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Build log: Brigantine Phoenix, kit by Master Korabel

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moreplovac

Fri Feb 21 2020, 06:21am

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Continue with work on cannons... started with making bunch of eyebolts that will be replacing those included in the kit.

The kit provided is above and home-made is at the bottom.

The home-made appears to be more realistic than eyebolts supplied in kit. So, 12 cannons x 2 eyebolts, 24 plus few extra to make.

The process is very simple. Cut the wire to appr 10mm in length, twist around 0.7mm drill bit and blacken them all.

The wire i was using:

The wire was lightly sanded to remove the protection and to easy blackening process.

Happy modeling.

moreplovac

Fri Feb 21 2020, 06:26am

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Eyebolts after blackening process:

The wire i was using to make eyebolts:

Happy modeling.

moreplovac

Sun Feb 23 2020, 08:55pm

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Now i am working on rings that will be inserted into eyebolts. The wire was cleaned with sand paper to make blackening process successful.

First i make a spring using special tool, instead of a drill bit.

The smallest diameter is 1.5mm which is perfect for rings that will be used on these cannons. Total of 30 rings are made, 24 for cannons and few extras..

Next, i am making soldering flakes that will be used to solder rings. The small pieces of soldering wire were cut and flattened by squeezing them with pliers.

Sorry, not quite clear picture...

Then the flake is cut into 4 pieces; no need to use the whole flake for one ring, too much solder...

The ring is placed into position..

Small but very small amount of soldering paste was applied to the joint and flake quarter was put on.

Soldering was done with flame using pen torch tool. A bit of filing might be needed to clean the ring.

And 21 more to go...

Completed 20 yesterday, today will continue with rest of them and will finish up with blackening...

Time consuming work that will sharpen up your patience..

Happy modeling.

moreplovac

Mon Feb 24 2020, 03:52am

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The eyebolts and rings have been completed.

Now i started cleaning up laser burns...

Next, painting tiny "metal" plates was completed.

And all other cannon parts were cut..

New will clean up laser burns for other parts.

Happy modeling.

moreplovac

Thu Feb 27 2020, 06:56am

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All cannons are treated with a graphite powder between my fingers. This provides a bit more realistic look...

Top cannon treated and bottom not.

Then the wheel axle has to be rounded to accept the wheels..

The wheel mounted..

All parts has to be filled a bit to fit without effort; they are very breakable and tiny..

And assembled gun:

Now need to rotate a ring and eyebolt on right hand side so the rope can fit correctly..

Next i need to cover it with a small layer of danish oil, install nail simulation, etc.

Happy modeling.

[ Edited Thu Feb 27 2020, 07:00am ]