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Following my thread on the morning of the 'Sark's' fire I have decided to do it much sooner than later. Recently I've been spending (too much!) money on E-bay collecting Airfix's big ships. The other week I had three delivered in one day (Revenge, Discovery and Wasa).

I was thinking recently that it was about time I did another big ship, the last one I did was the 'Great Western' that I gave to Airfix nearly a year and a half ago for use at Toy Fairs. I could'nt decide between the 'Discovery' or the 'Golden Hind' then what with the fire and all that I dug my 'Sark' out of 'The Pile' and browsed the instructions. It looks simple enough until you get to the dreaded rigging. This will be the first time that I will use the rigging machine and all the tables you need to look at to finish the model. Both my 'Great Western' and 'Victory' kits I've done in the past were old releases and the rat lines came pre made, which just meant cutting out and sticking on.

To be continued.....

davecov · Posted: Fri 25 May 2007 09:05 am Post subject:

Good luck with the build, I'm looking forward to seeing it.

BTW, I have split off the "Rigging Machine" posts to a separate thread, here, so as not to hijack Brian's thread.

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1truegod · Posted: Fri 25 May 2007 10:49 am Post subject:

This will be interesting might build mine soon

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shannonman · Posted: Fri 25 May 2007 11:46 am Post subject:

There is also one of them in the HMS Endeavour kit.
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So did they give up on providing the pre-formed ratlines then? Shows how long its been since I opened a classic ship box!

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DavidM · Posted: Fri 25 May 2007 13:09 pm Post subject:

BAC · Posted: Sat 26 May 2007 10:00 am Post subject:

Here's the obligatory 'Sprue shot'.

Owen · Posted: Sat 26 May 2007 11:51 am Post subject:

How Long/High is the Hull? I'm thinking its about 40cm x 10cm? Correct?
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Good Luck, I'm keeping a eye on this thread

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BAC · Posted: Sat 26 May 2007 14:48 pm Post subject:

feanor · Posted: Sat 26 May 2007 15:49 pm Post subject:

Ayup All...

Me too. I've got this one, in a 70's box.

And the Revell 1/220...
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BAC · Posted: Wed 13 Jun 2007 15:15 pm Post subject:

The hull's together, no real problems, just a bit of filler at the front.

It's had two coats of H12 Copper with a coat of Klear between on the lower hull, and the first coat of H85 Satin Black on the upper hull. I left the white (primer) band that goes around the hull -I may not even need to paint over it with another coat of white, I'll see how it goes.
It will need a third -at least- coat of H12 and a second coat of H85.

Ratch · Posted: Wed 13 Jun 2007 16:49 pm Post subject:

Looking very sharp already Brian

Did you brush paint, and was it thinned

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1truegod · Posted: Wed 13 Jun 2007 16:50 pm Post subject:

looking superb as normal
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Owen · Posted: Wed 13 Jun 2007 17:08 pm Post subject:

Looks Great!

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BAC · Posted: Thu 14 Jun 2007 10:29 am Post subject:

Thanks guys, and Ratch it is all brush painted and the paint is straight out of the tin.

I thought I'd do the decoration at the front. I used H16 Gold and a tiny dot of Xtracolor 'KLM' blue.

1truegod · Posted: Thu 14 Jun 2007 12:48 pm Post subject:

great work with that gold BAC
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Commodore Rob · Posted: Thu 14 Jun 2007 16:09 pm Post subject:

looking great

At what stage are you going to add the charring??

BAC · Posted: Thu 14 Jun 2007 16:13 pm Post subject:

The first time it starts to go horribly wrong! ROTFL

Ratch · Posted: Thu 14 Jun 2007 17:53 pm Post subject:

I've just been watching a video of her

giving accounts of her races with Thermopoley

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