I started by cementing all the parts for each mast together before painting. After the cement dried I painted the tops, doublings and woldings Testors Flat Black. The woldings were dry-brushed Testors Flat brown to make the stand out. The rest of the masts and bowsprit were then painted Testors Flat Red Brown Acrylic. After all the paint dried a wash of black watercolor was applied to the woldings to look like tar penetrating the wood of the masts.
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Masts and Bowsprit
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Mounting on the Stand
A basswood plaque from the local craft store provided the base. When possible I like to paint my stands and bases a completely different color then the model . In this case Krylon Glossy Blue was used after attaching the stand with 2 wood screws. Thick super glue attaches the model to the stand.
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Channels, Guns and Gunport Lids
I painted the channels while they were still on the spru. Black for the mizzen set and Middle Stone for the rest, to match the background. Flat black was painted on all the deadeyes. After scraping the paint from the contact surfaces I cemented them in place with liquid cement. After the cement cured, super glue was applied to the joints for extra strength. This is important since there will be tension from the rigging and joint failure would be a mess. After all the super glue cured I touched up the paint for a clean appearance.
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Figurehead and Head Timbers
I had a little trouble getting the grating to line up correctly with the entry but after a few tries I did manage to get it to stay on in the correct place. Since the figurehead has a little detail I thought painting it would look better. Model Master Camouflage grey and Model Master Neutral Grey were painted on and flat black painted around it. A black wash was applied after the paint dried to bring out recessed detail and dry brushing with silver and flat white to highlight raised detail. The head timbers and catheads glued on easily with super glue. After it all dried I touched up the paint where needed.
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Transome and Forward Bulkhead
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Hull Assembly
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More Hull Painting
It took two coats of Middle Stone to completely cover the hull area below the black. Middle stone was also painted on the railings. After all this dried I masked off the strakes and painted up to them. After the paint dried I masked off the space between the strakes and painted it middle stone. Time consuming but it's the only way I know to get a nice clean paint separation between the black and the middle stone. I began painting the flat black on the stern galleries. The decoration at the top of each side looks like feathers and a picture of a painting of this ships shows them white. I painted them Model Master Camouflage grey. I'll dry brush the with flat white when it's dry. These stern galleries still need a lot of touching up.
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Hull Painting
After the gold dried I started painting the lower relief Testors Flat Black and Polly Scale Middle Stone Acrylic. I think the middle stone looks more like fresh lumber then tan. I painted the strakes flat black also. I painted the strakes pretty sloppy because I will be masking around them to make a neat appearance with the hull color. At this time I painted the parts for the stairs and bulkheads Testors Flat Red with the raised relief in gold. The transom and stern gallery windows I painted Model Master Dark Ghost Gray.
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Painting continued, the deck.
The deck is one large piece and like most large pieces it is really warped. That is something I'll deal with later but for now the painting is pretty simple. There is only one raised feature on the deck and I painted it Tamya dark brown. After this dried, Testors Model Master Dark Tan was painted on the rest of the deck.
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Starting to paint the hull
This model will need a lot of detail painting! Just look at all the decoration on the hull. I have found the best way to tackle this is to start painting the highest relief items first and work to the lowest relief. This way I can push the paint up to the edge of the raised part. I started with the gold wreaths around the gun ports. Testors gold was painted on and around the wreaths and other hull decorations and left to dry. At this time the bulwarks were painted Testors flat red.
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Starting the kit
I've had this kit in my collection for a few years now, and I'm finally going to start it. From what I've read this kit is no longer in production, but they still pop up on ebay from time to time. The kit is molded in one color, tan, styrene. I cluded is one spool of rigging thread and one flag sheet. The molding looks pretty good with fairly crisp details and minimal flash.
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