a different model about every month. Previous models will be archived for reference and new visitors to the site. As you may have already noticed, this site is written in a blog foremat with the latest post on top and previous posts in decending order. I hope that modelers will find this website enjoyable and useful and will visit often……………..John

Weathering


The cardinal rule of weathering is "Don't Overdo It". The smaller the scale the more this applies. Since I like to use pastells for weathering, I don't complete this step until after the model is mounted. There tends to be pastell fingerprints all over the model if I handel it. Black pastell was rubbed onto a piece of paper and ,using a stubby brush, applied to the top of the funnel. Rust
was duplicated with brown pastell and a dab of orange pastell on top of it. a Q-tip is used to remove the
excess.

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