by Fliger747 » Thu May 01, 2025 10:15 am
Last night added a probably temporary stand to the hull. Using my heavy armed scriber on a glass plate,I marked the waterline, masked and painted the hull bottom. The boot top remains to be added. I used my Circuit style machine (Cameo) to cut black pin striping, which produces something much like Tamiya tape. I have used this before on HO locomotives for pin striping and it might work well for the boot top rather than paint. remains to be seen. Only the part wrapping around the stern where there is some angle would need a different treatment, Once the hull is painted some of the details such as anchors can be added. As an example I popped a depth charge rack off of the stern while masking. Fortunately it survived and I found it undamaged.
I have printed a mast, but these are too flexible to withstand rigging. in the past, with larger models one can print them hollow and reinforce with piano wire. Too small in this case so I'll make the mast bones from brass wire and add printed details. Main deck life lines, dunno yet. I did make a DE at this scale once upon a time with steel wire stanchions and an old girlfriend's hair but that one was a styrene card hull which drilled easily, the printed hulls do not.
Last night added a probably temporary stand to the hull. Using my heavy armed scriber on a glass plate,I marked the waterline, masked and painted the hull bottom. The boot top remains to be added. I used my Circuit style machine (Cameo) to cut black pin striping, which produces something much like Tamiya tape. I have used this before on HO locomotives for pin striping and it might work well for the boot top rather than paint. remains to be seen. Only the part wrapping around the stern where there is some angle would need a different treatment, Once the hull is painted some of the details such as anchors can be added. As an example I popped a depth charge rack off of the stern while masking. Fortunately it survived and I found it undamaged.
I have printed a mast, but these are too flexible to withstand rigging. in the past, with larger models one can print them hollow and reinforce with piano wire. Too small in this case so I'll make the mast bones from brass wire and add printed details. Main deck life lines, dunno yet. I did make a DE at this scale once upon a time with steel wire stanchions and an old girlfriend's hair but that one was a styrene card hull which drilled easily, the printed hulls do not.