It's been another productive week getting work done on the ACW naval backlog. Several additional items are done, several more are almost done and a few new items have been added to the queue. So without further delay...here's week seven!
What's done
The big news here is that USS Varuna is ready for the tabletop. Varuna is a Bay Area Yards model that - unfortunately - is out of production. The model is of a warship with a short but distinguished history. Varuna fought with Farragut and was sunk at the Battle of the Forts during the assault on New Orleans.
Next up, we have a couple of shore batteries. Both of these are from the Bay Area Yards line and both are still in stock.
What's Almost done
The rigging on the Florida is installed. Remaining tasks are to paint the rigging.
I'm still thinking the stacks need a darker shade of gray applied. This may be the week.
There's not a lot new with the Lackawanna and the McRae this week. Kearsarge and Calhoun are stalled waiting on the weather to improve for their base coat of spray paint. It's an opportunity to get some more models ready for the base coat so we get those most bang for the buck as it were.
What's New?
A couple of new items. Broke out the model USS Miami that's been patiently waiting on the box for the last 17 months ago. I can't complain. That model of USS Varuna you see up the page? It's been in the queue since 2007. In addition, I received a model of USS Eastport from Shapeways. It should be relatively straightforward to finish, but it does require warmer weather suitable for spray painting.
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What's done
The big news here is that USS Varuna is ready for the tabletop. Varuna is a Bay Area Yards model that - unfortunately - is out of production. The model is of a warship with a short but distinguished history. Varuna fought with Farragut and was sunk at the Battle of the Forts during the assault on New Orleans.
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| Added the guns. |
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| Just realized I didn't paint the yards on each mast. |
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| And on a white background. |
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Next up, we have a couple of shore batteries. Both of these are from the Bay Area Yards line and both are still in stock.
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| The two gun battery position with bombproof. Guns are Thoroughbred Miniatures garrison guns. |
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| One gun battery. Exterior is covered in flocking. |
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| And both batteries together. |
What's Almost done
The rigging on the Florida is installed. Remaining tasks are to paint the rigging.
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| There's a lot of steel wire in this image. |
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| A chronic problem I have with the big ships is the base warping and rising as you could seen on the right. |
There's not a lot new with the Lackawanna and the McRae this week. Kearsarge and Calhoun are stalled waiting on the weather to improve for their base coat of spray paint. It's an opportunity to get some more models ready for the base coat so we get those most bang for the buck as it were.
What's New?
A couple of new items. Broke out the model USS Miami that's been patiently waiting on the box for the last 17 months ago. I can't complain. That model of USS Varuna you see up the page? It's been in the queue since 2007. In addition, I received a model of USS Eastport from Shapeways. It should be relatively straightforward to finish, but it does require warmer weather suitable for spray painting.
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| Two double enders - USS Miami in the foreground and USS Sassacus in the back. |
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| Two parts added to the hull - a mast and a stack. Miami apparently only has the one mast. There is a small length of styrene that I must admit I have no idea where it goes. |
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| View from off the port bow. |
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| Don't mind the dog hair - it gets into everything! |