Airfix St Louis Part 4 Painting Gunwales and Hull

[@davideaves563]

Those extra woody bits on the inside of the hull really do add to the overall appearance.

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

I love it when you talk all technical hehe

[@wadehoney9922]

Brilliant gunnals Harry!!!

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Thanks Wade

[@nickbutler7935]

Great to see the Transformations at each stage. I hope that once finished you will enter it into a competition....remembering to state it is actually a plastic kit!. Stay safe. Cheers from the U.K.

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

For now I’m just enjoying building it....

[@Medomare]

Always a pleasure to view your progress. Very nice! Greets from the sunny side of The Alps

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Oh there is a sunny side? No snow then???

[@Medomare]

@@HarryHoudiniModels There is always a sunny side. Still lots of snow up there, even now in early summer. 😀

[@usssaratogacv3lefevre978]

Very nice touch with the wood effects. Very nice save of a kit in need of lots of help.

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Thanks 👍 It was like a lost abused puppy in need of a home.

[@tomwark6446]

look at you showing off with your chat and skill . standing up pirate youu . great stuff mate

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

I am the waffle master, what can I say? A lot apparently!

[@tomwark6446]

@@HarryHoudiniModels always said llllove it great model entertainment . fun fun fun

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Fun is the full intent. Fokker the rivet counters

[@basfinnis]

Look at that mate. No chocolate plastic anymore. Looks wonderful 😉

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

but still just as delicious!

[@davidangelo8902]

Greetings Harry, this is late, I just found your channel. I like it! A couple bits of old sailing ship trivia I hope you will like . I got all these tidbits from reading over the years....The white ship bottom was beef tallow. Like you said, it was an anti fouling measure. The dark waterline plank was "payed' (covered) with tar. This plank was called the Devil, so you get the sayings "The Devil to Pay" and "Between the Devil & the Deep Blue Sea". Real Nice Work on the St. Louis, I'm looking forward to watching the whole thing.

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Thanks David.. more updates out soon.

[@rikbryan9709]

Loving the transformation Harry. Great vid and waffle. Always brightens my day when a new notification goes off.

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Thanks Rik. Glad to hear it!

[@sammy_dog]

lookin plankin shipshape there Harry

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Good. That’s just the shape I was hoping for...hehe

[@sammy_dog]

@@HarryHoudiniModelsdang and here i was thinking it was just another Tiger Tank build no wonder it looked a lil strange

[@plasticmonkey5594]

very nice work harry

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Many thanks mate

[@rayfraser1773]

Love your attention to detail on what is , an old Aiefix kit. Wondering if you are going to apply as much dedication to the rigging with served lines etc. Lookin forward to it !

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Yes I am! A little more than I did on the much smaller Revell Bounty kit I rigged last year.

[@viking1236]

Fyi Wales are strong and thick planks running length wise covering the lower part of the ship. (also see gunwale (pronounced "gun'l") upper edge of Hull at deck level.) plimsolls lines came in for merchant ships around 1876, although not universal until 1930 as the international load line, so a bit after the St Louis was extent. Another great video, thanks.

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Well that sorts that out then... thanks

[@CHIL2903]

Isn't there a plank called the "devil, just where the tumble home curves under the hull? This is where the saying "between the devil and the deep blue sea" comes from. Sailors, sat on planks painting or repairing the hull around the devil, would have only the waves beneath them to stop their fall.

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Yes Mike it refers to the job of caulking at the water line while at sea. Many drowned trying to do this near impossible task. However the term originates from a much earlier Ancient Greek saying, roughly translated as ‘damnation or drowning’.

[@CHIL2903]

@@HarryHoudiniModels 👍 The matelot's equivalent of between a rock and a hard place. Caulk and possibly drown; don't caulk, likely sink and definitely drown.🙁

[@aussiefrenchman-hobbytable9960]

Hi Harry , mate looking great , lol that scriber of yours, can't find any corn holders that have one scriber😂😂😂😂

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

They are special order on Amazon. Give me your CC info and I will happily order you one ;)

[@wadehoney9922]

Hay Harry... still working in testing things before starting Airfix Sovereign in Ernest but I hope my test fit photo comes through

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Where did you post the photo?

[@wadehoney9922]

@@HarryHoudiniModels 😂😂😂goodness knows Harry... I'll try and find a way but technology isn't a skill I own...

[@4ngu54110tt]

What a rescue! Will you get your friend to make cloth sails again for this one or are going to show off the rigging? Maybe I'm jumping the gun a bit. Great build happening here Harry. Cheers 😊

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Not sure about sails... maybe all furled to show everything off better

[@claytonmcclain182]

Fantastic build again Harry👍 really enjoyed the detail you've added really adds to the kit. Awesome video my friend. Been looking around for news on those battery powered compressors it would be SO much easier to use being a kitchen table modeler for now. Have you tried Vallejo through it yet? Anyway awesome video.

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

I’ve pushed Lifecolor and Hataka.. no issue, and of course even Stynylrez. but having your own airbrush attached is the trick. I’ll show all that when my new one with replaceable batteries arrives.

[@kiwiruna9077]

Hi Harry, she really starting to look good. I'll be interested in how you do the ladders/steps. Also are you aware that there is a flexible super glue? It's fairly new to the market but it;s been mentioned on an American channel I'm subscribed to. It might be worth making inquires about.

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

I did not know there was a flexible CA glue... sounds impossible due to the chemistry of Cyanoacrylate?

[@kiwiruna9077]

@@HarryHoudiniModels That's what I thought as well. It was mentioned on the Tested you tube channel and also I think on the Punished Props one. I'll see if I can track down more info for ya.

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Thanks I would be interested to find out more...

[@nikolayalabanco6539]

Does I mean that you didn’t prime with tamiya primer or any other and apply paint on plastic?

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Stynylrez is a Primer! Probably the best water based polyurethane primer available. And as it comes in a variety of colours it can double as your base coat. I have even painted a few models entirely in Stynylrez with just a wash and some detail work brushed on top.

[@nikolayalabanco6539]

@@HarryHoudiniModels oh, so this is the best idea to have a primer and a paint as a base to reduce layers and preserve wood grain as much as possible. Since we don't have Stynylrez and Lifecolor in Russia, what other paints as primer can be used. Vallejo?

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Although none are as good as Stynylrez you can get it rebranded as MIG First Shot or UMP Primer. Vallejo do a polyurethane coloured primer, which in theory should work, but I have not tried it. Lifecolor you can buy direct from Italy, however I think Vallejo just released an acrylic wood effect set as well. Once one company has a good idea, the rest copy.

[@lusty444]

I reckon you prefer rebuilding wrecks rather than a brand new kit!😎

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Well I do like a challenge... but only if the kit has potential