Revell Thermopylae

Hi all we due to the kind generosity of CPNGROATS (a member on another forum who was so impressed by my model ships he gifted this to me from his own stash)I have received this





today.
Thank you very, very much George, very kind indeed.
I hastily opened it tonight eader to start but my missus says NO!!! "you have enough models on the go, cluttering up my house. you finish some of them off and get them out the way". to be fair I do have 9 on the go and bits are all over the place, she's generally ok so I cant complain ( but I have found in the past a bit of sweet talking can bring her round ) so watch this space, in the very near future.

Hi all well since I'm having a rest from the darn Citroen I need something to fall back on (this addiction will be the death of me)I thought what be better than this,TBH I've been looking forward to this since I was kindly given it (I just hope I can do it justice)

Sweet I will be watching for sure.

Hi all here is the next update, most of the deck colour is done with pastels

Looks like a great old kit!  You'll do it justice and more.  Nice to see the occasional ship here too!

Decks look great. Looks like real wood from here. Nice.

Hi all well I've tried a little experiment, I got some copper and brass leaf with the intention of guilding the copper plates and spraying it with salt water to get the patination of the real plates, well they dissolved so that's out so now I'm thinking I will guild it then distress it with a combination of washes and such my question is ( as there is some debate as to weather it was copper or muntz metal which is an alloy of zinc and brass I think) should I guild it with copper or brass.






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Hi all I've gone for the copper leaf (needs a bit of patching) but I think its ok

Looking great. Nice job.

WOW!  The copper went on fast.  What did you use for adhesive on this one?  For so large an area, how did you burnish down the foil without damaging it?  This is, like your past models, a real lesson in careful detailing, thanx!

Hi all well I've started weathering the copper.

Hi all given the green a coat of paint and weathered that and done a bit more to the copper

A copper hull, thats different, never seen that before, is it like bmf stuff?

Hi all a small update on this one

Hi all here is tonight bit

Wow, lots of effort gone into that so far, keep it up

super, I am enjoying this build very much.

Super detailing!  That sort of thing is really difficult.  Thanx for daring to go where few have dared and sharing good clear fotos!

Hi all done a bit more to this one.

Details and all are looking great.
Model sailing ships always look impressive.
Nice work !

Hi all here is the next update

Hi all here I another update (think I've managed to hide the black around the rear cabin area now)