Columbus' ship Niña
- Tim Reynaga
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Columbus' ship Niña
Just finished this little model of Columbus' favorite ship, the caravel Niña.
It was built out of the box (except for the sewing thread rigging) from an old Pyro molding from 1966.
Cool kit - not entirely accurate, but lots of fun!
It was built out of the box (except for the sewing thread rigging) from an old Pyro molding from 1966.
Cool kit - not entirely accurate, but lots of fun!
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Re: Niña
Impressive!
Best wishes
Jim
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Re: Niña
Thanks guys for your comments!splash wrote:That wood effect looks brilliant on such a small scale how did you do it?
Regards Splash
As for the wood, I hadn’t tried this before, but a World War One aircraft builder in my model club told me he had achieved some great natural wood effects on plastic using artist’s oil colors over Tamiya acrylics; it seems that one of the advantages of these water based paints over my usual enamels is their resistance to oil based thinners... so I put his method it to the test by slathering Grumbacher Raw Umber all over the neatly painted hull.
...and it looked absolutely awful!
Just as advertised, though, the oil paint covered but didn’t attack the Tamiya Desert Yellow (XF-59) acrylic base color. When I took a thinner-dampened towel and wiped the oil paint away, it left dark brown shadows in the recessed areas and a nice brownish filter over the rest of the “wood” of both the hull sides and the lighter decks. I was delighted!
I did the same thing on the base, nameplate, masts, and yards. It was super easy! And even though my technique is still a little ham fisted, it worked well on the heavy-ish detail on the kit.
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Bravo, well done.
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Re: Niña
Very good ! Your finish is great.
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Very useful how-to, Thanks!
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Jim
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"Never put off till tomorrow, what you can do the day after tomorrow"
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Beautifully painted.
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