forecastle goodies
The secret to making significant progress on a model is to be at home sick. Or on break from school. Or both, as I am at the moment. :roll:
I have been sprucing up the forecastle. Found a bit of chain at a local craft store (not stud link, naturally, which is a bit unfortunate). I tried chemically blackening it, whatever metal the chain is fashioned from would not blacken. Fortunately, it was a bit tarnished already, so it doesn't look too bad. I also added speaking tube, fairleads, bollards, ventilators, and screw stoppers. The ventilators look horrible IMHO, but I was pleased with the screw stoppers. They are made from formed 0162 gauge wire and painted with Krylon primer. I find the look of the taut anchor chain odd, but that's the way it was depicted in both the kit diagrams and in the AOS book, so it must be right.
Bye for now,