![]() ![]() You know, I guess I am a tad bit lazy and don´t want to fool with that part of the ship, but I guess I should cut it off and try to refit it. I guess I will get enough (whatever it takes) to tackle that bow dressing. So I keep the bottle shaken up during my painting to make sure that all of the Gold flakes are going to be mixed in right. The Gold "flakes" settle down to the bottom within what seems only hours of not using it. Well, what I do is that I shake the bottle of Gold everytime I get ready for it. I am not at home, so I do not know what the stock number on that paint is. Unless Testors puts out more than one Gold paint, I only used a Gold paint from Testors in that tiny bottle that they have. You come upon a fog and you think you are in a dream, ![]() Riding on a mysterious unmanned ship pointed to the horizon, ".sail on her, and plunging into the swells of that restless sea, I enjoy the imaginations of what it would have been like as this short poem describes: It is still enjoyable and I still look forward to sitting down with this vessel of the sea and as I build it. Now let me say again, that I have a great fondness of this ship and I would not trade in my efforts on it-because it is the challenge of the project that stirs me. There is just so much a person can do with a kit like this. Mine is not perfect, but I have done the best that I can-this work is satisfactory to me. In order for the railings to seamlessly follow the stepping of the deck, then one must talent and skill to make the railings fit good. The WVH kit, the deck (I can't remember now) is like 2 or 3 decks and the railings must have that Step as well. I was and am determined to get those parts to fit like they are supposed to and I am almost finished with installing the upper railings. Everyone of the railings had to be filed and sanded down in height before they would fit up against the bulwark and the inside of deck. I have had a time with trying to get the upper railings (with the belaying pins) to fit correctly. You really have to carve the part off the sprue and sometimes it is a guess as to figure out where the part ends and where the sprue starts and vise versa. ![]() One thing right off is that I notice that where the "Part" mates with the sprue, it is thick and hard. Now let me say that I have REALLY enjoyed building the WVH, because I guess I do like trying to make the most out of what I have in hand. Alot of the parts do not fit good on the Captain Kidd (Wappen Von Hamburg). I still think that the Jolly Roger was a good first one (for me). I am glad that I did not start with this one first. If any aspiring modeler should try something else before attemping this ship. The main thing that I want to say here is that this model has been a real challenge to make the model worth any realism. ![]()
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