skyfire101

I am still around, just don't have as much energy for doing things these days. Get very tired during the day, so model building has slowed down a lot. I have several ships to get finished off and it will happen one day. The ships are the KMS Bismarck, HMS Hood, HMS Sovereign of the Seas, HMS Victory, HMB Endeavour and the Black Pearl.

HMS Sovereign of the Seas

I have also been slowly building Warhammer figures and vehicles and had two games so far, (lost both) - one day I will have a win. :)

Bastiladon from Age Of Sigmar

21 September I am off to Norway and England for a holiday. In Norway I will be cruising along the coast north and south, then flying to England for a model railway exhibition and holiday. I am flying Singapore Airlines.

In 2019 I am hoping to cruise to Cananda with Holland America line and after going across Canada by train I want to cruise across the Atlantic Ocean to England and then fly home.

My model railway is progressing very slowly, but more work will happen after the holiday if all goes to plan.

Current Mood: sleepy
Current Location: Australia, Canberra
Current Music: Loreena McKennitt - Huron 'Beltane' Fire Dance

Originally posted by

skyfire101 at More work on the Black Pearl

Work is pregressing on the Black Pearl with quite a bit done since the last post. In the end I decided to keep the build as it was and not go changing it to a fully enclosed hull. One change I have done is to not use the printed deck planking, which looked awful, so the decks are plan free.

Current Mood: happy
Current Location: Australia, Canberra

Originally posted by

skyfire101 at Black Pearl

I have started building the Black Pearl partwork and finding that mdf is not all that bad to deal with. Main thing is the way the glue sinks into the fibreboard, so having to use a bit more than I thought I would of pva. I am thinking of changing the build and not having an open side to the model as it just looks weird, so will problaly have to get some extra issues from the newsagent.

Photos of the build so far.
http://s267.photobucket.com/user/sfbismarck/library/blackpearl

Current Mood: sleepy
Current Location: Australia, Canberra
Current Music: Les Miserables

Originally posted by

skyfire101 at An update

Work has restarted on the HMS Victory with hull planking being added at the stern. Just hope I am using the right planks for it. Also I am still waiting on 2 issues for the HMS Hood to come in to the newsagent. They have been missing for months, just hope I don't have to get them off ebay.

Really should update this community more often. Work will get going again on the HMB Endeavour and the HMS Hood sometime and I have started to collect the HMS Sovereign Of The Seas partwork.

New partwork on the UK Model Space website.

HMS Sovereign of the Seas is a new magazine that comes complete with all the parts to build a stunning model of the most powerful warship of the 17th century. Launched in 1637, and also known as the infamous "Golden Devil". HMS Sovereign of the Seas was the largest vessel of her time. Issue by issue discover the history and techniques of ship building and ship modelling, and experience for yourself the pure pleasure of building such a magnificent ship.

Model detail
1:84 scale*
High-quality wooden and cast metal parts
Cannons and anchors
Cloth sails and flags
Complete rigging
Cast metal decorations

Overall dimensions
Length: 1100mm
Height: 900mm
Beam: 400mm

*Approx scale as real scale is historically unknown

135 issues.

http://www.model-space.com/gb/ships/hms-sovereign-of-the-seas/

Current Mood: happy
Current Location: Canberra / Australia
Current Music: War of the worlds

Current Mood: geeky
Current Location: Canberra / Australia

I have my own LJ community, based on model ships. I have photos of my HMB Endeavour build on it and once I have managed to get the HMS Victory, I will add photos of that to the community as well.

http://model-ships.livejournal.com/

Hopefully this is what my HMB Endeavour will come out like. :)

Current Mood: grateful
Current Location: Australia, Canberra
Current Music: Les Miserables - Do You Hear The People Sing

Current Mood: grateful
Current Location: Australia, Canberra
Current Music: Les Miserables - Do You Hear The People Sing

Have a great, prosperous and safe new year everyone.

Now to try and work out how to use the airbrush I was given for Christmas, then I can get on with some major painting of the various model ships I have on the go right now.

Trying to work out what ship to do next, either something easy or something very hard!!!

Current Mood: depressed
Current Location: Australia, Canberra
Current Music: Gene Clark & Carla Olson - Gypsy Rider

Current Mood: depressed
Current Location: Australia, Canberra
Current Music: Gene Clark & Carla Olson - Gypsy Rider

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