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Thanks WCKRZAK!! It's been a while since my last update.I finally managed to drill the upper most battery ports.All I have to do with them now is to trim a bit more to the outsides of them so I can fit the bronze wreaths around them.Speaking of which,I tied inserting each cannon barrel thru the wreaths only to find out that a majority of the cannons are poorly casted and the front of the barrels mishapen anmost an egg like shape. They would not fit.Not much room to grind out the wreath collor,so I filed the mostly the bottoms of the bad barrels.They don't look bad and you cant really tell that there was a problem except for the fact that where I filed them,they are super shinney.Im planning om using a dark colored patina on the barrels and the scupltures throughout the ship.Any Idea where I could buy a premixed patina online?Hot or cold applicating doesnt matter.Im looking for either a dark brown,burgandy or a dark purpleish brown.I also came up with a pretty good looking red called "Brilliant Red"from Sherwin Williams.After much searching and traveling to come up with a red.I finally realized that my front door on my house is red...."DUH"......and that I had almost a full gallon in the basement.......HA!! oh well.Until Next Time,Cheers Walter

This is what the red looks like.It is actually much brighter than my crappy camera portrays LOL,Walt

great work!!!!!!!!!!!

i think i am thw wrong guy to ask!!??!!

i tried to copy your method of making the planks look good with the graphite from pencils, but mine looked more like a disaster!!!????

i tried to buff it out, but it still looked like i did it, not like you did!!???!!!

Hello WCKRZAK,im sorry to hear that your deck did not come out right I sort of feel like its my faultPerhaps you can fix them by scraping them down with a very sharp flat blade and sanding them with a fine sandpaper.This is the thread from MSW that I used for the decks http://modelshipworld.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=855&highlight=caulk ...................I forgot to mention that an important part to method was to seal the planks prior to applying the graphite mixture .Walter

Hello my friends.I have fishished installing the Wasa's wales and have painting them black.I have also started to color the upper plank works and stern galleries red.All that is left is to trim up the wales at the stern.At the stern,there are two sculptures called "The Bearded Triton".These ate located at the transome in the area of the four lowest wales.I have seen photos of another model showing the two sculptures mounted on top of the wales.I do not believe this is correct.Im in search of a picture of the actual ship to varify this.Im thinking that the wales have to be trimmed back so the sculpture attaches directly to the ships hull.Cheers Walter