Thanks Julian, hic! cheers for the beer....

Made some good progress with painting the dock















Started off spraying a couple of acrylics and then set to work with chewed brushes and six tins of Humbrol. Light, Medium and dark stone, Nat. wood, cream and white.
Voila as they say this is the result.

Thanks for looking

Cheers Kev

Looks great Kev, love the stone work. Al

Absolutely gobsmacked Kev, great work.
Julian

Surreal experience yesterday. . . .

Sat in my modelling shed making a . . . . . shed ! :mental:









The idea is that this will hold the battery pack to power lights in the boat.



Cheers Kev

Small update, work getting in the way !!

Managed to wire up the LED's so that the internals would be better displayed. . . .











Although its difficult to capture on camera I'm very pleased with the effect, it definitely highlights the interior.

Cheers Kev

Magic Kev, sheer magic. The engine room photos are the real deal

Echo Julian's comments above,

It looks like photo's of the real thing

Si

Hi Kev,

I haven't looked in for a while. Things are looking excellent. The LEDs will be the bees knees for the final display, terrific work.

Al

Outstanding work, Kev. It looks terrific. Al

Finally managed to get some time to slip out to the boatshed!
Just a small update.
Shed has been used as a demo on spraying techniques, instruction given by my good mate Dan. Thanks buddy

Not sure if you can pick up the subtle shading he has achieved - at least four shades of Black !!! Plus peeling paint.

The shed is to house batteries for the Led's, switch to be operated by sliding chimney. I was going to bury the wiring within the base but then thought the boat would have a supply, so . . . Obviously needs to be tided up when fixed but the principal is there.













Thanks for looking

Cheers Kev

Only Genial !!!!! Kev you are a mad man !!!!

Regards Daniel

Looks fantastic Kev,great work,

Hi Kev,

That is a very neat solution to powering the lights, nice one.

Al

Small update, the power house now has switching. . .





The switch is operated by the chimney

Back all buttoned up







That's it for the shed until I fix it the base when I shall blend it in . . .

Cheers Kev

Not what you call a "bog standard" light switch Kev
Magnificent !

Here much talent !!!!

Happy 2014 Kev !!

A few tottering steps forward

Crew now have access from quay side





Been playing around with painting figures - used to be able to but now its yet another learning curve. . . .


I'm using / converting the Tamiya German mechanics set, easy conversion they are wearing boiler suits and Heads are to be replaced by Hornet heads.



Tamiya



Hornet, a little more refined











I'm using oil for the flesh tones a mix of Burnt Sienna, Yellow Ochre & Titanium White with a tiny touch of green to give slightly olive colour to skin - least thats the plan.


Using Humbrol Nat wood (110) for undercoat, tried acrylic and the oil just seemed to slide across it .


The one disadvantage of using oils is they do take a while to dry as you can see in pics, I'm gently baking under a light bulb!


I've got to say I hate macro photography !!!! You think you've got it right, take a pic OMG :banghead:

Thanks for your previous comments

Cheers Kev

Excellent work Kev, the head is brilliant.

Slipway cradle been in for maintenance !

Was never overly happy and when a certain gentleman from the Chester area visited and said it was c*** :weep:

Truth is it seemed like a good time to practise various techniques taught by said gentleman(?) before I started on the hull.

So a bit of pre shading, 4/5 shades of grey (wait for it), MIG washes, pigments and stains we have. . . .



















Not perfect but alot better. Not having used MIG products before its given me the confidence to tackle the hull.

Prime lesson learnt . . . . WASH YOUR HANDS AFTER USING PIGMENTS !!


Took me ages to clean 'rust pigment finger prints ' from my journey to bathroom :weep:


Thanks for looking, your C & C welcome as always

Cheers Kev

Slipway cradle been in for maintenance !

Was never overly happy and when a certain gentleman from the Chester area visited and said it was c*** :weep:

Truth is it seemed like a good time to practise various techniques taught by said gentleman(?) before I started on the hull.

So a bit of pre shading, 4/5 shades of grey (wait for it), MIG washes, pigments and stains we have. . . .




















Not perfect but alot better. Not having used MIG products before its given me the confidence to tackle the hull.

Prime lesson learnt . . . . WASH YOUR HANDS AFTER USING PIGMENTS !!

Took me ages to clean 'rust pigment finger prints ' from my journey to bathroom :weep:

Thanks for looking, your C & C welcome as always

Cheers Kev

Think you can appreciate my rather fierce dislike of pigments now Kev, you did a good job though

Yeah I think it may be a while before I dabble with pigments again!!

Small update that's taken a long time,

I've been playing around with the hull. I wanted to get a worn but not filthy hull and slight growth on the bottom.

The side were spayed with 5 shades of grey.

The bottom black grey, misted with shades of brown and a light misting of light grey








The intention now is to seal the hull get the deck stuck on and apply some streaking down the sides,

Thanks for looking, I hope you can see the effect as it is quite subtle.

Cheers Kev

Its difficult to see in the photos Kev, you are not doing yourself justice here. The screws are magic though, look very realistic

Done a little bit of a revamp on insrtuments . . .

Engineroom




Radio room







Decals are airscale instruments ex Hannants

Cheers Kev

and for something completely different. . .

Further work on the hull using AK grime and salt washes











Your thoughts would be appreciated as this is all new territory for me

Cheers Kev