peza
Active Member
eh up all.
well it's time for another update,
firstly i got my cast cannons back and after mocking them up 2 things happened,firstly i broke the mountings for the cannons(arms)
and i noticed that the guns were 4mm too long. so to fix the first problem i remade the mounts this time using styrene rods and tubing
which i should of used the first time:facepalm
on this first image you can see that i've cut down 2 and 2 are original,i had to cut down the 3 segments at the back of the cannons
as the rest of the cannons is either tapered or i'd lose detail.
i'm very impressed with jaitea's castings......and he did warn me that they looked abit too big!
my second problem i just remade all together.
i just couldn't get a decent bond with the metal and brass.
next i got the 4 cannons mounted on a backing plate with some evergreen box tubing inbetween to allow it to articulate,but i found that all it wanted to do was lie
flat and not in position so my simple fix was to put alittle blue tack inside the box tubing and it worked a treat.
after doin all this with the front of the cannons i decided to remake the back section of the cannons as i wasn't that happy with the detail and look of them,
so after making the cannons i gave it all a coat of primer just to get a look on if there was any bits that needed filling or repairing,but it all looked ok.
so here are some images of the finished cannons as yet,i still have a few little details to add on but you can get the jist.
and finally here are acouple of images of the cannons mounted in position.
well thats it for this update folks,hope ya like the progress.
not sure which bit to concentrate on next but i'll figure it out...cheers for lookin peza
well it's time for another update,
firstly i got my cast cannons back and after mocking them up 2 things happened,firstly i broke the mountings for the cannons(arms)
and i noticed that the guns were 4mm too long. so to fix the first problem i remade the mounts this time using styrene rods and tubing
which i should of used the first time:facepalm
on this first image you can see that i've cut down 2 and 2 are original,i had to cut down the 3 segments at the back of the cannons
as the rest of the cannons is either tapered or i'd lose detail.
i'm very impressed with jaitea's castings......and he did warn me that they looked abit too big!
my second problem i just remade all together.
i just couldn't get a decent bond with the metal and brass.
next i got the 4 cannons mounted on a backing plate with some evergreen box tubing inbetween to allow it to articulate,but i found that all it wanted to do was lie
flat and not in position so my simple fix was to put alittle blue tack inside the box tubing and it worked a treat.
after doin all this with the front of the cannons i decided to remake the back section of the cannons as i wasn't that happy with the detail and look of them,
so after making the cannons i gave it all a coat of primer just to get a look on if there was any bits that needed filling or repairing,but it all looked ok.
so here are some images of the finished cannons as yet,i still have a few little details to add on but you can get the jist.
and finally here are acouple of images of the cannons mounted in position.
well thats it for this update folks,hope ya like the progress.
not sure which bit to concentrate on next but i'll figure it out...cheers for lookin peza