Well. Almost forgot to post an update for this week. And it's been such a great week!
Not much moved to the 'done' column this week. but lots of progress in the other areas.
What's Done?
Finished up painting the rigging on USS Varuna and got the matte coat of varnish applied.
What's almost done?
Good progress on the CSS Thomas Jefferson and CSS Patrick Henry. Both had their ordnance installed and the rigging is coming along. Finding some odds and ends to paint as this progressed. Should be done in the next week or two. (Did I mention that rigging in a pain?)
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| CSS Thomas Jefferson with the guns mounted. Rigging is underway. |
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| CSS Patrick Henry with the bow and stern pivots mounted. Lots of work left on the rigging. |
What's 'In Progress'?
We had a gorgeous day on Saturday almost like early summer. Highs in the 70's, sunshine and dry air - spray painting weather! Several hulls that were ready for a primer coat got painted as did a whole mess of guns from Bay Area Yards.
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| CSS Calhoun. Good shot of the detail that went into this model. It's a great piece. |
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| USS Easport from Brown Water Navy Miniatures (Shapeways). |
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| USS Kearsarge from Thoroughbred Figures. |
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| Typical double ender. Big heavy semi-pivots mounted fore and aft. |
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| Miami had a very different hull form than did the Sassacus or John Paul Jones class double enders. |
In addition to the priming work, some general painting was done to CSS McRae and USS Lackawanna.
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| CSS McRae from Bay Area Yards. Working on the block painting before starting the detail work. |
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| The masts cleaned up nicely! |
These look excellent...I have a load of Peter Pig 1/600 ships that I need to get started on so these are great inspiration!
ReplyDeleteThanks! We should really thank the artists that created the models in the first place. Stephen at Bay Area Yards has a great line as does Toby at Thoroughbred and Matt at Brown Water Navy Miniatures.
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