My first venture into Po8

[Spartacus]

Working on my first ship for Pieces of Eight. Which will be slightly modified for my needs.
It`s a Revell 1/150 of the Black Pearl, From Pirates of the Caribbean. But at 24 quid I thought it was worth a shot.
It`s bloody hard for fat fingers and old eyes and no talent.
But I wanted my ships to be a bit more in keeping with my figure size.
Nearly finished the build and will post a piccie with just basecoats done.
I have a lot of pirates on the way from PP and Blue Moon. Not fussed about size differences as all people are different, My old wargames mate was 1`2" shorter than me and slightly more rotund.

[martin goddard]

Sounds an interesting project Terry
Maybe you will get some pictures on here showing your progress


martin

[Spartacus]

Just the sails to fit but already decided it would not be robust enough for a wargame table, Every time I pick it up more bits fall or break off!
I will carry on with it anyway and post a piccie soon.

[Spartacus]

OK. Ship fully assembled and base primed, With a few PP Pirates for scale.
Overall I have decided that was the wrong way to go as building the kit took about 2 hours a day for 4-5 days. It would need another few hours to paint the details so not worth investing the time.



I should have cut it to waterline before assembly as I think it will not be seaworthy if I do it now.

And I still have Cossacks to paint as you can see at rear!!!!

[Colonel Kilgore]

That's shaping up nicely, Terry.

And regarding the waterline - probably would have been easier at the outset, but you can at least now gently rub the keel on some rough sandpaper for several hours a day to trim things down to size? 

Simon

[sukhe_bator (Neil)]

but you can at least now gently rub the keel on some rough sandpaper for several hours a day to trim things down to size? 
Simon

While working through your repertoire of sea shanties no doubt...

[Spartacus]

 @ Simon---But I have a cunning plan, To use the mini circular saw on my Dremel!!! If the model doesn`t fall apart with the vibrations.

[martin goddard]

How good is the Dremel circular saw. Sounds really useful, but I have no experience in using it


martin

[Colonel Kilgore]

Having recently bought a Dremel, and with both of the Revell pirate ships to make up one day, I'm also interested in Terry's experiment!

Simon

[Spartacus]

@ Martin       Dremel do some amazing accessories for their drill. Well worth the investment.

@ Simon      I will try it in a few days and report back accordingly.

[Smoking gun]

Terry,
Good luck.
1) How are you going to hold the ship while you cut along the waterline?
2) Have you tested the circular saw to check the blade doesn't get too hot and melts the plastic?

Best wishes,
Martin Buck

[Colonel Kilgore]

Martin,

Terry will be cutting below the water line, so that should cool the saw blade nicely 

Simon

[Smiley Miley 66]

It will get hot, but that might be to your advantage? Or it might go the other way ?
Good luck on that ?
Miles

[Spartacus]

Well I was thinking about heat, which is why I cannot use my Minitool bench, also now it is assembled I doubt it would fit.

I am going to hold it and hope for the best with the dremel fixed into it`s stand.

@ Simon. Too much seaweed around here.

[Lluis of Minairons]

@ Simon---But I have a cunning plan, To use the mini circular saw on my Dremel!!! If the model doesn`t fall apart with the vibrations.

As for my own humble experience, plastic will melt along the cutting line - just along it. So, after cutting, you'll have to sand a bit the edges.
But I think it can be assumed; no other issues should be expected, such as model falling apart or so, provided you can hold the hull firmly enough without compromising the parts attached to it.

Cheers,
Lluís