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Post by matti on Sept 16, 2013 18:46:56 GMT
 Hi, this is my Billing Boats kit. Its out of the box except I made open gunports that I tried to position based on the wonky locations of the original ship. The front towers on the galleries are not the big ones in the kit either. Otherwise details and things here and there are tweaked as usual on models like these. I lighted the kit also Planking finished. Its single planked as I was afraid to mess with the proportions of the kit.  And here she is stained and painted. Colors are my own mix and I find inspiration by the work of the artist Vroom. I also looked at the tarred look of the Götheborg replica when she was new. Other pictures from the build.       Ill update as the build progresses. Cheers /Matti |
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Post by ulises on Sept 17, 2013 10:42:07 GMT
Matti. Glad to see you here. Hey, how did you do it to post that many photos and comments? When I added mine it allowed me only 3 per post and no comments. Edit: Never mind. I just saw the post on how to add photos by Clayton. Seems I'm going to need to learn that Photobucket thing to go on.  2nd Edit: OMG... It is soooo easy to build a photo log here. I uploaded a large bunch of photos to my build log in a matter of minutes. This is great!  |
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Post by matti on Sept 17, 2013 14:37:01 GMT
Glad to see you too. Good that you got the hang pf posting pics.
/Matti
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Post by alexander on Sept 23, 2013 15:39:10 GMT
Hi Matti
your Vasan looks great. The tarred-look is very realistic!
Nice pictures - do you have some more?
Alexander
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Post by matti on Sept 23, 2013 19:19:14 GMT
Cheers Alexander, Im happy you like it! To paint the hull, I mixed 4 nuanses of bets to stain it. Afterwards I used pastel powder, acrylic washes and drybrushing to make it vibrant. Also sanding to make the layers blend and give a rough look. Airbrushed a coat of acrylic varnish once in a while to bind the pastels and make it blend. Very fun paintjob, but perhaps the trickiest Ive done as its hard to balance. Ill look for pictures.
Matti
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Post by matti on Sept 23, 2013 20:04:34 GMT
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Post by matti on Sept 23, 2013 20:14:25 GMT
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Post by matti on Oct 13, 2013 15:21:53 GMT
Some progress on the galleries. /Matti    |
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Post by matti on Oct 13, 2013 15:32:18 GMT
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shel
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Post by shel on Oct 21, 2013 15:40:42 GMT
Hello Matti
Nice paint work. it must be difficult in 1/72 scale. I like your hull stain colors too.
Shel Urlik
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Post by matti on Oct 22, 2013 6:58:50 GMT
Cheers Shel! Yeah its good to have a magnifier and steady hands for the small details but I found blending the hull more difficult. Made some more progress on the galleries. /Matti   |
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Post by matti on Nov 1, 2013 13:17:12 GMT
Galleries are finished. Looking forward to do some wood work again. /Matti   |
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Post by matti on Nov 24, 2013 11:50:31 GMT
Here is an update. Ive been working on the bow. /Matti    |
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Post by shel on Nov 24, 2013 19:15:43 GMT
Matti,
I think your achieving a very nice rough hewed authentic look.
Shel Urlik
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Post by matti on Nov 25, 2013 7:56:00 GMT
Thanks Shel!
/Matti
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