Good progress was made this week!
The CSS Selma model from Bay Area Yards is cruising to completion awaiting a bit of touch up to the paint and the completion of the painting of the 'water' effect on the base. The - of course - the four cannon have to be glued to the deck. A protective gloss/flat coat finish is preferred, but the wintry weather make that unlikely. (Though to be honest, this winter's weather is all over the place thanks to "El Nino".)
Here's CSS Selma out for a shakedown cruise
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| Port bow quarter view. |
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| Ship is painted in Vallejo paints. Basalt Gray on the hull, stack and hogging beams. Light gray on the deck and superstructure fore and aft faces. Moss green over the tan primer for the 'sea' effect (still a work in process). |
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| What's wrong? Never seen the hand of God before? Okay, I admit it. I don't know what happened here. |
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| CSS Patrick Henry getting closer to completion. Her sister model CSS Thomas Jefferson is in about the same state. |
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| The USS Minnesota from Bay Area Yards. Still a lot of work to do here before it's ready for the table. |
Many years ago, I bought a Thoroughbred Models kit of USS Sassascus for the purpose of turning it to parts for other shipbuilding projects. I'm working on finishing the ship using a variety of parts includes styrene and masts from Bay Area Yards. The kit is close to completion. Adding the guns and the standing rigging is about all that is left. I've painted the model in the late war overall gray scheme used in near shore waters while on blockade duty.
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| The masts are from Bay Area Yards. The other bits are Thoroughbred. |
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| USS Powhatan in the foreground. In the early stages with this one. Lots of work to complete. |
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| The figures lurking in the background are from the Atomic Cafe line. President for life Nixon and his Secret Service bodyguards, Got a couple of projects in mind for these figures. Arrrroooo! |
