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Okay I'll admit that title was a real reach for a joke. ;) Okay my next project is a Roman Merchant Ship by PYRO models. this kit is from 1967 so this kit is 2 years older than me! The Kit is completely molded in white and a bit brittle plastic (likely due to age) not a whole lot of pieces but some very nice detail. The wood boards are all molded on the hull the decking planks are clear, it even comes with thread for the rigging. It's a really nice kit. The instructions are very simple, just an exploded view with no color chart. Step one the hull: the hull halves fit together rally nicely with almost no seam, and a little sanding cleaned that up. The deck fits tightly into the hull with very little fuss, the tiny square of deck railing was a little fiddly but set into place nicely. The first paint coat was a basic medium brown, while that dried I put together the deck-house sub assembly. With the hull dry I gave it a quick wash of brown ink, and painted the deck-house with a gold yellow. I dry-brushed the lower hull with a light brown to pick out some detail, then painted up the upper hull with a flat black and blue. I then painted the cill boards on the upper hull the same yellow as the deck-house. I'll set that all aside to dry before adding a light wash over the whole outer hull. So until next time. Keep Building!! My plans for this build is to paint it up with just some basic wood tones and a little color, like blue and yellow for accent. The one other change I think I'll make are the rat-lines (the rigging that braces the main mast to the hull) these are molded in plastic and are way too thick, so I'll use heavy thread and recreate that rigging. Step one the hull: the hull halves fit together rally nicely with almost no seam, and a little sanding cleaned that up. The deck fits tightly into the hull with very little fuss, the tiny square of deck railing was a little fiddly but set into place nicely.
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Sven Littkowski
5/15/2020 12:29:33 pm
Where did you purchase this plastic kit? I seem not to be able to find any online. Thanks.
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AuthorHi there, I'm Chris and welcome to my workbench. I've been building models since i was 6 or 7 years old. I thought it would be fun to share some of my projects! Archives
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